Saturday night saw Halifax’s indie-rockers Wintersleep bring fans to the floor of the Bronson Centre. With their seventh full-length album In The Land Of due out in a matter of days, Ottawans were treated to a peek from this pressing, both live and with an early cache of copies at the merch table.

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

The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival returns June 21 to 24 for its 25^th Anniversary. Highlighting this milestone are free concerts from Sam Roberts Band (21^st), Broken Social Scene (22^nd), Wintersleep and Hollerado (23^rd), and Matt Mays (24^th). 

Sound of Music Festival proudly announces their FREE concert line-up for Father’s Day Weekend on Burlington’s Waterfront.

Over the last couple years I have been able to take in a few of the shows that happen during Canadian Music Week.   This year is no different.   We have plans to take in at least 8 or 9 of the shows happening over the 7 days in May (May 2-8) in various venues across Toronto.    Lets start off with a little about CMW.

June 2, 2015, Ottawa, ON— CityFolk music festival organizers today announced the initial line-up for their 2015 program. Confirmed acts to date include: Van Morrison, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Of Monsters and Men, Passenger, UB40, The Tubes, The Sheepdogs, Patrick Watson, Walk Off The Earth, Lord Huron, Elle King, Lisa LeBlanc, Lucinda Williams, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Amy Helm, Lucius, Lee Harvey Osmond, Steep Canyon Rangers, Built to Spill, The Barr Brothers, Wintersleep, Sun Kil Moon, Will Butler, Steve Poltz, Fortunate Ones, The Everyone Orchestra, Frank Fairfield & The Down Hill Strugglers, Terra Lightfoot, Scarlett Jane, and Charlie A’Court, with more to be announced in the weeks ahead.