042012 Sisters Euclid, Oakville, ON
You’d think that a guy who was in Toronto to climb the steps of the CN Tower would take it easy the night before the climb and I probably would have if my favourite guitar player wasn’t playing…
Tag: live music
041705 Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ottawa, ON
I’m pretty sure that April 17th, 2005 was the first time I attended a concert at the Dominion-Chalmers Church…
041604 Tortoise, Ottawa, ON
The Capital Music Hall was a large venue right downtown on Ottawa’s Rideau Street, just across from Maverick’s…
041517 Drive-By Truckers/Hiss Golden Messenger, New Orleans, LA
April 15th, 2017 was the first time I visited one of New Orleans’ most famous venues, Tipitina’s…
041405 NACO plays Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Haydn, Ottawa, ON
On April 14th, 2005 I made my way to the National Arts Centre to take in a show featuring Canada’s very talented national orchestra performing long-ago works written by some of the most brilliant minds in the known history of music…
041309 Neil Young, Kingston, ON
I think the Neil Young concert on April 13th, 2009 was my first time in the K-Rock Centre and I soon found out that they didn’t quite have their act together yet…
041211 Salif Keita, Ottawa, ON
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a show at the Domchalm that didn’t impress me. And for a grumpy old concert curmudgeon like me that’s saying something…
041100 Oscar Peterson, Toronto, ON
April 11th, 2000 was the last time I had the honour and privilege to hear the great, great Oscar Peterson play the piano…
041000 The Dave Holland Quintet, Ottawa, ON
On April 10th, 2000 my good friend Wayne brought the Dave Holland Quintet to the Alumni Theatre at Carleton University…
040614 Mike Gordon, Burlington, VT
The Higher Ground people are famous for their tight security at the door and it always takes longer than you think it will to get it, no matter how many times I go through the process…
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