Black Star Gate in Accra, Ghana was built to celebrate Ghana’s Independence from Britain.
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A little something to make your Sunday special… I have loved this piece of music since the first time I ever heard it in 1986. I’ve had it on CD ever since and get much joy out of listening to it every now and then. I recently managed to get
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So very sad to hear of Sinéad’s passing at the oh so young age of 56… regardless of whether you liked her music or not take a listen to this track, in my opinion the most powerful vocal performance she did, I love this song, written by Bono for the
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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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An annual gathering of the undead that march to Parliament Hill in search of brains. This event is for friends, family, fans and zombies of all ages.These are all the photos I’ve shot over three years of attending the walk myself as Sheriff Rick Grimes, shooting walkers of course!If you’re
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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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It’s David Bowie’s birthday January 8th and isn’t this a lovely birthday surprise! It’s been announced that ‘ChangesNowBowie’ will be released on Record Store Day on April 18th, 2020, my birthday!! And beginning today six previously unreleased rarities from David’s archive called “Is It Any Wonder?” will be released in
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You may first think of me as someone who loves the music of David Bowie, but… did you know I also love the work of J.R.R. Tolkien? I first read the Hobbit in the early ‘70s, around the same time I became a Bowie fan, what can I say, I
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