Photos and a review of Pussy Riot in Ottawa
[If there was ever a time when we needed more Pussy Riot, it’s now. Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey were at their Ottawa show. -AC] Friday day night (April 4, 2025) in Ottawa
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Photos and a review of Nathaniel Rateliff in Ottawa
[Another report from Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey. – AC] Soulful blues rock was the order of the night brought the people out to the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa Saturday night (March
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Check out these photos and a review of Jelly Roll in Ottawa
[Ross MacDonald is on cameras and Karen Coughtrey is on text. – AC.] Back in 1986, Aerosmith collaborated with rap group Run–D.M.C. on a remake of ‘Walk This Way’. An unexpected mashup of
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Photos and a review of Our Lady Peace, Collective Soul, and Wintersleep in Ottawa
[After nearly losing his house in the LA wildfires, Raine Maida and Our Lady Peace are on a cross-Canada tour. Melody Maloney was at the Ottawa show for us. – AC] On March
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Another taste of summer: The lineup for Ottawa Bluesfest 2025 announced
[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald was at the announcement event. – AC] The long winter with frigid temperatures and a couple of recent snow dumps (we won’t even start about the politics) has many
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Ottawa is getting a new much-needed midsized concert venue in HISTORY
[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald was there for the announcement. – AC] Ottawa has been frequently tagged as a sleepy government town, or the city that fun forgot. But since being elected in 2022
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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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