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The iconic guitarist from joined a popular '80s band on stage, surprising fans with their epic performance at the Ottawa ...
What is it about Ottawa that makes it ideal to host one of the biggest parties in the country? Find out in our "How Canada ...
In Canada (in North America, in fact), there are few better live music opportunities than Ottawa Bluesfest, which just ...
If you’ve seen a cloud of bubbles floating above Ottawa Bluesfest crowds, it’s probably Michael Lalonde. It all started at a ...
Def Leppard sent the Ottawa Bluesfest crowd back to the 80s during the hit-packed main-stage concert that kicked off the ...
With a compact but powerful band rocking out behind him, the long-haired American channeled the Neil Young-Lou Reid end of ...
Returning to the capital for the third time in under three years, the Toronto-based jazz/hip-hop fusionists — drummer ...
"Hi, we're the Decemberists and we'll do our best to compete with Def Leppard" seems like a strange opening credo from a band ...
On a hot and muggy Wednesday evening, three generations of music fans from Montreal descended onto LeBreton Flats ready to ...
There’s a new word floating around social media that describes Ottawa Bluesfest perfectly. Polyjamorous is an adjective that mashes up “poly,” which is a prefix for many, “jam,” as in musical jams, ...
Although Foley didn’t win the award, it was a ...
Organizers and volunteers look back on Ottawa’s largest music festival of the year ahead of the final night of Bluesfest. CTV ...