062315 Dirty Dozen Brass Band with The Blind Boys of Alabama, Ottawa, ON
The two acts played together, they played separately, they made me dance, they made me gape in awe…
Category: Ticket Stories
083100 Neil Young/Tegan & Sara, Toronto, ON
I’m not sure what band Neil was touring with but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Crazy Horse…
070514 Lady Gaga/JJ Grey & Mofro, Ottawa, ON
There are lots and lots of great things about attending a major music festival like the Ottawa Bluesfest and on July 5th, 2014 I got to experience at couple of these wonders…
070305 Mark Knopfler, Ottawa, ON
The world is short on bona fide guitar gods…
071114 Barenaked Ladies, Ottawa, ON
On July 11th, 2014 I rode down to the Ottawa Bluesfest to catch what I could…
070693 Montreal Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Montreal, QC
On July 6th, 1993 I was cooling my heels in Montreal when I got wind of a free outdoor concert taking place featuring the Montreal Symphony Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture…
033016 Cyril Neville and Royal Southern Brotherhood, New Orleans, LA
My goodness, how I love New Orleans…
062208 Herbie Hancock, Ottawa, ON
To my mind there is no greater compliment that can be given to a pop star than for a bunch of jazz heavies to give their catalogue the treatment…
070711 Steve Miller/Stephen Marley/Girl Talk, Ottawa, ON
Though it is unquestionably party music, the best reggae is never frivolous…
071006 Rickie Lee Jones/Sam Roberts, Ottawa, ON
Jones’ set begged for a dimly-lit cocktail lounge but even on a grassy pitch her intensity made the concert feel intimate…
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