It was quite a night last week when thirteen legendary Canadian bands were inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame at Massey Hall. When tickets went on sale, they sold out in 90 minutes.
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[Ross MacDonald filed this report from Ottawa. – AC] After a week-long heat wave in the Ottawa Valley, it was an appropriate time for Big Sugar to come to town on the 25th-anniversary
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[What happened when Big Sugar played Ottawa? Words and photos by Laura Collins. – AC] “Ottawa’s jam packed Bronson Centre was the host to Big Sugar’s Heated 25th Anniversary Tour Thursday night. One of Canada’s most
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[Words, photo, and interview by Karen Coughtrey.] The Neat coffee shop in Burnstown, Ontario (just west of Ottawa) played host to one of Canada’s most beloved bands two nights this week. Before the
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[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald was out at the Neat Coffee Shop again to cover an intimate show. -AC] On a cold Friday night in December Gordie Johnson was warming up the Neat Coffee
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Gordie Johnson is on the phone from Big Sugar HQ somewhere in Texas hill country. After planning to release Eternity Now back in March to coincide with a tour, he held things back
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Garry Lowe, bassist for legendary band Big Sugar, passed away Saturday, July 7, at the age of 65. He’d fought cancer for two years, privately, according to the band. Garry Lowe is calling
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