Alison Krauss Brings Breezy Night of Bluegrass to Jazz Fest
Photos by Renee Doiron What an easy, breezy, beautiful night of bluegrass at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival and well, welly, well, well, well wasn’t that a contrast from the country pop flood inside the Canadian Tire Centre the night before. On the country music spectrum, jazz fest headliner Alison Krauss is so far removed […]
Charles Bradley Funks up the Ottawa Jazzfest
Bradley is an American funk/soul/R&B singer who was the subject of the documentary Soul of America that premiered at the South by Southwest festival in 2012. He was a James Brown impersonator since the age of 14 and then decided, in his sixties, that he was going to “do Charles Bradley instead”.
Joss Stone brings her Soul to Ottawa Jazzfest
Joss Stone walked onto the TD Jazz festival Main Stage Sunday night in Confederation Park and floated an invitation out to the audience to come together and connect through music.
Kenny Rogers leaves cards on table at Ottawa Jazz Fest
It’s been about 20 years since I last saw Kenny Rogers, a lot has changed since then. Kenny was at the middle of an incredible career and I was at the very beginning of figuring out my own.
Serena Ryder gives stellar performance at Ottawa Jazz Fest
I first discovered six time Juno Award winner Serena Ryder a couple of years ago when I heard a live concert broadcast on CBC radio. I liked it. She had a different sound than a lot of newer artists. When she was booked to play Kingston a short time after, I bought tickets to attend. […]