070305 Mark Knopfler, Ottawa, ON
The world is short on bona fide guitar gods…
Category: Ticket Stories
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…
062615 Joel Plaskett, Ottawa, ON
I write for several reasons…
032406 The Amazing Kreskin, Ottawa, ON
When I was a kid I absolutely loved The Amazing Kreskin…
032116 The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA
These are events that are to be remembered, honoured, and memorialized, but I don’t think it does anybody much good to celebrate them…
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