Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls stopped by Ottawa for a kick-ass concert at the Bronson Centre. Part of the Be More Kind World Tour which is from the album of the same name that came out this year. High energy folk-rock punk music that had the audience waving their arms, singing to his music, …
Here is the last day of CityFolk Festival 2018. It was a scorching day and kicked off with Ottawa’s own MonkeyJunk. They are a staple in the Ottawa’s blues-rock music scene. This was their first time performing at CityFolk and got some people brave the heat for their music. 6/10. I will be blunt on …
A show I forgot to post last week due to various things happening in Ottawa. After CityFolk, I had to rush up to Black Squirrel Books for the LP Release show of Lonely Parade. Made it and caught the first band performing which was Sad Baxter from Nashville, Texas. Enjoyed their heavy sludge pop rock …
It’s been a hectic week with various things happening. But here is the coverage and photos from Day 4 of CityFolk Festival 2018. Kicked off by seeing Whitney Rose performing her country music at the Ravenlaw stage. 7/10. There were some delays on the City Stage with Ben Caplan. That was because he just arrived …
The power didn’t go out at the 27 Club on September 21, 2018. Arrived just as Vancouver’s Land Line was performing. Great post-punk alternative music. 7/10. I was most excited to see Hamilton’s Basement Revolver play. Hadn’t seen them since last year and missed out their show in February of this year. The band is …
September 19th, Montreal’s La Force and Murray A. Lightburn performed a great show at the 27 Club. Ottawa was the first night of La Force’s mini East Coast tour. Ariel Engle who plays with Broken Social Scene and was in Arora is going out on her own with her own project. Currently promoting her self-titled …
This is my third year attending the Polaris Music Prize 2018 Gala. Congratulations to Jeremy Dutcher on winning this year’s prize for his album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. Here is what went down this year. Weaves was the first band to perform. Playing the songs Law and Panda and Wide Open. Absolute wonderful performance considering they were …
Cityfolk‘s Marvest are free shows that happen on the Friday night and Saturday part of the festival in the Glebe area. The focus of Marvest is to present Ottawa with a feast of locally produced music. I got to present the show at Purple Urchin and performing was Remaclara and Muzzy Legault. Check out the …
Didn’t want to miss this show at St. Alban’s Church on September 14, 2018. Sadly I missed Gianna Lauren‘s set but I will give it an imaginary 8/10 from what my friends told me about her set. Made it on time for Julie Doiron & The Wooden Stars. They reunited to do a really short …
Here is the rundown from day 3 of CityFolk Festival 2018. Kicking off the City Stage at 6pm was 54-40. Their performance was an unplugged affair with arrangements from acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin and others for a reimagining of the band’s greatest hit. 7/10. Flint Eastwood was the first band to perform at Ravenlaw Stage. …