071417 Andersson .Paak/Jack Semple, Ottawa, ON
It could be that my concert memory bone has simply become over-saturated…
Tag: Ottawa Bluesfest
071301 Blues Traveler, Ottawa, ON
Every once in a while someone comes along who just completely changes the game…
071215 Richard Thompson/Willie Nile/Hat Fitz and Cara, Ottawa, ON
Richard Thompson stood on the Black Sheep Stage singing song after song of classic folk gold…
071108 Ray Davies/Shelby Lynn, Ottawa, ON
I’ll never forget the first time I heard The Kinks…
070806 Bonnie Raitt/Keb’ Mo’/Deadstring Brothers/The Brazilian Girls/Kelly Joe Phelps/Torngat/Walter Trout, Ottawa, ON
July 8th, 2006 was the second day of the Ottawa Bluesfest and I came loaded for bear…
070710 Furthur, Ottawa, ON
It’s astounding to imagine that this was the first and only time that the Grateful Dead or one of their offshoots ever performed in Ottawa…
070611 Ben Harper/The Roots, Ottawa, ON
Writing these things sometimes puts my brain into strange places…
070407 Van Morrison/Elmer Ferrer, Ottawa, ON
2007 was the year that Bluesfest returned to LeBreton Flats…
071605 New York Dolls/Bill Frisell/Harry Manx/Kaki King, Ottawa, ON
I’d like to say that the set was brilliant, with Frisell weaving his post-modern loops in and around old-timey country fiddle tunes and I’m sure it was, but…
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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