February 7th, 2020 | by Matthew Perry | published in Concerts
On a blustery winters night in Canada’s Capital, Tebey and Matt Lang performed to a sold out crowd at Algonquin Commons Theatre. Canadian country star and singer-songwriter brought his ‘Good Ones’ tour to Ottawa alongside Matt Lang. On his first headlining tour, this marked one of the last of his 20 stops he would make […]
November 27th, 2019 | by Matthew Perry | published in Concerts
It was a warm Ottawa evening in November, filled with melodic tones and astounding voices from City and Colour, along with friends Ben Rogers and Jacob Banks. Starting out the evening was Ben Rogers, a rock / blues artist out of Vancouver, BC. A unique style and distinct voice put on a great opening set. Up […]
October 16th, 2019 | by Matthew Perry | published in Concerts
Céline Dion performed to a full house in Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on October 15, 2019. After performing in Las Vegas for the past decade, Céline was welcomed back to Canada by a sold out crowd in Ottawa, Ontario. Opening with a hydraulic lift from center stage wearing a red sequined dress and patent leather […]
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 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 […]
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 17th, 2019 | by Matthew Perry | published in Concerts, Features, Interviews, New Music
It was a night of great FREE music with Canadian talent at Overflow Brewing Co, thanks to CMA Ontario and Country 101.1 Ottawa. The night began with a Q&A of the stars Kira Isabela, Leah Daniels and Madeline Merlo. After the Q&A session, it proceeded on with a night of a fantastic acoustic set, played […]
May 11th, 2019 | by Matthew Perry | published in Concerts, Features
Ottawa was ready for a night of heavy metal mixed with fire and devil horns as Volbeat and Godsmack took the stage at Canadian Tire Centre on their 2019 World Tour. Up first was Danish rock heavyweights Volbeat, with the crowd awaiting the arrival anxiously. When the lights went out, and the band started behind […]
April 29th, 2019 | by Matthew Perry | published in Concerts, Features, New Music
Metric’s ‘Art of Doubt’ tour presented by Live Nation made a stop at Ottawa’s TD Place on its 27 city run with July Talk. July Talk was a headline opening act for Metric, to a packed house in TD Place had the crowd on their feet and singing along thanks to the amazing and wildly […]