Saturday night, the third night of Lansdowne’s CityFolk Festival, brought a wide variety of acts sure to please lovers of all variations of folk music. Musicians and concert-goers young and old showed up to the festival, sharing an experience clearly capable of transcending generations.
Sam has experience writing for a variety of different online publications, including Couch Assassin, Independent Music News, and The Fulcrum. Sam has been involved in the Ottawa music community as a promoter as well as a performer.
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Twister Brings Ottawans Together At Frank Turner Show
The show went on Monday night at the Bronson Centre despite recent tornadoes and mass power outages across the National Capital Region. Each of the three performing bands, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs, and Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, expressed sympathy and solidarity towards Ottawa. There was even a tornado relief fund set up that the bands repped throughout the night. As much as the bands’ punk rock anthems struck a chord with the crowd, so too did the community spirit felt at this show.
Ottawa Gets The Night Sweats at TD Place
It’s always refreshing when an artist is just as good live as they are on the radio. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats were better.
Byrne Brings Down The House Thursday at CityFolk
Thursday night at CityFolk featured legendary hard hitters Ani DiFranco and David Byrne, whose performances certainly lived up to the hype.
Chet Faker may be dead but Nick Murphy was alive and kicking at Cityfolk
Australian pop phenom Chet Faker has reverted to his birth name, Nick Murphy, but he hasn’t lost the ability to hypnotize a crowd, as seen on Friday night at CityFolk in Ottawa.
Nelly Still Hot In Herre | Algonquin Commons Theatre
Coming of age in the 2000s, it was hard to not have been at least peripherally familiar with Nelly’s music, if not jamming to his songs on the radio or in the club on a regular basis. Once a huge household name in hip-hop music, Grammy award winner Nelly performed at a much smaller venue than one might expect last night in Ottawa: the 700-seat Algonquin Commons Theatre. Unsurprisingly, the show was sold out.
CityFolk’s Marvest Provides a Unique Musical Experience
Cover photo: Jessica Wedden performs during Marvest 2017. Photo: Derek Mellon
Saturday couldn’t have been a better afternoon for Marvest, the free portion of CityFolk that brought several short performances to untraditional venues over the span of Bank St. The venues were all within walking distance of each other, and combined with the unusually warm September weather, it made for a magical musical adventure unlikely to be soon repeated.
CityFolk Night #3: Son Little, The Suitcase Junket, Amanda Marshall
The third night of Ottawa’s CityFolk festival did not disappoint, kicking off at 6pm while the sun was still shining on Lansdowne. It was a warm evening filled with surprises, from the beautifully cooperative September weather to the unanticipated talent demonstrated by the performers — particularly by Son Little, The Suitcase Junket, and Amanda Marshall.
Local Ottawa bands FLUID, The Bitchin’ Wickedz, Down in Eden rock Café Dekcuf
This past Friday night, local bands FLUID, The Bitchin’ Wickedz, and Down In Eden teamed up to deliver an energetic showcase of rock music to satisfied show-goers at Café Dekcuf.
One Bad Son Shows Arnprior That Rock and Roll Will Always Prevail
Arnprior’s John Street Pub was pounding with hard rock music on Friday night, presented by four bands bringing different but complimentary rock genres to the venue.
