A bonus Record Club Night last night #102 at The Wellington Gastropub listening to the first two albums by another band I was not too familiar with The Wonder Stuff. And it was… wonderful! I decided to take a few photos this time to give you a better sense as
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#101!! The Wellington Record Club meets monthly at The Wellington Gastropub in the White Room, and last night was the 101st meetup. We listened to two debut albums released a few months apart back in 1995, Tricky’s Maxinquaye and Supergrass’s I Should Coco. Great music on Tetra Listening Instruments-Speakers, with
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Another difficult loss from 8 years ago, what is it about January! I wish I had the opportunity to see Dolores O’Riordan with The Cranberries, but it never happened. They had a show scheduled in 2017 with a string orchestra, that I thought would finally be my opportunity, but the
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The Annual David Bowie Tribute at the Wellington Gastropub and the 100th Record Club… meeting new friends and old friends and listening to Bowie on Tetra Listening Instruments-Speakers! Great fun was had by all! Thanks Adrian and Shane! It was a nice way to remember David 10 years on….
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✩༻*ੈ‧‧‧‧*ੈ༺✭ R.I.P. David Bowie January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016 This was, hands down, the best tribute performance I saw after David passing 10 years ago today! The tribute to me was about David! Bravo Lorde! Well done. I was very disappointed with what was done on the GRAMMYS
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Christmas with The Ennis Sisters, a Juno award winning Canadian musical family group, from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Sarah McLachlan brought her Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th Anniversary Tour to Ottawa, and what an amazing incredible, emotional, beautiful evening it was. The opening act was Tiny Habits, and with Sarah McLachlan on stage were our friends Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet from the band Whitehorse! My daughter and I
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My first time in six years at Ottawa CityFolk, due primarily to a couple of accidents that left me with two concussions, broken bones and more, I decided CityFolk would be a safer restart then Bluesfest would be. CityFolk averages 10K people per day, where Bluesfest averages 30K per day.
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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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