020819 Kevin Breit and the Bona Fide Scoundrels, Ottawa, ON
February 8th, 2019 was a night for redemption…
Daily ticket stories
February 8th, 2019 was a night for redemption…
On December 4th, 2006 I found myself living the life of Riley…
I honestly can’t recall a time when this band didn’t completely knock my socks off…
Never heard of Stretch Orchestra you say…
On February 26th, 2009 I went to The Black Sheep in Wakefield, Quebec to see the great Kevin Breit. Not only was my favourite guitar player playing, he was sharing the bill with someone I had never heard of before, a guy named C. R. Avery…
For years the quite excellent Ottawa Jazz Festival has put on a small winter fest which I patronize on occasion, especially when the occasion features one of my favourite Canadian musicians: Kevin Breit…
When I was in my first year of university one of my profs arranged a jazz trio to play for one of our classes. I only remember one member of the trio – John Geggie – but I remember his performance that afternoon in my mind’s eye as vividly as if it were yesterday…
Peterborough is a pretty cool little town with a campus and a record store and more than it’s fair share of hip cafes…
The relatively small but wonderfully niche Guelph Jazz Festival had paired my two favourite guitar players to play together for the first (and only?) time…
If there’s a musical reason to be a proud Canadian, his name is Neil Young…