Maisons des Spectacles

Not to brag, but I think I’ve had the best seat in the house for 25 years. Because I do see you. I see you pressed against the cold front rails. I see you air-drumming along to your favorite songs in the distant rafters. I see you lifted above the crowd and carried to the stage for a glorious swan dive back into its sweaty embrace. I see your homemade signs and your vintage T-shirts. I hear your laughter and your screams and I see your tears. I have seen you yawn (yeah, you),... and I’ve watched you pass out drunk in your seat. I've seen you in hurricane-force winds, in 100-degree heat, in subzero temperatures. I have even seen some of you grow older and become parents, now with your children's Day-Glo protective headphones bouncing on your shoulders. And each night when I tell our lighting engineer to Light ’em up!, I do so because I need that room to shrink, and to join with you as one under the harsh, fluorescent glow. https://www.theatlantic.com//dave-grohl-irreplacea/611113/

Gabrielle Papillon live... Sweet Saturday afternoon concert

Fare thee well, John Prine. Thank you for all your amazing songs. Dead at the age of 73. Taken far too early by COVID19. 'To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go' https://youtu.be/q3qr4xi0RTk

Today's musical pause - an original and beautiful tune by Montreal singer/songwriter Bella Galasso recorded live during Women in Music: A Singer/Songwriter Showcase, at C'est What? in Toronto on the 21st of October 2018. https://youtu.be/yGh73eACj4U