(English below, bios also)
Célébrez le solstice d'hiver lors du 11e « Rad Non-Xmas Music Show » annuel de Norman Nawrocki, un événement à ne pas manquer, le dimanche 21 décembre à la Casa del Popolo, 4873, boulevard Saint-Laurent. Des portes : 19 h. Spectacle : 20 h. Billets en prévente : 15 $ en ligne ; 20 $ à la porte. Six acts et une méga jam à la fin ! Avec :
• Ianna Book, une incroyable guitariste solo avant-gardiste ;
• Naomi SV, la harpiste qui fait sensation sur Internet ;
• Vytautas Bucionis Jr., l'extraordinaire pianiste avant-gardiste ;
• Greg Smith, des paysages sonores enchanteurs à la guitare solo ;
• The Pedals, guitare sauvage en boucle et violon traité avec Greg Smith et Norman Nawrocki ;
• The Nawrockis, la sœur Vivian Nawrocki de Vancouver à la batterie et au ukulélé et son frère Norman au violon, jouant des improvisations expérimentales post-punk et des morceaux traditionnels ukrainiens et polonais.
Nawrocki garantit que la soirée sera « une zone sans musique de Noël ! Pas de sentimentalisme ! Pas de chants de Noël ! Pas de battage médiatique saisonnier ! Juste de la musique originale fabuleuse interprétée par des artistes talentueux. Un spectacle pour tous ceux qui recherchent un lieu musical chaleureux pour célébrer le solstice en bonne compagnie. »
Nawrocki est un vétéran de la scène musicale underground montréalaise et internationale.
Billets :
https://tickets.venuepilot.com/e/norman-nawrocki-s-rad-non-xmas-music-show-2025-12-21-casa-del-popolo-montreal-d19db5
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Celebrate Winter Solstice at Norman Nawrocki’s exciting 11th annual not-to-be-missed ‘Rad Non-Xmas Music Show’, Sunday, December 21, @ the Casa del Popolo, 4873 boul St-Laurent. Doors: 7pm. Show: 8pm. Advance tickets $15 online; $20 at the door. Six acts plus an end of show mega jam! With:
• Ianna Book, an amazing solo avant-guitarist
• Naomi SV, the internet harpist sensation
• Vytautas Bucionis Jr., the extraordinary avant musique pianist
• Greg Smith, enchanting solo guitar soundscapes
• The Pedals, wild looped guitar & treated violin with Greg Smith & Norman Nawrocki
• The Nawrockis, Vancouver sister Vivian Nawrocki on drums & ukulele & brother Norman on violin, playing experimental improv post-punk & trad Ukrainian favourites.
Nawrocki guarantees the evening to be, “A Xmas Music Free Zone! No schmaltz! No carols! No seasonal hype! Just fabulous original music from talented artists. A show for anyone looking for a cozy music venue to celebrate the Solstice in good company.”
Nawrocki is a veteran of Montreal's and the international underground music scene.
Tickets:
https://tickets.venuepilot.com/e/norman-nawrocki-s-rad-non-xmas-music-show-2025-12-21-casa-del-popolo-montreal-d19db5
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Ianna Book est une artiste multidisciplinaire basée à Montréal, QC.
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Greg Smith is a Montreal-based sound and visual artist. He is known for his work as a musician, sound designer, composer, audio engineer and stop motion animator.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000899773723
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Naomi SV
Self-taught harpist with a velvet voice, Naomi SV blends elements of baroque pop, folk and prog. Storytelling is at the heart of her songwriting, as she slips in and out of various characters and narrators. In addition to her prolific YouTube harp channel and four collections of harp covers, she released her first album Timescape in 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/@NaomiSV
Harpiste autodidacte à la voix veloutée, Naomi SV combine des influences de pop baroque, de folk et de prog. Son écriture s’ancre dans le récit, et elle se glisse dans la peau de divers personnages et narrateurs. En plus de son compte YouTube prolifique et quatre collections de reprises à la harpe, elle a lancé en 2025 son premier album “Timescape”.
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Vytautas Bucionis Jr. is an improvising pianist, composer and arranger of Classical training, but of a very multi-stylistic background and approach. Apart from contemporary classical music, He has devoted himself to Eastern European, Near-eastern and more recently Celtic folklore as well as different popular genres of a progressive nature.
Born and partially raised in Lithuania, he was already experimenting on the piano at the age of three and started his studies at the age of eight. Vytautas has arranged music with various Balkan and eastern European traditional ensembles since 2009.
Vytautas is currently pursuing his doctorate in composition at the Université de Montréal under François-Hugues Leclair and continues to arrange and perform Eastern European, Balkan, Anatolian, and Celtic traditional music with his several ensembles and by himself.
He is also working as a pianist and composer-in-residence for the immersive theatre company Au-de-là du visuel (beyond the visual) directed by Audrey-Anne Bouchard as well as in occasional contracts with other alternative theatre companies. In addition, as a birder and outspoken environmental advocate, he has been recently developing a style of composing with nature, where the musical material is derived from natural soundscape recordings that he would play along with, thereby joining the soundscape as a participant.
Vytautas proposes an approach in favour of a colourful music that is of an experimental nature while still being palatable to the casual listener. Each piece is intended to be an immersive, adventurous sound-walk or meditation.
He invites you to his instrumental crossover sound world, blending indie-pop, alternative rock and metal, modal jazz, synth-pop, contemporary classical music, world music from Eastern Europe, Anatolia and the Celtic lands, and, no less importantly, his inspiration of bird song and natural sounds.
https://vytautasbucionisjr.com/
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The Pedals est un projet expérimental en cours mené par Greg Smith, vétéran de la scène locale, à la guitare traitée, et Norman Nawrocki, au violon modifié. Ils se concentrent sur la musique improvisée créée en direct. Sur scène, The Pedals bouclent et samplent en temps réel, mélangeant musique électronique et rythmes. Smith, également compositeur et ingénieur du son de longue date, manipule les vibrations de sa guitare, tantôt distordues, tantôt richement mélodiques, à travers ses couches d'équipements multicanaux au sol. Nawrocki, également compositeur chevronné, gratte, joue de l'archet, taquine et sample son violon, le transformant en une table d'harmonie pour ses explorations sonores. Ils jouent également ensemble dans l'ensemble à cordes d'Europe de l'Est DaZoque! et ont cofondé le trio de jazz indie, The Montreal / Manhattan Project avec le trompettiste new-yorkais Aaron Shragge.
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The Pedals is an ongoing experimental project of local scenester veterans Greg Smith on treated guitar and Norman Nawrocki on modified violin. They focus on playing improvisational music created live. On stage, The Pedals loop and sample in real time, mixing up electronica and beats. Smith, also a longtime composer and sound engineer, coaxes and manipulates either distorted or richly melodic guitar vibrations through his layers of multi-channeled floor gear. Nawrocki, also a veteran composer, strums, bows, teases and samples his violin, transforming it into a soundboard workbench for sonic explorations. They also play together in the East European string ensemble, DaZoque!, and cofounded the indie jazz trio The Montreal / Manhattan Project with New York trumpeter Aaron Shragge.
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The Nawrockis sont un duo frère et sœur composé de Vivian et Norman Nawrocki, qui expérimentent sans cesse et mélangent les genres avec leur violon et leur batterie. Vivian vient de Vancouver pour ce concert exceptionnel à Montréal, où elle jouera de la batterie et du ukulélé. Les Nawrockis jouent ensemble depuis 2019, ont fait des tournées au Canada et ont sorti trois albums et deux singles. Radio Taiwan International a qualifié leur dernier CD, Thrunkit!, une collection de compositions originales improvisées, imprégnées de fuzz et rythmées, de « magnifique, très tribal », tandis que Westmountmag l'a qualifié d'« album innovant, envoûtant, frénétique et captivant ».
https://normannawrocki.bandcamp.com/music
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The Nawrockis are the ever-experimental, genre-bending treated violin 'n' drum sibling duo of Vivian and Norman Nawrocki. Sister Vivian is visiting from Vancouver for this rare Montreal show where she'll play drums and ukulele. The Nawrockis have played together since 2019, touring Canada, and released three full-length albums and two singles. Radio Taiwan International called their last CD, Thrunkit!, a fuzz-drenched beat-driven collection of original improvised compositions,, "beautiful, very tribal," while Westmountmag called it, "An innovative album, haunting, frenetic and compelling."
https://normannawrocki.bandcamp.com/music
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