Positives about RBC Bluesfest 2023 and why I love the vibe!

 Typically, around this time of year, I talk about how non-wheelchair-accessible Bluesfest is and the horrible set-up of the wheelchair platform. I could also mention my experience with Para Transpo ​​thus far. But I’m not going to. Unless there’s an earth-shattering event, I’ll discuss the above next week. This week,

Billy Talent Tour to promote food security across Canada

 Canadian rock superstars Billy Talent are heading out on tour. Recently the group released their sixth studio album, Crisis of Faith which has seen three number one singles hit the Canadian rock charts. The album has also made it to number eight on the Canadian Billboard chart. This is just the

Top 20 greatest Canadian bands

 by Madison McSweeney 20. Blue Rodeo The Toronto country rockers have released fifteen original albums since their formation in 1984, winning twelve JUNO Awards. Their 1993 album 5 Days in July went 6x Platinum With well-known songs “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet,” “5 Days in May,” and “Til I Gain Control

Multi-faceted music studio Artist Alliance opens downtown

 Photo credit: Laura Collins Elvis Presley once said, “Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.” In other words, you can dream all you want but unless you’ve got the ambition to see that dream through it won’t come true. With 25 years of experience in songwriting, performing and production,

Amazing Week For Canadian Music? JUNO-it!

 Photos by Kamara Morozuk What a great time to be a music fan in Canada’s capital, eh?  You could have thrown a Timbit in any direction and hit a musician as Ottawa became music city in the days leading up to the 2017 Juno Awards! Was that The Strumbella’s playing

Billy Talent Still a “Surprise Surprise”

 Photos by Owen Maxwell On a night where Ottawa was packed to the brim with amazing concerts, it was still hard to imagine being anywhere else but TD Place on March 3 where Billy Talent literally shook the stadium. The Dirty Nil opened the night on a full-fledged, old-school rock