Tonight was the official opening day of Ottawa’s Jazz Festival. Playing at Confederation Park were: Alicia Borisonik Dave Douglas Roberta Gambarini It was a nice event of music. The weather hold up and it didn’t thunderstorm like the weather report mentioned.
Tonight was a surprise free show at the 29th edition of the Ottawa Jazz Festival. Even I wasn’t aware about it either. Playing at Confederation Park were: Souljazz Orchestra Pavlo Terence Blanchard I wasn’t aware that tonight was a free show. Thought Thursday was the kick off to the festival. It was a nice evening …
Ever since I saw The Most Serene Republic live last Thursday at NXNE. I couldn’t help and purchased their upcoming album which doesn’t drop on July 14th. Its kind of hard for a band that is in shadow with other label mates like Stars, Broken Social Scene and Feist. But they are starting to branch …
Finally done editing the photos from NXNE. These four days being in Toronto were fun for myself. I never experience such a great live music scene there. Compared to Ottawa, Toronto totally blows us out of the water. I got to meet some interesting people who got media passes and wondering who they were covering …
On Saturday during the Toronto rainy afternoon. I decided to hit up the No Shame/Daps Duo show and BBQ. Took place at a Garage Bodyshop down in Ossington. Playing there were: Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees Lightmares Swirling Shores (aka Spiral Beach) Times Neue Roman Pick a Piper Laura Barrett
My last night in Toronto for NXNE. I decided to hit up The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern. Playing there were: Woodpigeon DD/MM/YYYY Ruby Coast Jason Collett and Hot Panda (both I missed) The Lovely Feathers During the times I missed Jason Collett and Hot Panda, I went to the Reverb. Playing there were: Said The Whale …
On Friday it was a free for all at NXNE. I hit up as many venues as I could that day/night.
Just saw Green Go play at Yonge/Dundas Square. Really a fun show and nice that the sun came out. Here is a photo from the set.
Today I was at the Conference centre for NXNE (aka called NXPO). Besides having to find the hotel that I am staying for the weekend. I decided to head up there. Totally forgot that CBC Radio 3 would be live there. I finally got to meet Craig Norris and I forgot that at the time …
It was a fun interesting Thursday. Went to the Hyatt Regency Hotel and picked up my media pass which I was excited. This is when the actual fun began