Category Archives: Rock, Alternative & Punk

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.

The Kemptville Live Music Festival is very pleased to announce that 21-time nominated and multiple GRAMMY Award winner, Dwight Yoakam will headline the Country 101.1 stage at The Kemptville Live Music Festival on Friday, July 21, 2017.

Alter Bridge bring The Last Hero Tour through Toronto, ON and completely rock REBEL!

It was a Monday night in Ottawa and all through the city not a creature was stirring…except for a sold out crowd at the Algonquin Commons Theatre who packed the house for our favourite Canadian Kid, Brett Kissel and his Ice, Snow and 30 Below tour.

Usually when a Facebook event page says 40 people are attending, it’s a Wednesday night, and it’s not a good show. That was not the case tonight at the Rainbow Bistro in Ottawa’s Byward Market.

The Brass Monkey is deceiving. You could drive right by it without ever discovering it was there. Surrounded by coffee shops, grocery stores, and doctor’s offices, the unassuming strip mall doesn’t seem like a likely candidate for an industrial metal revival, but in fact that is exactly what it offered a motley crew of music lovers on Wednesday night when they brought Powerman 5000 to Ottawa.

Kemptville Live Music Festival 2017 is set to kick off in dramatic fashion. They’ve already announced that David Wilcox will headline the Thursday July 20 show, Gordon Lightfoot will headline the Sunday stage and that Bill Durst will be performing in our Saturday lineup.

Project Mantra, fronted by our own Leigh Bursey, has had a busy year in 2016. They released their first music video, first album, had a single played on CBC Radio and went on tour. We sat down with Leigh to talk about their year and their plans for the year ahead.

This was my first year really getting serious about doing photography.  Admittedly the learning curve was huge, but the development and rewards were 100% worth the struggle.  From sneaking my camera into shows at the beginning of the year, to working the stage at the CTC by the end, it’s been a wild ride.