I agree and that's why I attend the Montreal Jazz Festival every year in June. That gives me my jazz fix as well as other genres. I even saw Milton Nascimento there last year. For me, it's the best music festival in North America hands down, and it's safe.
I'm rather lucky on the classical front. I live in a city that has a thriving philharmonic orchestra and a prestigious music school. They even have a program they call Orkidstra which is classical performances for kids.
Europeans in general are more into classical and jazz than the U.S. (unfortunately). I hope this doesn't offend anyone but I really think that the U.S. as a whole has extremely poor taste in music. The U.S. puts out some great musicians but they struggle for sales and can barely afford to tour, or they have to tour overseas because that's where the money is for them.
Take an amazing musician like Melody Gardot for example. She barely gets mention in the U.S., yet she can sell out every single show in Europe and they love her. She moved to France for that reason alone.Pink Martini? They go to Asia and sell out the same venue 2 and 3 nights in a row. They can't do that in the U.S. They can sell out some shows, but not like that. We need to teach our children that music is about musical talent and not fireworks and choreographed dancing.
I'm rather lucky on the classical front. I live in a city that has a thriving philharmonic orchestra and a prestigious music school. They even have a program they call Orkidstra which is classical performances for kids.
Europeans in general are more into classical and jazz than the U.S. (unfortunately). I hope this doesn't offend anyone but I really think that the U.S. as a whole has extremely poor taste in music. The U.S. puts out some great musicians but they struggle for sales and can barely afford to tour, or they have to tour overseas because that's where the money is for them.
Take an amazing musician like Melody Gardot for example. She barely gets mention in the U.S., yet she can sell out every single show in Europe and they love her. She moved to France for that reason alone.Pink Martini? They go to Asia and sell out the same venue 2 and 3 nights in a row. They can't do that in the U.S. They can sell out some shows, but not like that. We need to teach our children that music is about musical talent and not fireworks and choreographed dancing.