Summer in our region provides many opportunities to see live music outdoors. This year, Montréal’s summer festival season is more packed than ever.
Vermont Edition’s managing producer Jon Ehrens sits down with Seven Days music editor Chris Farnsworth to discuss the Montreal music scene writ large, and some of Chris's favorite new acts.
We also explore the curious case of the anonymous duo
Angine de Poitrine. They’ve gone viral in the last year, and they recently drew a crowd of 70,000 to Montreal’s Jazz Fest. Dr. Robert Zattore, a cognitive neuroscientist and professor at McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute, tells us why he thinks Angine de Poitrine tickles the brains of listeners. He’s the author of the book "
From Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It."
We also hear about the annual African and Caribbean music festival
Nuits d'Afrique, which runs through Jul. 19th. It celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The festival's co-founder Suzanne Russeau tells us about the festival's past and present, and about some of the notable acts performing this year.
Broadcast on Wednesdau, Jul. 8, 2026, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
