“Gritty”, “sultry”, “daring”…these are just a few of the words released into the ether around the release of Ms. Behave, the new album from Saskatoon trio Rosie & the Riveters. I’d like to toss a few of my own adjective ingredients into the pot. How about “gut punch”, “inspiring”, and “needed”?
Marianas Trench suspend gravity in Ottawa
Marianas Trench paid a visit to TD Place as they brought their Suspending Gravity tour to Ottawa over the weekend. Joining Trench were Ottawa’s own Elijah Woods and Jamie Fine, finalists of season 1 of The Launch.
Tim Hicks, Tebey, Kira Isabella, and The Western Swing Authority to perform at the CMAOntario Awards
The Country Music Association of Ontario
Announces
2019 CMAOntario Award Show Performers
Tim Hicks, Tebey,
Kira Isabella, and The Western Swing Authority
CANCELLED: Gucci Mane Announces “Live In Canada Tour 2019“
CANCELLED – Due to unforeseen circumstances, Gucci Mane’s concert on Friday, May 17th, 2019 has been cancelled. Full details here
Mumford and Sons Make March Feel A Little Warmer in Ottawa
Winter travel is hard.
Winter can be cold, cumbersome, and complicated. March is an ugly month for distance travelling to concerts. So when a reviewer signs up to cover an event, the hope is that the experience will be well worth the effort.
There is no better way to describe Mumford and Sons’ recent performance in Ottawa at the Canadian Tire Centre than as just that…an experience that was well worth the effort!
Notes from the Underground with Too Many Zooz
Fun fact: According to The Canadian Encyclopedia, we here in The Great White North have about 1000 organized zoos housing an estimated one billion wild animals. Well, the Canuck Capital is about to get a whole lot wilder as, from the subways of New York, return the boisterous buskers Too Many Zooz!
Graven and the O-town Scene
Alright, I know my buddy Matty McKechnie has a new band called The New Band but, between you, me and that guy who doesn’t look at me sideways when I pour ten pounds of vanilla powder in my Bridgehead cup of java, I gotta’ say Graven and the O-town Scene is a pretty vanilla caked coffee sweet runner up.
DEAN BRODY AND DALLAS SMITH FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS TOUR ALONE TOUR
with special guests Chad Brownlee, Jimmie Allen and MacKenzie Porter
This fall will bring together two iconic country artists, Dean Brody and Dallas Smith, for the first-ever, larger-than-life, Friends Don’t Let Friends Tour Alone Tour, kicking off in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. on Wednesday, Sept. 18!
The Reklaws heat up Ottawa with Winter’s A Beach Tour
A snowy Saturday night in the Nation’s Capital was the perfect backdrop for The Reklaws’ Winter’s A Beach Tour to heat up the Algonquin Commons Theatre.
Altameda: New Treads, Old Ground, Fresh Roads
To purloin a few lines from The Boss, when it comes to ye olde romance “it ought to be easy / ought to be simple enough / man meets woman and they fall in love.” It’s a tale as old as time, true as it can be.
