New Jersey jazz vocalist Melody Gardot will headline this summer's Montreal jazz Festival. Courtesy Montreal Jazz Festival
Montreal — The Montreal Jazz Festival 2012 is a big hit with Vermont jazz lovers. Festival organizers are reporting increased sales south of the border.
What is already luring Vermonters to cross the international border to attend this June's jazz fest?
This year's Montreal jazz lineup includes James Taylor, Flamenco Hoy, Tony Award winner and living legend Liza Minnelli, sensual U.S. vocalist Melody Gardot, accordionist Richard Galliano, and the Barr Brothers.
Canadian entertainment writer Evelyn Reid said Gardot appears to be part of the reason Vermont jazz fans are coming back to the festival.
"Gardot is almost always seen with sunglasses and a cane, a result of the after effects of a Jeep Cherokee running into her in 2003," according to Reid."This left Gardot in a body cast with spinal and pelvic injuries as well as a lasting hypersensitivity to light and sound, an accident that the singer claims turned her into a vegetable which did anything but stop the then-fashion student from pursuing a recording career. Gardot actually credits it as a fire starter."
U.S. and Canadian fans are flocking to Gardot's emerging stardom.
"So, there's appeal on both sides of the border," Reid noted.
Comments
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Sign in to comment
Or login with:
OpenID