070911 The Tragically Hip/Shpongle/Spam Allstars/Erykah Badu/Michael Powers/Larry McCray/Shawn McDonald, Ottawa, ON
Writing daily reviews for the Ottawa Bluesfest wasn’t all unicorns and rainbows…
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071309 Stone Temple Pilots/Great Lake Swimmers with Serena Ryder/Tom Fun Orchestra, Ottawa, ON
The Maverick’s crowd watched in rapt attention as mainstage headliner Serena Ryder sat in with the Great Lake Swimmers for the last half of their quietly intense set…
070716 Joe Jackson/Billy Idol, Ottawa, ON
One of the great things about festivals is how they take a bunch of acts that you would never buy a stand-alone ticket for and bundle them together into a surprisingly attractive pile…
071304 Bryan Adams, Ottawa, ON
For a guy who managed to shoot the video for (Everything I Do) I Do It For You with a straight face, Bryan Adams can rock…
071018 Foo Fighters/Greta Van Fleet, Ottawa, ON
There’s a reason why the Fooeys garnered the biggest crowd Bluesfest has ever seen…
070813 Rush/The Specials, Ottawa, ON
On July 8th, 2013 I found myself living the dream…
071416 The Monkees, Ottawa, ON
The power of nostalgia is such a hard thing to explain…
070608 Snoop Dogg/Widespread Panic/Primus/The Wailers/Johnny Winter/Infected Mushroom/Les Breastfeeders/That 1 Guy/Harper/Chuck Prophet, Ottawa, ON
On July 6th, 2008 I biked down to the Ottawa Bluesfest for a scorching hot and very long Saturday…
071311 Metric/My Morning Jacket/Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King, Ottawa, ON
Metric were absolutely owning the crowd…
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