Ici Musique

Ici Musique is Canada's French-language public radio service that refuses to be boxed in. One moment you're hearing a classical flute sonata, the next a raw blues slide guitar from the Mississippi Delta. Then the station pivots to Malian kora music. It works. The jazz programming is the highlight: late nights feature Montreal's active scene with artists who sound like Kamasi Washington's French-Canadian cousins. The classical selection is standard but solid. Nothing too avant-garde, which might frustrate some. But the blues block? That's where the station proves its range. It's not just a toke…