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Lineup announced for Ottawa Bluesfest 2023. It’s pretty, pretty, pretty good.

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bluesfest, Death Cab for Cutie, Foo Fighters, Monowhales, MUMFORD AND SONS, Ottawa, Ross MacDonald, The Smile, Weezer

[The lineup for the 2023 edition of Ottawa Bluesfest was announced at midnight. Correspondent Ross MacDonald stayed up to get

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One more look at Ottawa Bluesfest 2022 with a Wide Mouth Mason interview

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Bluesfest, Kevin Coughtrey, Ross MacDonald, Wide Mouth Mason

[A final report on this year’s festival from correspondents Ross MacDonald (photos) and Karen Coughtrey (text). – AC] Before Wide

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Ottawa Bluesfest is making at least a partial return this fall. That’s something, right?

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bluesfest, City Folk, Concerts, Festivals, Ottawa

[A report from Ottawa-area correspondent, Ross Macdonald. -AC] If you were to ask music fans what they missed most during

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Random music news for Thursday, April 30, 2020

April 30, 2020April 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bluesfest, Concerts, Mariah Carey, Marilyn Manson, Massey Hall, Podcasts, Smart Speakers, Spotify, Ticketmaster, Tupac Shakur, Virtual Concerts, YouTube

Yep. That’s about right. And now, music news for April 30, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: A poll reveals that 40%

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Random music news for Thursday, March 7, 2019

March 7, 2019March 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Bluesfest, Doug Putnam, HMV, John Lennon, Johnny Lydon, Keith Flint, Michael Jackson, Motley Crue, Pete Townshend, Podcasting, Record Stores, Sting, The Dirt, UFO

Go home, winter. You’re drunk. Time for a look at music news for March 7, 2019. The Prodigy’s Keith Flint

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Watch Fan-Shot 4K Video of Tom Petty at Ottawa Bluesfest

October 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bluesfest, Ottawa, Tom Petty, Video

One of Tom Petty’s final Canadian performances took place at Ottawa Bluesfest on July 16. Here’s some spectacular fan-shot video–in

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Random Music News for Monday, July 17, 2017

July 17, 2017July 16, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments All-American Rejects, B-52s, Black Sabbath, Bluesfest, Chance the Rapper, Earbuds, Jazz, John Lennon, Justin Bieber, Lionel Richie, Mark David Chapman, Ottawa, Ozzy Osbourne, Prog-Rock, Ronnie Hawkins, Soundcloud, Start-Ups, Synesthesia, United Airlines

It was on this day in 1976 that the Montreal Olympics opened. Twenty-five African teams boycotted the games because the

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Ottawa Bluesfest Announces 2017 Lineup

February 23, 2017 Nerhys 3 Comments Bluesfest, Music Festival, Ottawa

The closer we get to the summer, more and more music festivals begin to announce their summer lineups. For Canada’s

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