071605 New York Dolls/Bill Frisell/Harry Manx/Kaki King, Ottawa, ON
I’d like to say that the set was brilliant, with Frisell weaving his post-modern loops in and around old-timey country fiddle tunes and I’m sure it was, but…
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071113 The Tragically Hip/LP/Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Ottawa, ON
On July 11th, 2013 I took in an evening at the Ottawa Bluesfest where I saw a trio of bands in ascending order of awesomeness…
071308 Don McLean/Canned Heat/Robert Randolph/Donna Summer/Tony D/Anders Osborne/Redd Volkaert/Bachir Attar, Ottawa, ON
Another triumphant Bluesfest…
070211 Phish, Watkins Glen, NY
On July 2nd, 2011 I woke up in the temporary upper New York state campground that was the Watkins Glen Speedway…
052822 Sherry Ryan, Freshwater, NL
Sherry Ryan didn’t have her band with her but she had brought a heck of a sideman in Lucas Rose…
052716 Phil & Friends, Port Chester, NY
Anyone who has read a handful of these dispatches knows that I have a thing for Phil Lesh’s bass playing…
062911 Paco de Lucía, Ottawa, ON
Paco was a breakthrough virtuoso musician who became the poster child for his discipline…
062814 Aretha Franklin/Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Ottawa, ON
After a lifetime of yearning and a year of waiting, on June 28th, 2014 I finally got to see the incomparable Aretha Franklin perform live…
052416 Thomas Annand, Ottawa, ON
Wind coursed through pipes massive and miniature producing a sound on the organ that was both elegant and terrifying…
071705 John Prine/David Lindley/Bill Frisell/Harry Manx/Sonny Landreth, Ottawa, ON
John Prine was so good I think he might have put on the best set of the whole festival…
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