120796 Arlo Guthrie, Ottawa, ON
On December 7th, 1996 I saw the legendary Arlo Guthrie for the first time…
Tag: Ottawa Folk Festival
083098 Arlo Guthrie/David Essig/The Wyrd Sisters, Ottawa, ON
It’s written in my ticket album that I went to the Ottawa Folk Festival at Britannia Park on August 30th, 1998…
082899 Trout Fishing in America/Vance Gilbert/Jane Siberry/Jane Radmore, Ottawa, ON
Trout Fishing in America were super-great as they always are…
082511 Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers/Justin Townes Earle/The Punch Brothers, Ottawa, ON
On August 25th, 2011 I went to Hog’s Back Park for opening night of the Ottawa Folk Festival’s inaugural year in their new location, just a pleasant bike ride along the canal and through the forest…
052998 Stephen Fearing, Ottawa, ON
On May 29th, 1998 I walked to the Canadian Museum of Nature to see Stephen Fearing. This was in the days before Fearing created Blackie & The Rodeo Kings with his buddies Tom Wilson and Colin Linden and this would mark the only time I saw Stephen Fearing play a solo show (so far)…
082799 Blackie and the Rodeo Kings/Lynn Miles, Ottawa, ON
On August 27th, 1999 I found myself at the Ottawa Folk Festival way back when it was still a folk festival…
091014 Blues Traveler/Fred Penner/Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Ottawa, ON
Since I saw so little of the fest it would be remiss of me to write up reports for each day so I will heap the week onto one day: September 10th, 2014…
082611 Steve Earle & the Dukes/City and Colour/Garland Jeffries/Bb Sisters, Ottawa, ON
This was the year that the festival had moved to their new temporary location in Hog’s Back Park…
081508 Jerry Douglas/Donna the Buffalo/The Sadies/Ball & Chain/Sarah Harmer/Colin Linden/Country Joe MacDonald, Ottawa, ON
Jerry Douglas is one of the finest lap-style Dobro players out there…
082811 Levon Helm/Sean McCann/Rick Fines, Ottawa, ON
When the lights came on to announce the end of Levon Helm’s set the world seemed to get just a little colder…
Todd Man Out 