071113 The Tragically Hip/LP/Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Ottawa, ON
On July 11th, 2013 I took in an evening at the Ottawa Bluesfest where I saw a trio of bands in ascending order of awesomeness…
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071308 Don McLean/Canned Heat/Robert Randolph/Donna Summer/Tony D/Anders Osborne/Redd Volkaert/Bachir Attar, Ottawa, ON
Another triumphant Bluesfest…
071705 John Prine/David Lindley/Bill Frisell/Harry Manx/Sonny Landreth, Ottawa, ON
John Prine was so good I think he might have put on the best set of the whole festival…
071014 Blondie/Procol Harum with the National Arts Centre Orchestra/John Mayall/The Band Perry, Ottawa, ON
It doesn’t matter how you cut it, July 10th, 2014 was a pretty amazing night at the Ottawa Bluesfest…
071207 Ndidi Onukwulu, Ottawa, ON
As many of my friends are quite aware, I have a curious and rather unprecedented hate-on for Blue Rodeo…
070706 Great Big Sea/Calexico/Seu Jorge/Tony D/Broken Social Scene/MALAJUBE/James Cohen, Ottawa, ON
July 7th was the opening day of the 2006 edition of the Ottawa Bluesfest. I was onsite early, I stayed late, and I saw just about every act on offer in between…
071711 Cheap Trick/The Funky Meters, Ottawa, ON
July 17th, 2011 was a big day at the Ottawa Bluesfest…
071008 Suen Kuti and Egypt 80, Ottawa, ON
Some of my ticket memories read like nothing more than the sordid confessions of a chronic Bluesfest set-jumper…
071611 Jane’s Addiction/Blackie and the Rodeo Kings/Death from Above 1979/Ganga Girl, Ottawa, ON
July 16th was the penultimate day of the 2011 Ottawa Bluesfest and it was a hot one, both literally and figuratively…
071506 Junior Brown/Wilco/Roseanne Cash/Chicago Blue Reunion, Ottawa, ON
Wilco fans fall firmly in the “rabid” category…
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