A review and photos of Half Moon Run in Ottawa
[Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey were on the scene once again. – AC] The weekend of November 25th and 26th saw Montreal band Half Moon Run finish their North American tour with opener
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Photos and a review of Portugal. The Man in Ottawa.
[More reporting from Ottawa correspondents Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey. -AC] Saturday night November 18 2023, saw Portugal. The Man with support act Good Kid https://goodkidofficial.com/ taking the stage at Ottawa’s Bronson Centre.
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Photos and a review of Econoline Crush in a small Ottawa venue
[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald was once again on the case. – AC] Alt-rockers Econoline Crush brought their extensive Canadian tour to Ottawa’s Brass Monkey on Sunday night. Even though it wasn’t a Friday
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Photos and a review of Dan Mangan in Ottawa
[A report from Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald. – AC] It was unseasonably warm on Friday night in Ottawa, albeit with intermittent showers. A perfect evening for catching the Dan Mangan concert at the
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An interview with Julian Taylor
[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald had a chance to sit down with Julian at Ottawa CityFolk. – AC] On the last day of Ottawa’s CityFolk festival, A Journal of Musical Things caught up with the
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An interview with Arkells frontman Max Kerman
[Yesterday (September 22), Arkells released their new Laundry Pile album. Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald sat down with frontman Max Kerman to get caught up on things. – AC] A Journal of Musical Things
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A report of day 4 of 5 from Ottawa’s CityFolk Festival with Kaleo, Tallest Man on Earth and Redfox
[More from photographer Ross MacDonald and reviewer Dave Lee. – AC] Before we get to the headliner on day four at Ottawa’s CityFolk we will go back to cover a pair of bands
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More from Ottawa’s CityFolk Festival with Arkells, Ruby Waters, and Gov’t Mule
[More from photographer Ross MacDonald and reviewer Dave Lee. – AC] On day two of Ottawa CityFolk festival the air was filled with the raspy seductive voice of Shelburne, Ontario’s own Ruby Waters. The
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Iggy Pop and NOBRO at the CityFolk Festival in Ottawa: Photos and a review
[More from Ottawa photographer Ross MacDonald. Review and Iggy photos–taken on an iPhone because no pnotographers were allowed in the pit–by Dave Lee. – AC] There was a weird energy in the air
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A review and photos of The Smashing Pumpkins in Ottawa
[More coverage from photographer Ross MacDonald and writer Karen Coughtrey. – AC] Although summer doesn’t officially end until the end of the month, many consider the Labour Day weekend an end of summer
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Self-serving post of the day: A review of my speaking gig in Ottawa
[I held one of my salons at Bar Robo in Ottawa this past weekend. Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald was there and filed a report. – AC] Alan Cross has started his speaking gigs
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