Photos and a review of Bruce Springsteen in Ottawa
[A good assignment for Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey. – AC] If you’re going to spend Saturday night with a boss there’s no better boss to spend it with than “The Boss” himself
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Photos and a review from Soul Asylum’s show in Ottawa.
[Another report from photographer Ross MacDonald and reviewer Karen Coughtrey. – AC] The last stop on Soul Asylum’s North American ‘Slowly But Shirley’ tour was in Ottawa on Monday 4 November. But the
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Photos and a review of Arkells in Ottawa
[Another completed assignment from Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey. -AC] For fun Ottawans without a halloween party to attend, the Canadian Tire Centre was the place to be Friday night (October 25th) as
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A final report from Ottawa CityFolk Festival with Milky Chance, Half Moon Run, Jamie Fine, and Alana Sterling
[Ross MacDonald was out there again. Everyone say, “Thank you, Ross!” – AC] The first artist of the evening was Ottawa’s own Alanna Sterling (who local alt-rock radio station LiVE 885 often compares
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Photos and a review of Switchfoot in Ottawa
[This report is from Karen Coughtrey with photos by Ming Wu. – AC] On an unseasonably warm September Friday night (the 20th) Ottawa’s Alternative and Christian Rock fans descended on the Bronson Centre
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Photos and a review of Night 3 of Ottawa CityFolk Festival with Rise Against, Explosions in the Sky and Soen
[Still more from Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald. Soen photos by Melody Maloney- AC] It was Friday the 13th of September in Ottawa, but nobody was feeling unlucky. The unseasonably warm and dry weather
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Photos and a review of Night 2 of Ottawa CityFolk featuring Greta Van Fleet
[Another assignment for correspondent Ross MacDonald. – AC] Day two of Ottawa CityFolk music festival was on Thursday 12 September, and once again the weather was perfect: sunny and unseasonably warm. Unfortunately, Cody
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Photos and a review of Ottawa Cityfolk Night 1 featuring The Beaches, Softcult and more
[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald was on the scene yet again. – AC] In Ottawa the unofficial end of summer coincides with the CityFolk music festival. (note: Ottawa seemingly has misleading festival names as the
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Photos and a review of night #2 of Ottawa Bluesfest
[Photographer Ross MacDonald and reviewer Karen Coughtrey were once again on the case. – AC] Although the forecast was for another wet one, the predicted evening thunder showers would not materialise and Ottawa
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An update on the 2024 edition of Ottawa Bluesfest
On Tuesday 18 June Ottawa Bluesfest organizers announced that breakout artist Jelly Roll will be performing on the festival’s main stage on Tuesday 9 July. For the past two years Ottawa Bluesfest has
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Ottawa’s CityFolk lineup has been announced
[Ottawa is one of the few Canadian cities than seem to be able to reliably stage summer music festivals. Along with Bluesfest in July, there’s the CityFolk Festival. Correspondent Ross MacDonald has this
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