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Patrick Watson: In Studio

Monday, May 07, 2012

Montreal singer/songwriter Patrick Watson likes to confound expectations. His band is also called Patrick Watson, and they’ve gained a reputation for using unusual and almost orchestral sounds. Now, Patrick Watson is – or are – keeping things somewhat simpler. They join us to play songs from their new album, "Adventures in Your Own Backyard."     

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New Sounds

New Music from Montreal

Monday, September 26, 2011

Montreal guitarist/composer Tim Brady makes dark sounds with bowed electric guitar, guitar with loops, with tapes, and with computers.  The overall effect -ambient and abstract- is intended to evoke the depths of the ocean in a work by Jean-Francois Laporte, “The Song of the Whale.”   Also, hear atmospheric electronic music from Mains de Givre(“Hands of Frost”) an enhanced duo of violin, guitar and lots of effects.

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New Sounds

New Music from Montreal (Special Podcast)

Friday, September 10, 2010

WNYC

Hear new music from Montreal on this edition of New Sounds, featuring works by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bell Orchestre, and Mains de Givre, among others.

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New Sounds

New Music from Montreal

Friday, June 04, 2010

Hear new music from Montreal on this edition of New Sounds, featuring works by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bell Orchestre, and Mains de Givre, among others. 

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Studio 360

Thieves Thwarted!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Need a hit of good news? How about this story out of Montreal last week:  a Paul Klee painting stolen in 1989 —that's 21 years ago!—was recovered and returned. 'Portrait in the Garden' (below), valued at $100,000, was stolen from New York's Marlborough Gallery.

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