Lancement du Livre: SOUNDTRACK TO THE REVOLUTION BY ERIC FILLION

Mark the date! You are invited to Casa Del Popolo on June 26th for the launch of Soundtrack to the Revolution by Eric Fillion (translated by David Homel). This scintillating book tells the story of Jazz Libre du Québec, a radical experiment in musical activism that reveals the meaningful role that the art of spontaneity played in the turbulent 1960s and 1970s.

Co-presented by Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival and Véhicule Press, the book launch will include a discussion with the writer and artist Joseph Sannicandro. This event is free and open to all.

* Eric Fillion is director of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and assistant professor at the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Distant Stage: Quebec, Brazil, and the Making of Canada’s Cultural Diplomacy. With Sean Mills and Désirée Rochat, he co-edited Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.

* Joseph Sannicandro is a writer and artist based in Montreal, studying creative labor and (un)popular culture, with a particular attention to sound. He is co-founder of the music blog A Closer Listen, and producer of the Sound Propositions podcast, and currently lectures in Media Studies at SUNY Purchase.