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062416 The Barr Brothers/SFJAZZ Collective, Ottawa, ON
June 24th, 2016 was a pretty fine day to be at the Ottawa Jazz Festival…
062603 Medeski Martin & Wood/nero, Montréal, QC
June 26th, 2003 was the Montréal leg of a two-night stint I spent following instrumental jam/jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood from jazzfest to jazzfest…
062908 Brad Mehldau, Ottawa, ON
June 29th, 2008 was the final day of what had been a somewhat underwhelming edition of the Ottawa jazz festival…
- 10 Years of The Triplets of Belleville
- 4 Way Street
- A Perfect Circle
- A Taste of Honey
- AC/DC
- Accept
- Adrian Belew
- Aerosmith
- Air Supply
- Al Di Meola
- Alejandro Escovedo
- Alice Cooper
- Alice In Chains
- Alison Krauss
- Allen Toussaint
- Alpha Yaya Diallo
- Amadou & Mariam
- Amanda Rheaume
- Anders Osborne
- Andersson .Paak
- Andrew Vincent and the Pirates
- Andy Coe
- Andy McKee
- Ane Brun
- Angela Hewitt
- Angelo Tsarouches
- Ani DiFranco
- Anoushka Shankar
- Arcade Fire
- Aretha Franklin
- Arlo Guthrie
- Arrogant Worms
- Ashley Newell
- Autographs & Memorabilia
- Autorickshaw
- Avett Brothers
- Bachir Attar
- Bad Company
- Bad Habit
- Ball & Chain
- Band of Horses
- Barack Obama
- Barenaked Ladies
- Basia Bulat
- Baso Negro
- BB King
- Be In The Band Showcase
- Beastie Boys
- Beau Dixon
- Beck
- Bela Fleck
- Belle and Sebastian
- Ben Folds
- Ben Harper
- Bert Jansch
- Beth Hart
- Big Space
- Big Sugar
- Big Wreck
- Bill Evans
- Bill Frisell
- Bill Hicks
- Bill Kreutzmann
- Billy and the Bruisers
- Billy Idol
- Billy Joel
- Billy Talent
- BITB Instructors Band
- Björk
- Black Debbath
- Black Mountain
- Black Sabbath
- Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
- Blind Melon
- Blondie
- Blue Skies Music Festival
- Bluegrassy High
- Blues Traveler
- Bnois King
- Bo Diddley
- Bob Dylan
- Bob Loblaw
- Bob Moore's Amazing Mongrels
- Bob Rock
- Bob Saget
- Bob Schneider
- Bob Snider
- Bob Weir
- Bob Wiseman
- Bobby McFerrin
- Bombino
- Bon Iver
- Bonnie Raitt
- Booker T and the MG's
- Boxcar Boys
- Boz Scaggs
- Brad Mehldau
- Brian Aylward
- Brian Blade
- Brian Setzer
- Brian Wilson
- Brighton Rock
- Broken Social Scene
- Brooklyn Rider
- Brothers Chaffey
- Bruce Cockburn
- Bruce Hornsby
- Bruce Peninsula
- Bruce Springsteen
- Bryan Adams
- Buckwheat Zydeco
- Buddy DeFranco
- Buddy Guy
- Buenavista Social Club AfroCuban All Stars
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Built To Spill
- Bullmoose
- Bumpin' Binary
- Burt Neilson Band
- Burton Cummings
- Busta Rhymes
- Busty & The Bass
- By Divine Right
- C.J. Chenier
- Cake
- Calexico
- Campbell Brothers
- Canned Heat
- Caravan Palace
- Carole Pope
- Carrie Underwood
- Catherine MacLellan
- Cathy Lee Gifford
- Chaka Khan
- Chalk Circle
- Change of Heart
- Charlie Haden
- Charlie Hunter
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Cheap Trick
- Cheech & Chong
- Chicago Blues Reunion
- Chick Corea
- Chocolate Genius
- Chris Botti
- Chris Robinson
- Christo
- Chuck Berry
- Chuck Leavell
- Chuck Prophet
- Circles Around the Sun
- Cirque du Soleil
- Classified
- Colin Hay
- Colin Hollett
- Colin James
- Colin Lake
- Colin Linden
- Come Together Music Festival
- comedy
- Comfort Station
- Connie Mims Pinkerton
- Corb Lund
- Cotillion
- Country Joe McDonald
- CR Avery
- Craig Young
- Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Crown Lands
- Cuff the Duke
- Cuong Vu
- Cyndi Lauper
- Cypress Hill
- Cyril Neville
- D Rangers
- Damn Yankees
- Dan Aykroyd
- Dan Bern
- dance
- Daniel Champagne
- Daniel Lanois
- Daniel Lavoie
- Danny Michel
- Darius Rucker
- Dave and Phil Alvin
- Dave Bidini Band
- Dave Brubeck
- Dave Clark
- Dave Holland
- Dave Lauzon
- Dave Matthews Band
- Dave Rawlings Machine
- Dave-O
- David Bowie
- David Byrne
- David Copperfield
- David Essig
- David Francey
- David Grisman
- David Letterman
- David Lindley
- David Murray Big Band
- David Wilcox
- Dawes
- Dawn Tyler Watson et Paul Deslauriers
- Dead Feat
- Dead Weather
- Deadstring Brothers
- Death from Above 1979
- Deb DiGiovanni
- Deep Purple
- Deer Tick
- Def Leppard
- Delhi 2 Dublin
- Delicate Steve
- Deltron 3030
- Dennis DeYoung
- Derek Trucks
- Detroit Women
- Diana Ross
- Dickey Betts
- Dida
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- DJ Logic
- Do. Make. Say. Think.
- Dolly Parton
- Don Cunningham & The Cabinet
- Don McLean
- Don Preston
- Don Ross
- Donna Summer
- Donna the Buffalo
- Down With Webster
- Dr. Hook
- Dr. John
- Drive-By Truckers
- Dropkick Murphys
- Drumhand
- Drums & Tuba
- Dumpstaphunk
- Durwood
- Dya Singh
- Earl Klugh
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Eccodek
- Ed Bickert
- Eddie Money
- Eddie Shaw
- Edgar Winter
- Edie Brickell
- Elmer Ferrer
- Elvis Costello
- Elvis Perkins In Dearland
- Emily Haines
- Emmylou Harris
- Eric Burdon & The Animals
- Eric Clapton
- Eric Krasno
- Eric's Trip
- Ernie Watts
- Erykah Badu
- Ethan Russell
- Etta James
- Everest
- Extreme
- F'loom
- Faith No More
- Fear & Loathing
- Fear of Flying
- Feist
- Fiery Furnaces
- Final Fantasy
- Finest Kind
- Fishbone
- Five Alarm Funk
- Flávia Nascimento
- Fleetwood Mac
- FM
- Foo Fighters
- Frank Zappa
- Frankie Ford
- Fraser Hollins Quartet
- Fred Eaglesmith
- Freeway Band
- Fruiting Bodies
- Furthur
- G. Love
- Galactic
- galleries
- Ganga Girl
- Garage A Trois
- Garaj Mahal
- Gary Burton Quartet
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Gateway
- Geddy Lee
- Genesis
- Genialistit
- George Porter Jr.
- George Shearing
- George Thorogood
- Georgette Fry
- Gerry Hemingway
- Ghost Light
- Ghost-Note
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Gillian Welch
- Girl Talk
- Gloria Gaynor
- Goddo
- Gogol Bordello
- Gomez
- Gord Downie
- Gov't Mule
- Gowan
- Grand Analog
- Grand Theft Bus
- Grateful Dead
- Grateful Grass
- Grateful Shred
- Great Big Sea
- Great Lake Swimmers
- Green Day
- Greensky Bluegrass
- Gregg Bissonette
- Gregg Rolie
- Greta Van Fleet
- Grizzly Bear
- Gryphon Trio
- Guh
- Guns N' Roses
- Guy Clark
- Hadrien Feraud
- Hal Willner
- Hamish Stuart
- Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
- Harper
- Harry Manx
- Hat Fitz and Cara
- Hawksley Workman
- Helena Deland
- Hellacopters
- Henry Rollins
- Herbie Hancock
- Hiss Golden Messenger
- Holly Bowling
- Holly Cole
- HOLY F*CK
- Honey Island Swamp Band
- Honeymoon Suite
- Hot 8 Brass Band
- Hot Tuna
- Hubert Sumlin
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Hurra Torpedo
- Hux
- Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
- Ian Anderson
- Ike Willis
- Ikebe Shakedown
- IMAX/laser shows
- Incity Dreams
- India.Arie
- Infected Mushroom
- Inglewood Jack
- Insane Clown Posse
- Irma Thomas
- Israel & New Breed
- Issa
- Ivan Mazuze Quartet
- Ivan Neville
- Jack Semple
- Jack White
- Jackson Browne
- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
- Jaga Jazzist
- Jagari Chanda
- Jake Shimabukuro
- Jamcruise
- James Brown
- James Cohen
- James Sakala
- James Taylor
- James Van Der Beek
- Jamie Cullum
- Jamie Lidell
- Jane Radmore
- Jane Siberry
- Jane's Addiction
- Janelle Monáe
- Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite Of Everything
- Jason Isbell
- Jay Lane
- Jayme Stone Quartet
- Jeff Beck
- Jeff Chimenti
- Jeff Healey
- Jeff Tweedy
- Jenny Lewis
- Jerry Douglas
- Jerry Garcia
- Jerry Granelli
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Jethro Tull
- Jim Bryson
- Jim McNally
- Jimi Hendrix
- Jimmie Vaughan
- Jimmy Buffett
- Jimmy Cliff
- Jimmy Page
- Jimmy Rankin
- JJ Grey & Mofro
- Joe Cocker
- Joe Ely
- Joe Jackson
- Joe Lovano
- Joe Nemeth
- Joe Russo
- Joe Satriani
- Joe Sumner
- Joe Walsh
- Joel Plaskett
- Joey Elias
- John Cougar Mellencamp
- John Fogerty
- John Geggie
- John Hammond
- John Hiatt
- John Kadlecik
- John Mayall
- John McLaughlin
- John Patitucci
- John Prine
- John Scofield
- Johnny Lang
- Johnny Winter
- Jon Cleary
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- Jon Stewart
- Joni Mitchell
- Jory Nash
- Journey
- Jr. Mack
- Judith Hill
- Jungle By Night
- Junior Brown
- Jurassic 5
- Justin Fancy
- Justin Rutledge
- Justin Townes Earle
- k-os
- k.d. lang
- Kagumba Andrew
- Kaki King
- Kaleidoscope Orchestra
- Kamasi Washington
- Kanye West
- Karl Denson
- Kathleen Edwards
- Kathleen Madigan
- KC & the Sunshine Band
- Keb' Mo'
- Keller Williams
- Kelly Joe Phelps
- Kelly McMichael
- Kevin Breit
- Kid Koala
- Kid Rock
- Kieran Hebden
- KILLL
- Kim Churchill
- Kim Mitchell
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
- King Sunny Ade & His African Beats
- King Sunshine
- Kings Go Forth
- KISS
- Konono #1
- Kool & the Gang
- Kronos Quartet
- Kruger Brothers
- Kung Fu
- Kurt Vile and the Violaters
- Kymani Marley
- Kyrie Kristmanson
- L.A. Guns
- La Machine
- La Paname Jazz Quartet
- Lady Gaga
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Lake Street Dive
- Lamb of God
- Lambert and James
- Larkin Poe
- Larry McCray
- Leavin' Train
- lectures
- LeE HARVeY OsMOND
- Lehera with Sarah
- Lennon Claypool Delirium
- Leon Bridges
- Leon Redbone
- Les Breastfeeders
- Les Claypool
- Les Paul
- Les Rats d'Swompe
- Lettuce
- Levon Helm
- Lewis Black
- Lhasa
- Lindsay Buckingham
- Lisa Fischer
- Little Feat
- Little Freddie King
- Live
- Live Magnetic Air
- Living Colour
- Look People
- Los Lobos
- Lotus
- Lou Reed
- Loverboy
- LP
- Lucas Haneman
- Lucinda Williams
- Ludacris
- Lukas Nelson & the Promise Of The Real
- Luke Doucet
- Luther Wright & The Wrongs
- Lydia Loveless
- Lydia Taylor Band
- Lyle Lovett
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- M83
- Maceo Parker
- MacLean & MacLean
- Macy Gray
- Madonna
- magic
- Magoo
- Mahogany Rush
- MALAJUBE
- Manu Chau
- Mapei
- Marc Ribot
- Marcia Ball & the Voices of The Wetlands All-Stars
- Marco Benevento
- Marcus King
- Mari Boine
- Maria Schneider
- Marianne Dissard
- Marianne Trudel
- Marilyn Crispell
- Mark Forward
- Mark Knopfler
- Martha Wainwright
- Martin Short
- Martina Sorbara
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Mary J. Blige
- Matisyahu
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Matt Anderson
- Matt Mays
- Matt Minglewood
- Matthew Sweet
- Mavis Staples
- Max Webster
- MAZ
- Mötley Crüe
- Meat Loaf
- Medeski Martin & Wood
- Medusas Raft
- Megan Jerome
- Merle Haggard
- Meryn Cadell
- Metallica
- Metalwood
- Metric
- Mi Casa
- Mi'gmafrica
- Michael Blake
- Michael Brecker
- Michael Franti
- Michael Herring
- Michael Jerome Browne
- Michael Powers
- Michel Cusson
- Michel Rivard
- Mick Taylor
- Mickey Hart
- Midnight North
- Mighty Popo
- Miguel de Armas Quartet
- Mikaela Davis
- Mike Biggar
- Mike Dillon's Band of Outsiders
- Mike Essoudry
- Mike Gordon
- Mike Lynch
- Mike Milligan
- Milligan-Eagles Project
- Missy Burgess
- Moe Koffman
- moe.
- Molly Hatchet
- Monkeyjunk
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Morrissey
- Motörhead
- Mother Mother
- Mumbo Jumbo Voodoo Combo
- Muse
- museums
- Must Stash Hat
- My Morning Jacket
- Nanci Griffith
- Nathaniel Rateliff
- National Arts Centre Orchestra
- Nazareth
- Ndidi Onukwulu
- Neil Diamond
- Neil Young
- Neko Case
- nero
- Neville Brothers
- new poetics
- New York Dolls
- Nick Cave
- Nik Wallenda
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nordic Voices
- NQ Arbuckle
- Oasis
- Odds
- Of Monsters and Men
- Okkervil River
- Oliver Jones
- Oliver Mtukudzi
- Oliver Schroer
- Once And Future Band
- Orchestra Baobab
- Ornette Coleman
- Orphan
- Oscar Peterson
- Oteil Burbridge
- Ottawa Symphony Orchestra
- Oumou Sangare
- Our Lady Peace
- Oysterhead
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Paco de Lucía
- Page and Plant
- Parliament/Funkadelic
- Pat Metheny
- Pat Travers
- Patrick Cardy
- Patti Smith
- Paul McCartney
- Paul Oakenfold
- Paul Reed Smith Band
- Paul Shaffer
- Paul Simon
- Peaches & Herb
- Pearl Jam
- Pegi Young
- Pete Zedlacher
- Peter Frampton
- Peter Gabriel
- Petra
- Phil DeGruy
- Phil Lesh
- Philip Glass
- Phish
- Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
- Pink Floyd
- Pink Mountaintops
- Pleasure Craft
- politics
- Pope John Paul II
- Porno For Pyros
- Pothole
- Preservation Hall Band
- Primus
- Prince
- Procol Harum
- Project/Object
- Prosetry
- Public Relations
- Purple
- Queensrÿche
- Radio Zydeco
- Radiohead
- Railroad Earth
- Rainy Day Prophets
- Ratdog
- Ratt
- Ravi Shankar
- Ray Davies
- Real Gone Daddies
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Red Rider
- Redd Volkaert
- Remember Shakti
- Return To Forever
- Reveen
- REYNALDO & the Dalliances
- Rheostatics
- Richa Sharma
- Richard Page
- Richard Thompson
- Rick Fines
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Ricky Skaggs
- Rikki Ililonga
- Ringo Starr
- Rita Carter
- Rob Frayne
- Rob Wasserman
- Robben Ford
- Robbie Krieger
- Robert Fripp
- Robert Glasper Experiment
- Robert Plant
- Robert Randolph
- Robert Walter
- Rod Stewart
- Roddy Elias
- Roger Hodgson
- Roger McGuinn
- Roger Waters
- Roman Grey
- Roosevelt Collier
- Roseanne Cash
- Roy Hargrove
- Roy Rogers and the Delta River Kings
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- Rufus Wainwright
- Rush
- Rusted Root
- Ry Cooder
- Ryan Adams
- Ryan Belleville
- Ryan Bingham
- Sadio Sissokho
- Salif Keita
- Sam Roberts
- Samantha Fish
- Santana
- Sarah Harmer
- Sarah McLachlan
- Sass Jordan
- Saul Williams
- Scarlet and the Elect Band
- Scott H. Biram
- Sean Chambers
- Sean McCann
- Serena Ryder
- Sergent Garcia
- Seu Jorge
- Seun Kuit & Egypt 80
- SFJAZZ Collective
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
- Shawn McDonald
- Shelby Lynn
- Sherry Ryan
- Sheryl Crow
- Shpongle
- Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars
- Silver Creek
- Sister Sledge
- Sisters Euclid
- Skid Row
- Slash
- Sleepy Sun
- Sloan
- Sly & Robbie
- Smokin' Joe Kubek
- Snarky Puppy
- Snoop Dogg
- Solomon Burke
- Sonny Landreth
- Sonoluminescence Trio
- Sons of Freedom
- Soulive
- Sound Tribe Sector 9
- Soundgarden
- Spam Allstars
- Spearhead
- Spin Doctors
- sports
- Spruce
- Sri Chinmoy
- St. Vincent
- Staff Benda Bilili
- Stanislovsky
- Stanton Moore
- Steel Punk
- Steely Dan
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Stephen Colbert
- Stephen Fearing
- Stephen Franke & Noises from the Toolshed
- Stephen Marley
- Steve Earle
- Steve Kimock
- Steve Lukather
- Steve Martin
- Steve Miller
- Steve Reid
- Steve Stevens
- Steve Vai
- Steven Page
- Steven Wright
- Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
- Stevie Wonder
- Stewart Copeland
- Stickmen
- Still on the Hill
- Still Winter Hills
- Sting
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Stonefield
- Store
- Stray Cats
- Stretch Orchestra
- Strippers Union
- Stuart McLean
- Sturgill Simpson
- Styx
- Sugaray Rayford
- Sum 41
- Sun Ra Arkestra
- Supertramp
- Surprise Me Mr. Davis
- Sweating Like Nixon
- T. S. Monk Sextet
- Taak
- Tab Benoit
- Tanya Tagaq
- Tara Holloway
- Tarig Abubakar and the AfroNubians
- Tavares
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Tegan & Sara
- Tesla
- That 1 Guy
- The Alarm
- The Allman Brothers Band
- The Amazing Kreskin
- The Apostles of Hustle
- The Assad Brothers
- The B-52's
- The Bad Plus
- The Band
- The Band From Utopia
- The Band Perry
- The Barr Brothers
- The Black Crowes
- The Black Eyed Peas
- The Black Keys
- The Blind Boys of Alabama
- The Blues Brothers Band
- The Blushing Brides
- The Brazilian Girls
- The Brothers Creeggan
- The Burning Hell
- The Cheaters
- The Coggs
- The Cowboy Junkies
- The Cramps
- The Creaking Tree String Quartet
- The Dangerous Kitchen
- The Dead
- The Dears
- The Dixie Chicks
- The Dodos
- The Doobie Brothers
- The Dumdum Boys
- The Eagles
- The Fine Lads
- The Flaming Lips
- The Flaming Sideburns
- The Flaps
- The Foals
- The Funky Meters
- The Golden Dogs
- The Grande Mothers
- The Grant Buffet Experience
- The Hammerheads
- The Headpins
- The Hold Steady
- The John Henrys
- The Kentucky Headhunters
- The Kids in the Hall
- The Monkees
- The Motet
- The Mother Hips
- The Murder Plans
- The Musical Box
- The National
- The New Deal
- The Orb
- The Police
- The Pretenders
- The Punch Brothers
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- The Radiators
- The Razorbacks
- The Rolling Stones
- The Roots
- The Sadies
- The Slip
- The Soul of John Black
- The Soundtrack of Our Lives
- The Spades
- The Specials
- The Spoons
- The Sun Crescent Barbeque Stompers
- The Tea Party
- The Tragically Hip
- The Trews
- The Tubes
- The Tummies
- The Twilight Singers
- The Village People
- The Vinyl Cafe
- The Wailers
- The Wallflowers
- The Waltons
- The White Family
- The White Stripes
- The Who
- The Wyrd Sisters
- The Zombies
- theatre
- theme parks
- Thomas Annand
- Thornetta Davis
- Ticket Stories
- Tiempo Libre
- Tim Robbins
- Timber Timbre
- Todd Rundgren
- Todd Snider
- Together Ensemble
- Tom Cochrane
- Tom Fun Orchestra
- Tom Morello
- Tom Petty
- Tony D
- Tony Levin
- Tony Malaby
- Too Drunk to Dance
- Tool
- Toots and the Maytals
- Torngat
- Toronto
- Tortoise
- Toumani Diabaté
- tours
- Tower of Power
- Tracy Chapman
- Travel Logs
- Treasa Levasseur
- Trey Anastasio
- Tricky
- Triumph
- Trombone Shorty
- Trout Fishing in America
- Turkuaz
- TV on the Radio
- Twiddle
- U. Srinivas
- U2
- UB40
- Umphrey's McGee
- uncategorized
- Upper York Mandolin Quartet
- Us & Wilbur
- V. Selvaganesh
- Van Halen
- Van Morrison
- Veda Hille
- Velcro Cloud
- Victor Kasoma
- Videos
- Vieux Farke Touré
- Violent Femmes
- Walk Off The Earth
- Walter Trout
- War
- Warren Hamm
- Warren Haynes
- Wayne Eagles
- Wayne Shorter
- Ween
- Weeping Tile
- Weezer
- What The Thunder Said
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Widespread Panic
- Wilco
- Willie Nelson
- Willie Nile
- Willie P. Bennett
- Willie Watson
- Win Butler
- Wisconsin Johnsins
- Wynton Marsalis
- Xavier Rudd
- Yoko Ono
- Yonatan Gat
- Youssou N'Dour
- Youth Lagoon
- Zakir Hussain
- Zappa Plays Zappa
- Ziggy Marley
- ZZ Top
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