“BAGELS, POUTINE & KALMUNITY!”

KALMUNITY is Canada’s largest and longest running black arts & improv collective of multi-disciplined, linguistic & cultural creatives boasting a local membership of over 60 creatives that was founded in 2003 by Jahsun & directed by Preach Ankobia. 

Best known for producing 2 weekly events which take place Sunday & Tuesday night in the city of Montreal. Kalmunity has released 2 live albums as well as a collection of literature entitled ‘The Talking Book’.

Named 1 of 5 best places to take out of towners, Kalmunity has inspired & collaborated with hundreds of creatives including members of Arcade Fire, Nomadic Massive, Bell Orchestre, D.bi Young, Gage, Meghan Patrick, Alan Prater, Malika Tirolien and have performed with & alongside legends such as Public Enemy, Toots and the Maytals, Iba Mahr, Sa-Roc, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Brother Ali & many more. 

Kalmunity has earned people’s choice awards from media outlets such as Cult MTL & The Mirror. They’ve been covered by The Fader, CTV News, Breakfast Television, The Montreal Gazette & Le Devoir and were named in The Top 10 Cool Things by Local Montreal Tours.

Kalmunity produces an annual Black History Month series, a summer series & Canada’s 1st black arts & music week. 

They have been featured at famed events such as The Montreal Jazz Fest, Irie Music Fest, House of Paint, Art of Blend, Nuits D'Afrique & Under Pressure to name a few.

The collective offers & leads workshops for young creatives. They have been invited as faculty to institutions such as the Banff Center of the Arts & Windsor University as well as provinces such as Nova Scotia to conduct youth & community focused workshops in Africville. They are also deeply connected to their community and provide a variety of outreach programs & incentives to institutions and non profits alike. 

Kalmunity was created as an outlet of free expression for artists who could not easily access viable venues. They have since been intricate in the protection & progression of Montreal’ black music & are considered a crucial component in Canada’s urban tapestry.

Songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, global citizen, vegan humanist...

Yoann Lemoine aka Woodkid, is widely regarded as one of the most creative and exciting artists working in the contemporary music, as witnessed by his hugely acclaimed videos for Global superstars Lana Del Ray and Drake & Rihanna amongst others. Woodkid is the musical artist, the songwriter/singer/lyricist/producer, who has made this beautiful record. The visual aspect remains hugely important with Woodkid directing all his own videos and turning his live performances into a spectacle rarely seen in the world of pop music. Together with a 30-piece orchestra, he turned the venerable Le Grand Rex theatre in Paris into a place of ecstasy in front of 3,000 adoring fans last September. “When I started playing my own music, I wanted it to be as tall as a skyscraper. Images can achieve that. A really big orchestra can also achieve that.” 

This creative ambition and artistic freedom have allowed Woodkid to make such a unique sounding and powerful album as The Golden Age.  “It’s all about that time of passage between adolescence and adulthood, into that confusing hyper-reality,” Woodkid notes. 

Woodkid "The Golden Age" - out March 18th 
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/the-golden-age/id596461150

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