Category: Blues

  • The Camelcohols

    The Camelcohols

    The Camelcohols, c’est simple : cinq jeunes hommes qui adorent jouer du blues et faire la fête.

    Le but premier dans la création du groupe, fondé par le chanteur-harmoniciste Gabriel Hernandez-Gagnon et le batteur Alexis Fréchette, c’est d’avoir du plaisir en jouant du blues et faire danser les gens. Le groupe a ensuite grandi en accueillant Olivier Turner à la basse (et également à la guitare), Raphaël Desgagnés à la guitare et Florent Fabre aux claviers.

    L’objectif plus personnel de Gabriel à travers ce groupe, c’est d’instruire les gens musicalement. Démontrer que le blues est beaucoup plus qu’un 12-bar ou des riffs bien connus comme ceux des chansons I’m A Man ou Hoochie Coochie Man. Montrer au public que le blues n’est pas seulement qu’un style de musique mais aussi une couleur, une émotion et un style de vie. Le blues peut évidemment être triste, mais ce qu’on ressent lorsqu’on l’écoute, c’est tout d’abord du bonheur.

    Le groupe essaie de toucher à tout. Des années 20 jusqu’à aujourd’hui en passant non seulement par le blues mais aussi par le blues/rock, le swing, le funk, le jazz ou encore le rock afin de prouver à tous et à toutes que le blues est bien plus présent dans nos vies qu’on ne peut l’imaginer.

    members

    NameInstrument(s)
    Gabriel Hernandez-GagnonChant et harmonica
    Alexis FréchetteBatterie
    Raphaël DesgagnésGuitare et chant
    Olivier TurnerBasse et guitare
    Florent FabreClaviers

    Contact

    Raphaël Desgagnés

    450-635-4537

    raphdesg14@hotmail.com

  • Mojo Vipers

    Mojo Vipers

    Le quatuor Mojo Vipers est à la fois un band de blues et un ensemble de jazz. Leur musique captivante tire son inspiration, entre autres, de Little Walter, Charles Mingus, Mose Alison, Sun Ra, T-Bone Walker et Louis Jordan.

    members

    NameInstrument(s)
    John KerkhovenHarmonica et voix
    Paul SerralheiroGuitare et voix
    Stephen BarryContrebasse et voix
    Eloi BertholetBatterie

    Contact

    John Kerkhoven

    john@johnkerkhoven.ca

    514 937-7202

  • Sean `Cat` Elliott

    Sean `Cat` Elliott

    Backwater Township is a jazz trio based in Montreal, QC that consists of Corey Thomas (Bass), Olivier Turner (Guitar), and Vitta Morales (Drums). The music composed by Corey Thomas is a tribute to his experiences as a Mi’kmaq artist in his home community of Gesgapegiag, and his continuing journey as an urban Indigenous musician in Montreal. Since forming in 2018, Backwater Township has released an EP and continues to perform while further establishing themselves in the scene.

    members

    NameInstrument(s)
    Sean ElliottGuitar
    Christian NormandinDrums
    Andre AsselinBass

    Contact

    Sean Elliott

    sm_elliott@hotmail.com

    514-524-9978

  • Carolyn Fe

    Carolyn Fe

    Toronto/Montreal-based Carolyn Fe offers up the Blues and Jazz in all its shades, full band or acoustic duo/trio setup. Her shows are highly charged with emotions. Carolyn Fe’s performances are best appreciated in speakeasy-type environments where the audiences can tune to her lyrics that tell stories; original material and cover songs are offered up with a special touch bringing the audiences to feel the sweet purity of love’s first kiss to the raunchy edge of a woman scorned, all the way to the tease of languid sexiness. With four albums under her belt and more on the way, Carolyn Fe is an award winning Blues and Jazz Singer/Songwriter, Online Radio Host & Producer of a 2-hour show “Unsung and On The Side” featuring indie artists of the Blues, Jazz and its derivatives, and can be seen on Canadian and American TV, Film, Theatre as an Actress.

    Contact

    Carolyn Fe

    c@carolyn-fe.com

    514-823-8823

  • Frisco Lee

    Frisco Lee

    Frisco Lee is a bilingual Montreal born-and-raised musician who’s been anchored in the underground music scene for almost a decade. Hailing from the suburbs and armed with a blues background, he began playing the bar circuits and hosting the Bar de Courcelle open mic, lending his talents to a slew of bands and unique songwriters. A couple of years ago, he began cultivating a widely-varied collection of self-penned songs in the style of old blues, country, folk, and jazz, striking a contemporary chord with indie and psychedelic stylings, and passionate about creating timeless sounds and relevant poetry. Frisco Lee is expected to release his first collection of songs as an EP, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar.

    Montreal singer-songwriter Frisco Lee has left his mark on the bar music scene – including Grumpy’s, Honey Martin’s and Bar de Courcelle – since 2012. With his unique interpretation of Blues, Folk and Country, he accompanies himself on the guitar for sing his own compositions, halfway between Ray Charles and Bob Dylan.

    members

    NameInstrument(s)




    Frisco Lee
    Acoustic Guitar

    Contact

    Francis Lebel

    514-799-9973

    francis.marcel.lebel@gmail.com

  • Martin Goyette

    Martin Goyette

    Martin Goyette is first and foremost an extraordinary voice characterized by a song as powerful as it is scratchy. The singer seduces the audience with his raucous and enveloping “instrument” worthy of the great names of blues and jazz. Passionate about blues and jazz but also funk and soul, it is in these different styles that he propels his impulses. In addition to being an outstanding harmonica player with a distinct and well-pitched sound – like his voice

    Born in the St-Henri district of Montreal, it was at the age of 18 that he started playing the harmonica, feeding on Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson of this world. In 1997, he thrilled the Quebec blues scene for the first time by winning the honors of the Valleyfield blues event in the Dirty blues band.
    In 2002, he won the next generation prize at the Festiblues de Montréal at the head of the Riverside Blues group. A French tour ensued in 2003, including the opening act for Bob Walsh at the prestigious Blues sur Seine festival. The latter being hospitalized in emergency, Martin goes up on stage to open the ball in addition to replacing Mr. Walsh within his orchestra. After which a slew of first parts of the legendary bluesman on Quebec soil followed one another and Goyette was invited, on several occasions, to replace Guy Bélanger on the harmonica within the group.

    Since then, Martin has been seen in several important events including the Belles et Blues hosted by Normand Brathwaite in 2004 and the Montreal Harmonica Festival with Carl Tremblay in 2005. He won 2nd place at the Toronto Blues Talents Search in 2006 and also performed in the Queen City in 2007 at the Toronto Blues Summit.
    More recently, soul lovers have been able to hear it, accompanied by his Skinny Bones, on the occasion of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, at the opening of Bernard Adamus’ concert at the Sherblues Festival, at the Festival International de Blues de Tremblant or opening act for the prince of soul and funk, Lee Fields. TVA viewers were also able to see it on the popular program La Voix.

    members

    NameInstrument(s)
    Martin GoyetteVocal / Harmonica

    Contact

    Martin Goyette

    harpman@videotron.ca

    514-475-6695

  • Barbara Diab & The Smoked Meat Band

    Barbara Diab & The Smoked Meat Band

    Backwater Township is a jazz trio based in Montreal, QC that consists of Corey Thomas (Bass), Olivier Turner (Guitar), and Vitta Morales (Drums). The music composed by Corey Thomas is a tribute to his experiences as a Mi’kmaq artist in his home community of Gesgapegiag, and his continuing journey as an urban Indigenous musician in Montreal. Since forming in 2018, Backwater Township has released an EP and continues to perform while further establishing themselves in the scene.

    members

    NameInstrument(s)
    Barbara DiabVocals
    Pierre LamontagneBass
    Alain BertrandGuitar
    Jean Fernand GirardKeyboard
    Bernard DeslauriersDrums

    Contact

    Barbara Diab

    (514) 742-3303

    bdiab@videotron.ca

  • Off the Hook Blues Band

    Off the Hook Blues Band

    Montreal based, Off the Hook Blues Band covers a lot of musical ground, but never strays far from the warm bluesy tones of yesteryear.
    This blues quartet made up of bassist Jean-Sébastien Clement, guitarist Bernie Yeo, Francis Laliberté on drums, with Mike Zablotsky on guitar and vocals. For close to a 10-years, Off the Hook has been putting their efforts into recreating and celebrating a century of the Blues in song – from the deep south to the wind city of Chicago.

    members

    NameInstrument(s)
    Mike ZablotskyGuitar/Vocal
    Bernie YeoGuitar
    Francis LalibertéDrums
    Jean-Sébastien ClementUpright Bass

    Contact

    Mike Zablotsky

    lucky_mojo_oil@hotmail.com

    514-716-9866

  • Endrick & The Sandwiches

    Endrick & The Sandwiches

    From Montreal, Endrick & The Sandwiches plays a nervous blues rock. Endrick is a singer, guitarist and harmonica player who has energy to spare. He takes a fresh look at style, while scathingly taking on his influences (John Lee hooker, Lightnin ’hopkins, Paul butterfield, John Mayall). With his cronies, he likes to serve you a blues that avoids flashy solos at all costs and seeks to seduce the hips of his audience with slightly crazy songs.

    members

    NameInstrument(s)
    Endrick TremblayVoice-guitar-harmonica

    Greg “The Mac” Mc Evoy
    Guitar
    Simon Éthier
    Bass
    Mandela Coupal Daiglesh
    Drums

    Contact

    Endrick Tremblay

    endrick@hotmail.ca

    514 686-8407