101105 Ravi & Anoushka Shankar, Ottawa, ON
It’s really too bad that the great Ravi Shankar is no longer walking this Earth, but every time I hear a sitar I think of him so I suppose in that sense he’s still here. Or there. Or wherever…
Tag: live music
101017 Roger Waters, Ottawa, ON
On October 10th, 2017 I found myself happily driving to the Corel Tirebank Place once again to see Roger Waters, again…
100921 Mi’gmafrica/Kagumba Andrew/Sadio Sissokho, St. John’s, NL
I was surprised that I hadn’t heard of something so very much up my alley as an African roots festival…
100898 Ed Bickert, Ottawa, ON
This Ed Bickert concert on October 8th, 1998 might mark the only time I saw a show at After 8, a beautiful bar directly across the street from the front doors of Parliament’s Centre Block…
100716 Project/Object featuring Ike Willis, Ottawa, ON
Of course this was more than a tribute, including as it did two former Zappa employees…
100503 Remember Shakti, Toronto, ON
As a big fan of John McLaughlin and a lover of Indian classical music this Remember Shakti thing was right up my alley…
100407 John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension, Ottawa, ON
McLaughlin is a guitarist’s guitarist…
100315 Jagari Chanda with Rikki Ililonga and Victor Kasoma/Oliver Mtukudzi/Earl Klugh/Mi Casa/James Sakala/Scarlet and the Elect Band, Lusaka, Zambia
I overheard someone say “We planned for everything, but not the rain”…
100201 Medeski Martin & Wood, Ottawa, ON
On October 2nd, 2001 Medeski Martin & Wood were playing at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre and I had a ticket…
100187 Jeff Healey, Moncton, NB
Sadly I only saw Jeff Healey live once, but man-o-man am I thankful for the memories I have of that night, some of which I present to you here…
