Today was the first day of the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. Highlights that I covered:
I got a e-mail to check out this artist named That Girl With Dark Eyes. Not to my knowledge that Tiffany Garrett Sotomayor is the drummer for the band Bella. I don’t know if the band has broken up or not? But hearing these two tracks which you can download: Feathers In Your Hair These …
Last night after being at the Ottawa Jazz Festival. I went to Mavericks to see two bands which were Carpenter (No not the 70s brother and sister duo) The Love Machine Carpenter was loud. The lead singer kept doing alot of high kicking during the set. The Love Machine was amazing as always. Sorry to …
Friday night (June 12th) I went to Zaphods to see two great bands. One I haven’t seen live due to scheduling conflicts when that band comes to Ottawa. The other one I’ve seen live and are amazing to see and dance live. The first band I saw was Green Go. The second band was Ruby …
It was a very cold Sunday evening down at Confederation Park. The free all ages event was called Skate4Cancer, where it was organized by Rob Dyer and spreading the message about finding a cure for cancer. Also there was music and playing there was: Steve St.Pierre (who usually plays in the band Anchors) The Love …
With alot of stuff that happened on May 23rd in Ottawa, with being the Ottawa Marathon, Great Glebe Garage Sale and possibly Apostle Of Hustle at Zaphods. All I can say so many events, so little time. Or people spent alot of money at the Garage sale or tired from the walking or running which …
Got the new Danks album “Are You Afraid Of The Danks” which doesn’t come out until June 30th. So here is my review for their album. Have to say they are very similiar to Two Hours Traffic since two of the members are in that band. Basically its like saying both are them are like …
Last night during the same time as Ennuie’s CD Release show. I decided to hit up Cafe Dekcuf to see abit of Rich Aucoin‘s set. It was a fun set to say the least. Also I really enjoyed it and I am excited for his new album which doesn’t come out until September. He did …
Last night I went to the Avant Garde Bar to attend Ennuie‘s CD Release party. It was also a going away party for one of the members Iva. Nice to see familar friends who attended this show. The first act was Greg Dreaver and he was a poetry person. He mostly did a reading of …
Today I will review Jim Bryson’s Where The Bungalows Roam from Kelp Records. The album was released on March 27, 2007. Jim Bryson is the reigning Ottawa King of Folk-Rock at the moment. Usually he plays the keyboards for Kathleen Edwards and the Weakerthans. First time I heard his music was CBC Radio 3 when …