The National Arts Centre is a really spectacular venue for a concert of any size and magnitude. Even more so when the musical artist on the stage is pouring their heart out and the audience is electric. That was just the case this past Friday night, as a capacity crowd of passionate Canadian music lovers arose from their seats and ignored the sitting room guidelines to celebrate the ever-evolving indie dream-rock sounds of Mother Mother.

The always amazing Billy Talent brought the third last stop of the Canadian leg of their ‘Afraid of Heights’ –tour to the jam packed TD Place, and was set to play to an exceptionally  enthusiastic crowd.

20 years ago I was a student at Canadore College in North Bay. We had this bar, called The Wall. It was a small venue but in its 20 year existence hosted some of the finest musicians Canada has ever produced.  It was also where I was first introduced to Jeff Martin and The Tea Party as they rolled across the country promoting their new album Transmission.

In 1998 a new festival made it’s debut at Explorer’s Point in Mattawa where the three rivers meet. The inaugural Mattawa Voyageur Days Festival featured a lineup made up of Wild Ones (Youth), Headpins, Toronto, Trooper and Barney (Children’s). This summer fans can relive the summer of 1998 as organizers roll back the clock 20 years and present a “Classic Rewind”.

Canadian Music Week has added a number of new artists, from genres ranging from hip-hop to country, to the lineup of Canada’s biggest new music and discovery festival which will take place this spring in Toronto.

Trackside Music Festival announces nine new artists to complete full two-day main stage line-up

The Morning Report tour named after their fourth studio album, rolled into town on February 13th 2017.  3,000 “Private School Girls” and “Private School Boys” packed into TD arena for a night of dancing and live music.

When you think of some of the greatest songwriters/storytellers/artist Canada has to offer, we have a pretty long impressive list. Songwriters like Gordon Lightfoot, Gord Downie, Burton Cummings and Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, of Blue Rodeo.

In a city that’s known as the home to some of Canada’s greatest entertainers, namely Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip, you have to put on a special show to impress the fans that fill the walls at the Rogers K-Rock Centre. It was a brisk evening last night on the shores of Lake Ontario and it was Brad Paisley who would take to the stage along with, Calgary native, Lindsay Ell and Chase Bryant.

Chris de Burgh returns to Ottawa on Tuesday, October 3 at Arena at TD Place for a night of his greatest hits and live cuts from his brand new album, A Better World.