Festival Recaps

A Brilliant Bass Coast 2023 Nourished the Soul

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2023

Between the years of COVID delays, catastrophic 2021 floods and unfortunately timed Rogers meltdown, significant effort was required to pul...

Country Music Staked Its Claim at Winnipeg Folk Festival 2023

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2023

Take a 30-minute drive North-East of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and you'll find a quintessential prairie forest. Innumerable trembling aspen and o...

Big Boi Played the Game in Calgary

Calgary Stampede, July 10

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2023

It was a match made in heaven for the Calgary Stampede: Big Boi at the Big Four Roadhouse. "Canada The ATLiens have landed" Big Boi announ...

Ottawa Bluesfest 2023's First Weekend Felt Bigger Than Ever

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2023

After a post-pandemic downscale that resulted in the elimination of one of the Ottawa Bluesfest's five outdoor stages, later gate times on...

Cordae Felt the Love in Calgary

Calgary Stampede, July 8

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2023

A province-wide heat warning on Saturday didn't stop droves of cowpokes from mozying their way over to the Calgary Stampede to bear witness...

Lord Huron Found True Love in the Stampede

Calgary Stampede, July 9

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2023

The Big Four Roadhouse was packed Sunday night, and after a long day of Stampeding under the cover of thunderstorms and light rainfall, the...

Colin Stetson Tested the Limits in Ottawa

Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 30

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2023

While others will be typing into the night about legendary headliner Herbie Hancock closing the main stage at the Ottawa Jazz Festival's fi...

KOKOROKO Loved Montreal, and Montreal Loved Them Right Back

Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal QC, June 29

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2023

When KOKOROKO took the stage at Montreal International Jazz Festival, they were greeted warmly by a packed crowd that was there to support...