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POP Montréal 2024 Will Pay Tribute to Lhasa de Sela with Feist, Calexico, Helena Deland and Klô Pelgag
The festival has also just revealed the first artists for its 2024 edition, which also includes Stars, The Dears, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and more.
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POP Montréal celebrates Lhasa de Sela almost 15 years after her disappearance.
The 2024 POP Montréal edition, which will take place from September 25 to 29, will be marked by the unique concert La Route Chante: Hommage à Lhasa. This will be held at the Rialto Theater in Mile End, the district where the American felt at home, closing the festival on September 29. His friends and collaborators, but also a new generation of musicians who were influenced by the musician who died in 2010, will perform his songs on stage.
Under the musical direction of Joe Grass, Feist, Calexico, Juana Molina, Silvana Estrada, Klô Pelgag, Myriam Gendron, Bibi Club, Helena Deland, La Force, The Barr Brothers, Laurence Anne, Yves Desrosiers, Samantha de la Vega and the Stone Bonnet Choir will rock POP Montreal with their covers of Lhasa de Sela.
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At the same time, Lhasa de Sela's posthumous album with Yves Desrosiers, First Recordings, will be released on September 27. Its first single, El Cosechero, will be released on June 5.
POP Montréal's 2024 lineup includes artists of all styles and from all backgrounds, including the Americans Iris DeMent and Mannie Fresh and the French group Edith Nylon. Among the Canadians who will perform during the festival are Beverly Glenn-Copeland, plus 2000s Montreal indie rock favourites Stars and The Dears.
Among the other names appearing in the programming for the 23rd edition of POP Montréal, highlights include SAM.IITO, Alix Fernz, Emilie Kahn, Mimi O'bonsawin, Unessential Oils, Erika Angell, Afternoon Bike Ride, Fernie, Homeshake, Los Bitchos and Kroy.
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