The first few seconds of Il, the latest album from 31-year old pianist Jean-Michel Blais, are as effortlessly intimate as anything I’ve heard in music last year. On the opening track “Hasselblad 4,” a ...

Jean-Michel Blais is a pianist from Montreal, Canada. His enchanting instrumental compositions pairs the melodic pop sensibilities of Amélie-era Yann Tiersen and Arts & Crafts alumni Chilly Gonzales ...

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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Jean-Michel Blais, the Montreal-based pianist and composer, has shared "blind", a ...

Pianist Jean-Michel Blais was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome aged 21. The French-Canadian musician discusses how music helped him to manage the physical symptoms of the condition. (Aug. 16) ...

Montreal producer Mike Silver (aka CFCF) has teamed up with neo-classical pianist Jean-Michel Blais for an upcoming collaborative EP entitled Cascades. The project features five songs, including a ...

In an interview with NOW last year, Dutch soft psych rocker Jacco Gardner talked about how cinematic instrumental or background music can be extra-powerful and influential in people’s lives because ...

The FADER’s love of CFCF’s music has been well documented, since at least when the shape-shifting composer was profiled in the magazine in 2011. Just this past December, he popped up on a ranked list ...

Jean-Michel Blais gets tripped up by the idea of fate. Seated backstage at the Rialto Theater shortly before his M For Montreal set, the 31-year-old French-Canadian pianist is a gregarious ...