Supporting the Soul of the City

 Images courtesy of Bangers & Mash Ottawa Soul Music Festival. Feature image by JC Batista Photography. It rose out of black America, dipped in gospel and spiced with the rhythm, flavoured by the blues. The beat was the bible and the prophets had names like Cooke, Burke and Redding. Their

Moonfruits Hoping to Draw in the Crowd for Next Release

 Images supplied by Moonfruits. He was nine when his parents asked him if he wanted to start playing the guitar. He took that guitar, practiced his scales and for the next 12 years led about a dozen different bands. He wore morph suits. He had an alias. She was a

From the Church Choir to Ottawa’s Jezebel, Terry Steeves Lives for the Music

 Photos supplied by Terry Steeves. She is ten years old. Terry Steeves looks down at the little yellow and white record player her parents have just given her. Some gifts provide momentary elation, some collect dust in the attics and garages of the world, others change your life. Looking back,