070410 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Ottawa, ON
I couldn’t even begin to guess how many times I saw Sharon Jones…
Category: Ticket Stories
070308 The Tragically Hip/TV on the Radio, Ottawa, ON
On July 3rd, 2008 one of Canada’s biggest music festivals kicked off their season in fine fashion by booking one of Canada’s biggest bands…
070209 Wayne Shorter, Ottawa, ON
So there I was standing amongst many of my like-minded jazzy friends, a fistful of plastic cups in my mitt, watching Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade play live music not a hundred feet away…
070111 Phish, Watkins Glen, NY
Happy Canada Day, America…
063013 Wayne Shorter/Rob Frayne’s Dreamband, Ottawa, ON
On June 30th, 2013 Wayne Shorter took me to church…
062914 Bobby McFerrin, Ottawa, ON
I can report a couple of things…
062810 Medeski Martin & Wood, Ottawa, ON
Can it be that June 28th, 2010 was the last time I saw Medeski, Martin & Wood…
062613 The Doobie Brothers/10 Years of The Triplets of Belleville, Ottawa, ON
Aretha Franklin was forced to cancel her Ottawa jazz festival performance just three weeks before the show. And can you believe that the festival actually managed to book a replacement…
062508 Salif Keita, Ottawa, ON
A scientific study recently proved that it’s lucky to be superstitious, if you can believe that…
062415 Huey Lewis and the News/The Sun Crescent Barbeque Stompers, Ottawa, ON
One really great element of Ottawa’s annual jazz festival that I often overlook in these missives are the free lunchtime concerts that happen daily in (or around) Confederation Park…
