Class continues to be very demanding and the weather alternates between beautiful and rainy/chilly but we still manage to go downtown for the festival concerts and dinner. I've been to a handful of concerts, having fun exploring different music genres. I have to say that everyone I have heard here has been very good and I would go to see again, ex. Derek Trucks band, Zachary Richard, Francis Cabrel, Kila, Manu Chao, Gogol Bordello, Jean-Paul DesLauriers and Dawn Tyler Watson, Hammerfall, (missed Los Lobos and Nickelback because I didn't want to stand in the rain). This is what I have heard and learned:
Contemporary Quebecois=Cajun + Techno
Celtic Fusion=Irish + Reggae
Native American (Inuit?)=Eskimo + Country
Gypsy-Punk=Hard Rock + Polka
Derek Trucks=one of top 3 blues guitarists ever
Plan to go to Montreal tomorrow, so I'll have more pics by Monday! A tantôt! Research reports will get done eventually....
