Day 7 of Ottawa Bluesfest 2015 was very exciting! After the rain Ottawa had the day before, the weather was alright but abit chilly. The acts that I caught at the festival were Run The Jewels, Chvrches, Flight Distance,G.Grand, Winchester Warm and Grime Kings. It was a great day of music at the festival. Click …
Sunday’s Ottawa RBC Bluesfest 2015 was definitely a hot one, weather wise. So hot that I was getting hot flashes (Nah! Mostly sweaty) and I had to go in and out the War Museum. It was definitely a great day/night of music. Playing on day 5 of the festival were Arkells, Blue Rodeo, CeeLo Green, …
The fourth day Ottawa RBC Bluesfest 2015 definitely felt like summer. The night after Kanye, things went back to normal attendance wise. It was a big day with that acts that I saw which were Porter Robinson, Alvvays, Nas, Shakey Graves, Allie X, Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, Family of the Year, G.Grand, Eddie Quotez …
The third night was the biggest night for Ottawa RBC Bluesfest 2015. Everyone was freaking out for Kanye West, also acts that I got to see were Hawksley Workman, Souljazz Orchestra, Marianas Trench, Chance The Rapper, Kaleigh Watts and Rydell. Despite his crazy antics, Kanye no doubt proved to everyone (who went to see him) …
Couldn’t be very excited for this since right now and happening for 10 days, it is Ottawa RBC Bluesfest 2015. To kick off the first day of the festival, it was the 2015 edition of the Full Flex Express with Ottawa starting off the tour. It is a 8 day cross Canada party featuring Jack …
An annual event to go during Canada Day. Every year CBC Radio and CBC Music does their Canada Day Songwriter’s Circle on Major’s Hill Park. The Songwriters Circle was broadcast live on CBC Radio 1. Despite the rain, people drove out to see this year’s perform which were: Shad Caracol David Myles Christa Couture Jeremy …
First night of NXNE 2015 was at Adelaide Hall. The venue has drastically changed, so no more upstairs part. It was more of a hip-hip/R&B/rap showcase and saw three acts performing. I was more excited to see Kate Tempest from the UK. She blew me away with her rap/hip-hop and spoken word performance. It was …
It’s that time of year that I venture to Toronto for NXNE. The festival runs from June 17 to 21. So I am heading down this Wednesday. Here is a list of who to check on the first night(Changes will vary depending if I get in or feel like going): Adelaide Hall: Kate Tempest at …
Began my Saturday by going to Maker Space North for Ontario Scene‘s Hip-Hop Playground: Battles and Beats. This event was curated by Manifesto from Toronto. It felt like House of Paint but it wasn’t really. There was a performance by Mustafa the Poet. It was a nice afternoon filled with fun events like DJing, graffiti …
This was the hottest show during Ontario Scene on Friday night. At the NAC 4th Stage it was Jason Collett’s Basement Revue and it was the first time to be held outside of Toronto. I was there for the first half of the show, after intermission I had to leave to another show that I …