A year ago Ian Campeau was on a high. A Tribe Called Red, the group he co-founded, was attracting more mainstream attention than ever for their acclaimed electric pow-wow beats, a powerful mix of First Nations rhythms and electronica. They’d come a long way from filling up the dance floor in Babylon to opening up the 2017 Juno Awards. The peak of that high was, perhaps, came this year when they netted Group of the Year.
MonkeyJunk to headline WestFest 2017
Since 2004 WestFest has been a vital part of the Ottawa Festival landscape. Today the event announced the lineup for the 2017 edition of the event to be held at Laroche Park in Mechanicsville, Ottawa June 2-4, 2017. The headliners for 2017 include: Juno Award winners MonkeyJunk, DJ NDN (A Tribe Called Red) and Lemon Cash.
