030223 REYNALDO & the Dalliances, Ottawa, ON
From the bar I could see everyone onstage except the lead singer, but as soon as I heard his voice I knew who it was…
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022701 Question Period, Ottawa, ON
On February 27th, 2001 I slogged through the snowy streets of my adopted hometown to the Parliament Buildings to sit in on Question Period…
022516 NACO plays Queen, Ottawa, ON
On February 25th, 2016 I went to the National Arts Centre for We Are The Champions: The Music Of Queen; despite the title of the show I knew exactly what I was in for…
021715 M.C. Escher and Jack Bush exhibits, Ottawa, ON
On February 17th, 2015 I went to Ottawa’s National Gallery for a pair of special exhibitions…
020919 Kevin Breit, Ottawa, ON
After a stellar show the night before (following a less-than-stellar show the night before that) on February 9th, 2019 I committed to see Kevin Breit’s third and final show at the Ottawa Jazz Festival’s brief winter fest…
020207 The Tragically Hip, Ottawa, ON
February 2nd, 2007 was the second time I saw The Hip after they released World Container…
012908 Bob Wiseman/Catherine MacLellan, Ottawa, ON
On January 29th, 2008 I walked down to Sparks Street for a taping of Fuse, a now-defunct Saturday afternoon radio show…
012806 John Geggie, Cuong Vu, and Kevin Breit, Ottawa, ON
When I was in my first year of university one of my profs arranged a jazz trio to play for one of our classes. I only remember one member of the trio – John Geggie – but I remember his performance that afternoon in my mind’s eye as vividly as if it were yesterday…
011908 Tiempo Libre, Ottawa, ON
What could be a better antidote to the blistering cold of winter in Ottawa than an evening of Cuban music in the comfy warmth of the National Arts Centre…
010397 The Dangerous Kitchen, Ottawa, ON
Rather than note-for-note mimicry, a group of Quebecois classical musicians presented intricate neo-classical modern interpretations of classic Zappa tunes and it was awesome…
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