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Suoni Per Il Popolo is a month-long celebration of “avant garde and experimental liberation music” that takes place at Casa del Popolo and Sala Rossa in Montreal. This year’s festival ran from June 1-30 and marked the 8th edition of Suoni.
Check out Indyish’s coverage of Suoni below:

Reviews by Indyish artists of Tren Brothers, Sun Ra [...]

Some quotes and extensions thereof from the respective members of tonight’s fantastic show at Casa Del Popolo for the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival…

MV + EE with the Golden Road: In fact still orbiting the earth in Vermont is Matt ‘mv’ Valentine, once the brawn of the Tower Recordings, and Erika ‘ee’ Elder, the CEO [...]

I was pleased to discover upon arriving at Casa Del Popolo this past Wednesday that the Marissa Nadler cancellation had opened up a spot for some good friends of mine to play at the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival this year. For what was billed as a Rotating Sphere and The Festering Gases presentation, we [...]

Aside from the slew of music playing at the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival this month, there has also been some incredible artwork created for each of the show posters.
Graphic designer Todd Stewart (also known as bree,ree) is one of the artists who has been working on the poster art and graphic design for [...]

From the miniature deciduous forests of Japan and Canada, where toy pianos, glockenspiels and musical saws grow, Elfin Saddle emerges alongside an army of imaginary little friends, to hold our ears captive with their magical sounds.
Emi Honda and Jordan McKenzie recently joined forces with the good beings at Villa Villa Nola to release their Water [...]

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I arrived early for the Richard Bishop/ Alan Bishop show on Wednesday evening. A small crowd gathered outside to smoke, chat, hang out and kill time before the performance. I couldn’t help but notice a slightly melancholic vibe that hung over the small crowd, as if the spirit of Charles Gocher were present and longing [...]

On top of a month-long itinerary of amazing shows, Suoni Per Il Popolo is collaborating with The Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium at the University of Guelph and McGill University in Montreal to put together this weekend’s Improvisation Colloquium. I really really wish I could go, but I’m working both days. If you’ve got any free [...]

A Tribute to the music of Sun City Girls and Charles Gocher
TONIGHT!
La Sala Rossa
8:30pm
$15
Tickets available by phone or in person at:
Casa Del Popolo / Sala Rossa / SALA Office
4871 boul. St-Laurent
(514) 284-0122
More information on tickets, festival passes, and discounts.

On Sunday when I arrived at Casa del Popolo, I had no idea what to expect, and no idea what I was in for. Drawing me to the 15th soiree of Festival Suoni Per Il Popolo’s programming were Ian Ferrier, Pharmakon and a mysterious Sadio Sisshoko, who I considered to be opening the show from [...]

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SPACE IS THE PLACE!
These are the words of the mighty Sun Ra (aka Sonny Ray, Sonny Lee, Le Sonra & Herman Poole Blount), legendary jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher. He left this planet back in 1993 to journey into the cosmos (which he already knew so well) [...]