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David Yaffe on Joni Mitchell

Portrait of a “Reckless Daughter.”

Yaffe’s insightful, articulate, simply splendid biography of Mitchell is a must-read.

MONTE Winter 15: Music and Politics

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Music and Politics

For what it’s worth.

Maybe history has taught us that just when the cultural landscape is getting too flat and boring, we’re in for something exciting very soon.

MONTECRISTO Summer 2015: Buffy Sainte-Marie

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Buffy Sainte-Marie

It's her way.

If anything, Buffy Sainte-Marie rocks harder, louder, now than she ever has; she remains an irrepressible force.

MONTECRISTO Blog: Alberta Ballet, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

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Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Alberta Ballet in rehearsal.

Alberta Ballet gave MONTECRISTO a look inside the studio where dancers spent countless hours rehearsing for Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, presented by Ballet BC from November 14 to 16.

MONTECRISTO: Discography

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Pop, Pop, Pop Music

Popular for a reason.

“Pop” might safely be assumed to be an abbreviation of “popular”. Safe, but incorrect, unless you go back as far as the 1920s. The amusing thing is that there were many pearls among the musical swine, and in 2011, there is a fascinating movement, an evolution of what “pop” music is. A funny thing happened on the way to now.