062602 Herbie Hancock with Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade, Ottawa, ON
Herbie Hancock is one of the bona fide jazz giants walking this planet…
Tag: national arts centre
051113 Big Mama, Ottawa, ON
Though musicals and opera aren’t really my thing sometimes theatre and music can meet up in a way that tickles my entertainment bone, and this show was one of those times…
041511 Bruce Cockburn, Ottawa
On April 15th, 2011 I saw Bruce Cockburn at the soft-seat hexagon that is the National Arts Centre. It’s a pretty great room to see a performer like Cockburn…
031195 Joe Cocker/Keb’ Mo’, Ottawa, ON
It’s apropos that Cocker played the NAC…
021508 NACO plays Cole Porter, Ottawa, ON
The National Arts Centre Orchestra playing the Cole Porter songbook is the very definition of a Pops concert…
021006 NACO featuring Vadim Repin plays Shostakovich, Bach, and Haydn, Ottawa, ON
Contrary to the information provided on the stub this concert did not include conductor Pinchas Zukerman. In his place was a Dutch conductor named Kees Bakel…
112003 John Prine, Ottawa, ON
On November 20th, 2003 I had the great pleasure of seeing the late, great John Prine…
110696 Lyle Lovett, Ottawa, ON
My first experience with Lyle Lovett dropped my jaw…
110118 Royal Winnipeg Ballet performs Vespers, 1610, Ottawa, ON
Capping a brief flirtation with modern dance I attended my third ballet performance of the year at the National Arts Centre on November 1st, 2018…
110715 Tom Waits Tribute, Ottawa, ON
The show was a Tom Waits tribute called Tom Songs From A Drunken Piano, and it featured the crème de la crème of the Ottawa music scene…
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