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!

Spring into March with Spectrasonic!

Spring is around the corner and Spectrasonic delivers another stellar line up for the month of March. Winnipeg`s Juno nominated Alt-Rockers Royal Canoe are heading to The 27 Club March 9th with Ottawa’s own mal/aimé

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.

The Riot Police “Movement” Album Release Party at 27 Club

Ottawa based The Riot Police brought their show to The 27 Club in Downtown Ottawa last Friday night.  This group is no stranger to the music scene having been around since 2007 performing at many venues in Toronto, Kingston and at Ottawa’s own Bluesfest and Folkfest. Photos: Rob Blanchette Review: Ann Kiss-Blanchette

Lindi Ortega returning to Ottawa

When Lindi Ortega went in search of some quiet last year, the award-winning artist was pleasantly surprised to find a voice she hadn’t heard in some time – her own. Amid sparse, atmospheric production, it’s precisely this voice – a combination of Ortega’s fatalistic perspective expressed with her evocative soprano – that grips your attention […]