Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Montreal based singer Lana Stamen brings her own special touch to the genre of musical theater. Indeed, this genre is all hers. Stamen is steeped in the style, holding a Master's degree in musical theater from the New Bulgarian University, and focusing her career passionately on the style for more than a decade.
Stamen has a crystalline sensitivity to the characters and situations woven into these memorable pieces; mining the source musicals for her own enjoyable theatrics. Sexy, smart, and dramatic, the singer draws us into each piece, enhancing her performance with set-up stories, and a decidedly animated delivery.
Hailing from Sofia, Bulgaria, Stamen's influences range widely, from the classic American performers like Barbra Streisand and Liza Minelli to sprinkles of the distinctive Bulgarian style in which she grew up.
The sum total of her rich journey is a delightful, exotic delivery, reminiscent of other alluring vocalists like Edith Piaf, Carmen Miranda and Marlene Dietrich.
Lana Stamen - Voice
Ian Baird - piano
Serge Agoshkov - double bass
Martin Auguste - drums
Part of Your World
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman
from the Disney animated musical “The Little Mermaid”
Directed and produced by Lana Stamen
Music arrangements and adaptations by Tihomir Krastev
Filmed at The Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montreal
July 3, 2014
A film by Randy Cole
2nd camera - Joshua Hansen
Sound by Steve Marsh & Randy Cole
For more information, visit lanastamen.com
Montreal based singer Lana Stamen brings her own special touch to the genre of musical theater. Indeed, this genre is all hers. Stamen is steeped in the style, holding a Master's degree in musical theater from the New Bulgarian University, and focusing her career passionately on the style for more than a decade.
Stamen has a crystalline sensitivity to the characters and situations woven into these memorable pieces; mining the source musicals for her own enjoyable theatrics. Sexy, smart, and dramatic, the singer draws us into each piece, enhancing her performance with set-up stories, and a decidedly animated delivery.
Hailing from Sofia, Bulgaria, Stamen's influences range widely, from the classic American performers like Barbra Streisand and Liza Minelli to sprinkles of the distinctive Bulgarian style in which she grew up.
The sum total of her rich journey is a delightful, exotic delivery, reminiscent of other alluring vocalists like Edith Piaf, Carmen Miranda and Marlene Dietrich.
Lana Stamen - Voice
Ian Baird - piano
Serge Agoshkov - double bass
Martin Auguste - drums
Part of Your World
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman
from the Disney animated musical “The Little Mermaid”
Directed and produced by Lana Stamen
Music arrangements and adaptations by Tihomir Krastev
Filmed at The Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montreal
July 3, 2014
A film by Randy Cole
2nd camera - Joshua Hansen
Sound by Steve Marsh & Randy Cole
For more information, visit lanastamen.com


![Joel Miller - Current
Juno Award winner Joel Miller’s latest recording invites the listener to journey back to the saxophonist’s roots - the ‘comfort food’ of his musical journey - pop. Miller reflects on the important role pop music has played in his development, and how Jazz, for him, has wandered away from its original state of a ‘current’ art form.
“Jazz really was a current thing in its heyday… now, it’s not”, Miller suggests. “[Pop music] is kind of like someone’s companion, it helps them deal with things that they’re going through”. Indeed, the driving rock piece “Streamlined” is an homage to Miller’s 14 year old nephew Isaac, an avid skateboarder who died unexpectedly.
Although pop music is sometimes snubbed for being simple, Miller praises its ability to express a powerful range of emotions and ideas. “I think it’s easier for pop music to deal with these subjects because the last thing that they’re thinking about is being ‘correct’”.
With an eclectic group of Montreal musicians, Miller has integrated sounds of bluegrass, rock & roll, folk, and of course Jazz. Featured prominently on the recording is fellow Juno winner vocalist Sienna Dahlen, who’s voice soars above the textures in instrument-like flourishes and lines. But as eclectic as the group is on paper, the music here is still pure and unmistakably Joel Miller. Within seconds, Miller’s choices make perfect sense, and genres are forgotten.
Joel Miller - saxophone & voice
Sienna Dahlen - voice
Kevin Warren - drums
Simon Pagé - bass
François Jalbert - electric guitar
Jordey Tucker - acoutsic and electric guitar
Dave Grott - trombone
David Carbonneau - trumpet
All compositions by Joel Miller
Lyrics for Streamlined by Sienna Dahlen
Recorded at Studio Pierre Marchand and Studio 451, 2014
Engineered by Pascal Shefteshy and Padraig Buttner Schnirer
Streamlined mixed by Joel Miller and Padraig Buttner Schnirer
Flying Dream & Ta Da! mixed by Randy Cole
Video & stills by Randy Cole
Photos of Isaac Miller by Andrew Miller
Isaac Miller 1999-2014
www.joelmillermusic.com Joel Miller - Current](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eSu8Lrgwzi8/mqdefault.jpg)







