Tonight was my favorite night of Ottawa Bluesfest. It was better than Day 1 mostly because I knew the bands/musicians that were playing on Day 2 of Bluesfest. I had a great time running over from stage to stage.
Today was the first day of the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. Highlights that I covered:
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 …
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 …
After the show at Zaphods, I decided to head up to Mavericks (at first I thought the show was at Cafe Dekcuf which happened to be some heavy metal show). The bands playing at Mavericks that I got there in time were: Dinosaur Bones and The Lovely Feather. I missed Loon Choir and Fire Heats …
Last night I went to Mavericks (apparently got moved from Dekcuf) to see Paramedics. They were opening up for Fox Jaws and Amos The Transparent. Being a Sunday night, I decided to see Paramedics since I wanted to come and show some support. They are a six member piece stemming from other bands, one from …
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 …
Last night seemed to a be a folky-rock atmosphere at Cafe Dekcuf. Bands playing were: Anchors Matt Gower The Allrights Apparently the Toronto band “Great Bloomers” were suppose to play their first show in Ottawa cancelled their appearance due to the keyboardist leaving the band. It was a nice intimate night Anchors: They were great …
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 …
Saturday night I went to the White Whale 5th Anniversary party at Babylon. White Whale Records was located in Vancouver but moved to Toronto. It was a nice night of White Whale’s finest acts. Playing were: The Mohawk Lodge Octoberman Tusks Poorfolk I totally enjoyed it. Great to hear rocking music. The Mohawk Lodge was …