050906 Drums & Tuba/Dave Lauzon, Ottawa, ON
I believe this might mark the last time I saw Drums & Tuba, a quirky-by-definition trio that first came to my attention at an Ani DiFranco concert on this exact date in ’99…
Tag: live music
050816 Pearl Jam, Ottawa, ON
It’s great to see a band when they are still on top of their game, even if they’ve been there for a quarter of a century. I don’t know how it took so long for me to jump on this band’s wagon but I will definitely be seeing Pearl Jam again and again and as often as I can from now on…
050414 John Fogerty/Arcade Fire/Trombone Shorty/Preservation Hall Horns, New Orleans, LA
On May 4th, 2014 I spent most of the day at what is unquestionably one of the world’s great music festivals…
050209 The Tragically Hip, Montreal, QC
The semi-regular opportunity to see arena-level bands in a nice, 2,000-person capacity balconied theatre easily pushes Metropolis to the top of my preferred Montreal concert halls…
050124 Big Space, St. John’s, NL
I know what you’re thinking…
042916 Stickmen, Ottawa, ON
Take a monstrously talented trio like Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto, both from King Crimson among other highly-respected projects, and the two-hand tapping guitaruoso Markus Reuter and plunk them down together in a small bar like Maverick’s and it should be a sure-fire homerun…
042806 Willie Nelson/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ottawa, ON
Willie was great, as usual…
042599 Philip Glass Ensemble, Toronto, ON
Well this was quite a night…
042401 Melvin Seals/nero, Ottawa, ON
I was a-okay with the show itself…
042322 Drive-By Truckers/Lydia Loveless, Ottawa, ON
On April 23rd, 2022 I was in Ottawa for a social visit arranged to coincide with a Drive-By Truckers concert at the newly-awesome Bronson Centre…
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