Notes on Montréal: a stunning love letter to mythic Montreal, with lyrics inspired by the literature set there (Richler, Tremblay, Roy, Cohen    and many others). Sienna Dahlen takes us through a cycle of gorgeous songs that took their creator, guitarist Mike Rud, years to research, compose and arrange.

Mike Rud has lived and played all over Canada, in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Ottawa, and continues performing regularly all over the country. He's played with jazz greats such as Herb Ellis, Kenny Wheeler, Chuck Israels, Randy Brecker, and many others. Prior to this disc, Mike had published three jazz-guitar CDs, Whyte Avenue, Chimbe, and Live from Lotusland. He has a Master of Music degree from McGill University, and studied privately in New York City with jazz master, Jim Hall. Mike has also taught at a number of music schools, including McGill University, Western Washington University, Vancouver Community College, and Carleton University.

Sienna Dahlen is one of Canada's most versatile and original singers. She is currently based in Toronto, Canada where she works as a freelance musician and educator. Her music spans folk, jazz and experimental styles and can be heard frequently on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Sienna is a graduate of McGill University and the University of Toronto where she finished her studies in 2008 with a Master of Jazz Performance degree. Over the past ten years, she has had the pleasure of touring her music extensively across North America and Europe. In addition, Sienna participated in a three-week creation residency in Patagonia, Argentina in March of 2011 and had the opportunity to present her work in Buenos Aires alongside visual artist Nadine Bariteau. Sienna plays and records with several high profile groups including the Karl Jannuska Septet (FR/CA) and her own Sienna Dahlen Quartet (CA/FR). In the recent past she has also released collaborative albums with Danish pianist Mads Baerentzen ("Lifelines") and Lebanese pianist Wassim Soubra ("Dunes"). In the winter of 2011, Sienna recorded new works by Paris-based saxophonist, Amy Gamlen in a duo setting with Canadian pianist Dave Restivo. Sienna's newest recording ("Verglas") is on Justin Time Records, and her voice can be heard throughout the soundtrack of the 2007 Academy-Awars winning animated film, "The Danish Poet."