If you live in Ottawa and haven’t heard of Amos the Transparent I’m guessing you haven’t paid attention to the local band scene at all.
Serena Ryder, from the beginning to Utopia
Roll the clock back to 2016 to 2006, Canada got “Weak in the Knees” for young, Toronto-based, newcomer Serena Ryder. Since her breakthrough album If Your Memory Serves You Well Serena has gone on to win six JUNO Awards, a Muchmusic Video Award and a Canadian Film Award. This past May Serena released her sixth, and highest charting, studio album Utopia.
Lindi Ortega returning to Ottawa
When Lindi Ortega went in search of some quiet last year, the award-winning artist was pleasantly surprised to find a voice she hadn’t heard in some time – her own. Amid sparse, atmospheric production, it’s precisely this voice – a combination of Ortega’s fatalistic perspective expressed with her evocative soprano – that grips your attention on a brand new EP, Til The Goin’ Gets Gone.
Barenaked Ladies Keep It Kooky at NAC
Growing up, the Barenaked Ladies were sort of a staple for Canadian rock radio. Their songs were hook driven, contagious and just peculiar enough that you couldn’t avoid them. And for someone like me that was both a good and bad thing.
Diana Krall Turns up the Quiet at the National Arts Centre
The legendary Canadian jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall made a stop in Ottawa on her Turn up the Quiet 2017-18 world tour. Her new album, of the same name, celebrates jazz and the great american songbook and this tour is providing fans with the opportunity to sing along to some of her sultry versions of classics such as L-O-V-E and Isn’t it Romantic.
Arkells Dominate K-Rock Centre Like Modern Day Pop Icons
Now I have to admit, while I like the Arkells, I never jumped on the buzz-worthy bandwagon that a lot of my peers seem to have. Arkells are solid. They bring energy to every show. They even get political sometimes, and their “Ode to the Whistleblower” is a pretty powerful tune. And much like Glorious Sons (who are coming to the K-Rock Centre in February 2018), the commercial radio/university campus buzz/Canadian indie support for them is not only noticeable but frankly hard to miss.
Grey Cup ends in true Canadian fashion with snow, dogsleds, mounties and Shania Twain
It’s being called one of the most Canadian Grey Cup’s in many years and what better place or time for it to happen than Canada’s Capital as part of our 150th Anniversary celebrations.The event wrapped up an incredible week of entertainment that brought thousands of visitors to Ottawa, and we were there for all of it.
Ooowhatanite as the Grey Cup Concert Series comes to explosive end!
After three solid days of entertainment it was time for the Grey Cup Festival to come to an end, well for us anyway. Today all eyes turn to the Stadium at TD Place where First Downs and Touchdowns will be the topic of discussion as the Toronto Argonauts and the Calgary Stampeders face off for the right to be called Grey Cup Champions for 2017.
Dwayne Gretzky intercepts Alternative night at Grey Cup Festival and goes for touchdown
Night two of the Grey Cup Festival concert series was set to highlight a pair of Alternative bands, Reuben and the Dark and Sloan, and a fun party band out of Toronto, Dwayne Gretzky, that was intended to warm up the crowd…but in the end it would be Gretzky that would steal the ball and take it all the way to the end for the night winning touchdown.
Football fans from across Canada kickoff Grey Cup Festival with Country Night
It was Thursday night in Ottawa and football fans from across Canada have started to descend on the Nation’s Capital for the biggest sporting event in Canadian Football, the Grey Cup. But first fans will put their rivalries on hold for a few nights to let their hair down and party together at the Grey Cup Festival. First up Country Night led by JUNO Award winner Jess Moskaluke.
