In an interview with NOW last year, Dutch soft psych rocker Jacco Gardner talked about how cinematic instrumental or background music can be extra-powerful and influential in people’s lives because ...

Jean-Michel Blais has announced a new album with the arrival of single "murmures." The Montreal-based musician's latest, which he calls a tribute to influential composer Philip Glass, can be heard ...

The first few seconds of Il, the latest album from 31-year old pianist Jean-Michel Blais, are as effortlessly intimate as anything I’ve heard in music last year. On the opening track “Hasselblad 4,” a ...

For Jean-Michel Blais, aubades is a rebirth. From its opening notes, its whisks listeners away. On the new album from the esteemed post-classical pianist, Blais is in perpetual bloom, moved by life's ...

Jean-Michel Blais is a pianist from Montreal, Canada. His enchanting instrumental compositions pairs the melodic pop sensibilities of Amélie-era Yann Tiersen and Arts & Crafts alumni Chilly Gonzales ...

Jean-Michel Blais is a neo-classical composer from Montreal who allowed electronic textures and soundscapes to seep into his excellent sophomore project Dans ma main. The compelling results of that ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Jean-Michel Blais, the Montreal-based pianist and composer, has shared "blind", a ...

Hear the blearily beautiful ‘Nostos’ below. For the majority of Jean-Michel Blais’ 31-years, he’s been playing piano in some form or another. The Quebec-born pianest first began improvising on his ...

Post-classical pianist and composer Jean-Michel Blais performed his song "passepied" at the 2023 Juno Opening Night Awards on March 11. Watch Jean-Michel Blais transform Feist's 'Mushaboom' into a ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Out now via Arts & Crafts, Dans ma main is intimate and holistic, cerebral ...

Each week, CBC Music producers come together to highlight Canada's best new tracks. While we prepare ourselves for the upcoming deluge of year-end lists, let's not forget the many amazing new tunes ...