Ottawa residents came out in droves for a free benefit concert for people who were affected by the September’s tornadoes that hit the region. CUPE 503 presented the free concert called After the Storm featuring The Jim Cuddy Band. There was also a slew of great talents including Matt Mays, Sarah Harmer, Kellylee Evans, LGS …
Mercury Lounge turned 22 years old on November 3, 2018. Every year they hold their annual Epic Red Party to help celebrate with past/present residents DJ since 1996: Trevor Walker, Lance Baptiste, Jeff Laprate and Balu It was a wonderful night of dancing and celebrating a great venue in the market.
Wonderful Monday night concert at the NAC Southam Hall with Chilly Gonzales. Very eccentric coming out with a robe and Uggs slippers who kind of reminds me of Hugh Hefner. Chilly is currently promoting his new album Solo Piano III. First half hour was very brilliant and captivating of Chilly tickling the ivory keys of …
It was a busy October 13, 2018. Toronto singer/songwriter Matthew Barber was at the NAC Studio. I only stayed for the first three songs of his show!
A sold-out show at the NAC Studio with Jean-Michel Blais. Finally got to see a whole set of his music. The times I’ve seen him perform were mostly festival settings like Pop Montreal and FME. While I find taking photos at the NAC Studio can be very tricky but got the hang of it. One …
It’s been a long time waiting, I finally got a chance to see Zola Jesus. Not sure if this was her first Ottawa show? Having missed out in festivals like NXNE, CMW and Pop Montreal. I was totally excited to see her perform live. It was just her and her guitarist Alex DeGroot. The whole …
Eduardo Brechó from São Paulo, Brazil played a wonderful DJ set at Mercury Lounge on September 8, 2018. Mixing Afro-Brazilian Soul, Disco, Brazilian rare grooves, Yoruba & Candonblé tracks to get people dancing on the dancefloor. Trevor Walker Random images
On the second night of FME 2018. Watched a wonderful solo performance by Basia Bulat. The various times I have seen Basia perform usually with a full band. It has been a long time since I last seen her play solo. Started off with It Can’t Be You and hearing that tracks just breaks your …
The one and only time to attend Ottawa’s Chamberfest 2018. Celebrating it’s 25 anniversary which started on July 26th and ended on August 9th. The last night took place at La Nouvelle Scène and had performances by violinst Brendan Speltz with pianist Jamie Parker and SOMA Quartet.
During Canadian Music Week on May 12, 2018. Saw these two bands perform at the Monarch Tavern. They were: Good Kid from Toronto Fleece from Montreal and was totally excited to see since they will be embarking a fall tour with Tokyo Police Club.