Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hope some of you were lucky enough to attend the sold out annual Beau’s St. Patrick’s Party at Lansdowne’s Aberdeen Pavillion.. This year the party fell on March 16, 2019 and it is the one time you can be Irish and celebrate it. Got to check out the parade and didn’t …
Month: March 2019
Attended the opening at the National Gallery of Canada‘s for Dave Heath’s Multitude, Solitude on March 13, 2019. From the website: “Whether picking out a single face in a crowd, capturing an act of violence between siblings, or framing close-up portraits of quiet despair, Dave Heath (1931–2016) had an instinctive ability to capture the soul …
NAC Presents just unveiled their line-up for the first batch of the 2019-2020 season. Since I am focusing on the music aspect of this. The big ones for their 9th season are Buffy Sainte-Marie, Tanya Tagaq, 2018 Polaris Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher and Chilly Gonzales. In collaboration with the NAC’s inaugural Indigenous Theatre department, NAC …
Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for March 11, 2019. Hour One: Hour Two: PLAYLIST: Mac DeMarco – Nobody Emilie Kahn – Aquarium Kero Kero Bonito – The Open Road Ten Fé – No Night Lasts Forever Alexandra Stréliski – Blind Vision Flying Hórses – Asleep Nathan Shubert – When You …
Winnipeg’s Royal Canoe stopped by at The 27 Club on March 9, 2019. Ottawa was the sixth stop on their Waver Tour in support of the album Waver. Starting off the show was Ottawa’s mal/aimé. They provided some experimental ambient drone music. That you can close your eyes and drift off to their music. 8/10. …
It was a coincidence that this show at Pressed fell on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2019. Pop Drone presented an all women show featuring L Con, Synne Sanden and Merganzer. Starting off the show was Ottawa’s Merganzer. Lovely beautiful and haunting set of experimental violin pop music! 9/10. Synne Sanden was the second …
Studio Sixty Six held their opening reception for their new exhibition called Interplays. Featuring the works by Laurence Finet, Natalie Bruvels and Andrew Beck. These three artists whose work centres around the human experience and/or the human theatre. All painters, approaching their shared subject, stylistically and thematically, from entirely different perspectives. The exhibition runs until …
Vancouver bands Mother Mother and Said the Whale touched down in Ottawa at Algonquin Commons Theatre on March 7, 2019. Mother Mother is currently on their North American “Dance and Cry Tour”. In support of their seventh album of the same night. Opening up for them was Said the Whale, who are currently promoting their …
Extraordinary show on a Tuesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre with Mumford & Sons. They are currently on their Delta World tour which started in November of 2018. Ottawa was their 26th stop. Shocking enough, this was my first concert seeing them. Ever since they blew up about 10 years ago with their debut …
Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for March 4, 2019. Hour One: Hour Two: Playlist: Mother Mother – Dance and Cry Said the Whale – Moonlight Stoby – Falsettos L Con – Some Sort of Sign Royal Canoe – Rayz (Lazerbeak Remix) Emilie Kahn – Three Partner – Tell You Off …