Just what’s it like to be at Folk Alliance anyway?
From tomorrow through Sunday, Roots Music Canada will be on site at the 2019 Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal. This is the world’s largest conference for folk and roots music, and it features a decent number of global and ...
Ottawa Bluesfest: That’s a wrap!
I hit Bluesfest again last Tuesday among the sea of people flooding the grounds. Winding my way through the line, I kept passing a guy in a sort of psychedelic t-shirt. What did it say? “When the power of love overcomes the ...
Ottawa Bluesfest: The first weekend!
It was room temperature Friday night at Ottawa’s living room full of blues, but it was about to heat up. Three picture-perfect days of music were on deck – including a wealth of Ottawa talent: Tara Shannon, Alanna Sterling, Cody Coyote, ...
Ottawa Bluesfest takes flight tonight after bird drama
Setup for this year’s Ottawa Bluesfest kicked off with a bit of feather-ruffling drama: a killdeer nested centre stage on what would soon be transformed into the main festival grounds. That prompted an inquiry by Bluesfest organizers to Environment Canada regarding potential ...
City profile: a songwriter’s view of Ottawa
It’s January and a Tuesday night in Ottawa. What could possibly be going on in this sleepy government town? On a secluded side street in the West End suburbs, Shannon Murray welcomes us to Raven Street Studio’s signature room, and it is ...