July 13th, 2019 | by Mike Milito | published in Concerts
Don’t believe the hype. That is, the hype I built the last time we reviewed The Dirty Nil. They took the City Stage for the 6 PM slot on July 12th to diehard fans knowing every word or people waiting for the Offspring. They played a nearly identical show to the last time we saw […]
July 11th, 2019 | by Mike Milito | published in Concerts
One of the saddest crossovers in the Bluesfest schedule this year was Elle King coinciding with The Sheepdogs. Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, Elle King was unable to perform. The Sheepdogs instead closed the Videotron Stage on July 10th. The crowd was packed, begging the note that if The Sheepdogs had played the Bluesville stage […]
July 10th, 2019 | by Matthew Perry | published in Concerts
Another beautiful evening for Ottawa Bluesfest brought in quite a broad spectrum of fans due to the two headliners on opposite sides of the musical genre scale with Kygo headlining ‘City’ Stage and Buddy Guy headlining over on the smaller ‘Videotron’ stage. Lennon Stella at RBC Ottawa Bluesfest (2019) Photo Credit: Matthew PerryThe evening started […]
July 8th, 2019 | by Scott Martin | published in Concerts
Sunday night was a pleasant mix of different styles. Getting there early, I was lucky to catch partial sets from some great local artists. I was a first timer for Outside I’m a Giant, Moonfruits and River City Junction. Entertaining sets from all of these talented musicians. Bluesfest does a fine job bringing in lots […]
July 7th, 2019 | by Mike Milito | published in Concerts
PUP’s lead signer reviewed their show on the third day of Bluesfest better than anyone could, “not the ideal situation to see a PUP show, in the middle of a field, but you guys are doing great.” The audience at the City Stage for the show really, really liked PUP, and if you are a […]
July 6th, 2019 | by Mike Milito | published in Concerts
Know what’s fun if not good? Country music. Especially in the summer on a calm night and preferably with a cold beverage. My father will tell you the golden age of country music was 2011. Where artists like Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, and Jake Owen released their hits. Also released in that year was the […]
July 5th, 2019 | by Mike Milito | published in Concerts
The time of year has arrived for Bluesfest. Day One always has hiccups and complaints aplenty with the new one-gate entry they adopted, what, two or three festivals ago? Let’s get over it. It’s zig-zaggy and irritating, we know. The Bluesfest lineup this year is nostalgic, and if it was 2006 or 2007, nothing short […]
June 23rd, 2019 | by Scott Martin | published in Concerts, Features
Night Lovell brought his Goodnight Lovell tour to a sold out audience at Algonquin Commons Theatre last week. Although I’m not very familiar with his music, I was looking forward to this show after having seen him for the first time at Bluesfest back in 2017. Doing a fine job warming the crowd up earlier […]
June 7th, 2019 | by Matthew Perry | published in Concerts, Features
It was a night of sweat and hard rock in Ottawa’s Brass Monkey. Starting the night off The Adarna out of Seattle got the heat rolling one floor underground in Ottawa. Next up had was the reason a lot of fans were swarming the venue, ready to bring back some hard core rock memories, hearing big […]
May 23rd, 2019 | by Scott Martin | published in Concerts
Twenty One Pilots dropped a brilliant performance on the Canadian Tire Centre crowd in Ottawa this week. Between the music and the visuals, this was one hell of a show. I want to see them again soon! My boys had been asking for months to come to this show. It was only 2 days before, […]