Whitehorse at Neat Coffee Shop in Burnstown, Ontario, June 27, 2025. I first discovered this band back in 2012 at Ottawa’s Folk Festival and quickly introduced my daughter to them the next year. I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve seen Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland of Whitehorse, but
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Allison Russell was at the Ottawa Jazz Festival last week… she is so amazing. Allison is a Canadian self-taught singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist. I love her voice, love that she plays clarinet and banjo, love her energy, you can tell by a few of the photos, even a
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A week visiting Vancouver with my best friends growing up, Allan and Kevin, had to include going to a concert, just like we always did back in the ’80s. We saw Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark together in 1982 at the Commodore Ballroom! And what a fabulous show it was!!
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I’m an avid music collector, mostly vinyl but also CDs, Cassettes, Videos, and Memorabilia – the etc in Vinyl Etc. From time to time I buy, sell and trade. The following is a list of assorted records I have for sale, please email julian@luckham.ca if you are interested in purchasing anything.
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Peter Gabriel played the Canadian Tire Centre here in Ottawa on September 9th. As I’ve said elsewhere, this show was the most beautiful show I’ve ever seen! The music of course, of which Peter Gabriel is one of my favourite artists, but the visual… Peter is well known for his
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Amanda Marshall played the NAC here in Ottawa on June 20th. What a fabulous show, if you get a chance to catch her on this tour, do so! You’re welcome! Enjoy this slideshow of photos from the show. Sophia Fracassi opened the show, she has an amazing voice, and a
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This past weekend Whitehorse returned to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa! My daughter and I last saw Whitehorse at Bluesfest in 2018, but it was 6 years ago that we last saw them at the NAC. What a show this was… during the pandemic Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland
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I really miss concerts!! The last concerts I went to see were in December of 2019!! I Mother Earth and The Standstills at the Bronson Centre, local Ottawa group Silent Winters at the NAC, and Serena Ryder also at the NAC. View the slideshows below. It’s been 19 months since
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OH MY! This is a real treat… though deemed a walk down a jazzier path, this 2nd solo outing from The Pretenders lead vocalist is far more than that. As Chrissie Hynde says in the liner notes, “… jazz is something I grew up around (thanks to my bro) and
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