The Fanfare Ciocarlia is highly recommended to circle September 19 in Quebec and the next day under the Rialto Pop Montreal. Expected returns, a lot of discoveries, special projects, some events and returning a new festival of flamenco: the season will not be boring. Some names? Bombino, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Gilberto Gil, Buika, the Fanfare Ciocarlia, Bratsch, Marcel Khalife and others. See it closer.

Montreal Summer continues to September 10 Corona and two days later at the Salle André-Mathieu, while Bombino returned. Tuareg blues guitarist and long fluid clean lines, it offers drives hypnotic, energetic, bouncy and biting. Last year, he created a commotion in Balattou. A sacred re-discovery!

Then, on September 29, Lorraine Klaasen Thandie find his mother and other guests at the Theatre El Caballero, a few days after the release of a new album Lorraine tribute to the great Miriam Makeba. The new album will be another concert which came from South Africa, November 5, at the Cabaret du Mile End.

The same place, the singer and guitarist Alpha Yaya Diallo and West African Summit will offer a celebration of West Africa November 17 with Prince Diabate on the kora, balafon Naby Camera and two dancers. Real guitar heroes African in Canada, Diallo can create several styles, Fulani and Malinke, among others.

Brazilian side, we can not ignore the return of Gilberto Gil at Théâtre Maisonneuve on November 23. Tropicalia pioneer, former Minister of Culture of the Lula government has released the album Bossa Muffin, in which he combines bossa to samba and reggae. Any kind of his generation Brazilian escapes it.

Lovers of flamenco have an appointment at the first Festival Flamenco Montreal (FFlaM) Rialto and at the Gesù, from 15 to 22 September. Program: twelve Torontonians Flamenguitos del Norte, Montrealers Cafe Cantante between flamenco and Arabic singing, guitarist Javi Gomez and La Diosa impura, Caroline and Planted Cruceta Flamenco.

A grande dame of contemporary flamenco theater also brings Maisonneuve October 25: Concha Buika, which carries with it the meeting of Andalusia, Africa and the diaspora. Slightly veiled voice, she has the art of ripping blues universal and depth of flamenco duende. A major artist!

Major outbursts

There are also major outbursts running at a hundred miles an hour. In this niche, Fanfare Ciocarlia is highly recommended to circle September 19 in Quebec and the next day under the Rialto Pop Montreal. In broad strokes snare, timpani, clarinets, horns and trumpets, these masters Roma are in a class by itself.

Others, like Bratsch continue to invent territories imagined. After the concert Francos, they return to Quebec to provide the general tour in 12 cities between October 24 and November 9, time for a nightcap tearing languorous, gravity and penetrating social songs disk Urban Bratsh .

The Festival takes place in the Arab world for his October 26 to November 11. To emphasize the moment: the famous revivalist Moroccan Jil Jilala, God's new creation in 3D, the Franco-Lebanese pianist Abdel Rahman El Bacha, the master of maalouf Benani Hamdi, Zohreh Jooya and Afghan Ensemble, the Canadian string players Sultans String of the barbarians and Sepideh Mezrab violins, a Persian music ensemble under the direction of master Hamid Motebassem. In addition to the FMA, aficionados of Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife will be delighted to learn that he is presenting Fall of the Moon, in honor of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish Theatre Maisonneuve October 6.

Who else? The Punch Brothers in Corona September 21, Constantinople Ablaye Cissoko at Salle Pierre-Mercure, Gadji-Gadjo the Golden Lion October 19, Malouma in Olympia on October 27, Le Vent du Nord at the Gesù October 30 , Eliades Ochoa at L'Astral on November 1, Harry Manx November 16 at the Gesù, Django Renhardt AllStars at L'Astral on 21 and 22 November, and to end the year, some good partys, including La smiling at boot Rialto 28 and 29 December. Finally, we learned this week presenting with Dobet Gnahore Acoustic Africa, Kareyce Fotso and Manou Gallo at Mile End on October 27. Good season!