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BOSTON GLOBE | MIKE RIVARD’S JOURNEY TOWARD HEALING
MIKE RIVARD’S JOURNEY TOWARD HEALING, CAPTURED IN THE GROOVES OF CLUB D’ELF’S NEW ALBUM By Jeremy D. Goodwin Globe correspondent, Updated March 30, 2022, 3:13 p.m Mike Rivard of Club d’Elf, shown at the Jamaica Pond with his sintir.MATTHEW J LEE/GLOBE STAFF … Continue reading
Seacoast Online Interview
CLUB D’ELF COMING TO JIMMY’S IN PORTSMOUTH THIS WEEK Christopher Hislop Special to Seacoastonline On Wednesday, Oct. 19, Moroccan dub trance jazzists Club d’Elf (featuring guitarist David Tronzo!) will make a stop at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club on Congress Street for what will … Continue reading
Relix Magazine feature | By Richard Gehr
SPOTLIGHT: CLUB D’ELF Richard Gehr on May 23, 2022 photo credit: Joan Hathaway In 2015, bassist Mike Rivard once again traveled to Peru’s Amazon region to participate in the sacred-plant ceremonies associated with the Shipibo people’s shamanic … Continue reading
Club d’Elf performance on SAMA | Interview with Mike Rivard & Brahim Fribgane
CLUB D’ELF – MOROCCAN JAZZY EXPLORATIONS OUT OF BOSTON (MUSICIAN STORIES 2022) SAMA (Seattle Sacred Music & Art) April 28, 2022 Live performance (Brahim Fribgane, David Fiuczynski, Mike Rivard & Fabio Pirozzolo) and Zoom interview w/ Mike Rivard & Brahim … Continue reading
Boston Herald Interview
BOSTON’S CLUB D’ELF BACK WITH MORE MOROCCAN-INSPIRED FUSION & FREEWHEELING MUSIC Club d’Elf. (Photo by Mark Wilson) By JED GOTTLIEB | April 10, 2022 You never know. Those words can be a pandemic or post-pandemic mantra. Or a grand philosophical principle. Or … Continue reading
WEIRD MUSIC PODCAST | MIKE RIVARD – LESSONS OF WORLD MUSIC
Interview with Mike Rivard. Original Link
NO SIMPLE ROAD PODCAST | LEANING INTO THE TRANCE WITH MIKE RIVARD
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The JamBase Podcast Episode 13: Bruce Hornsby & Mike Rivard
Jambase The JamBase Podcast Episode 13: Bruce Hornsby & Mike Rivard By Team JamBase May 31, 2018 While the number 13 is said to be unlucky, the axiom doesn’t hold true for The JamBase Podcast. Andy Kahn and Scott Bernstein … Continue reading
The Ear – review of Club d’Elf “Live at Club Helsinki”
The Ear Reuben Klein Jan 10, 2017 This conclusion to this review goes as follows: This is likely to be the most impressive release of 2017. Get it now. Live at Club Helsinki is as immense as it is intense. A double … Continue reading
BOSTON VOYAGER – MEET MIKE RIVARD OF CLUB D’ELF
MAY 22, 2018 Meet Mike Rivard of CLUB D’ELF in Jamaica Plain Today we’d like to introduce you to Mike Rivard. Mike, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where … Continue reading