Ottawa

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  Zola Jesus / Townes

  The 27 Club, Ottawa ON, September 25

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2018

  A full year since the release of her fifth LP, the well-received Okovi, Nika Roza Danilova (aka Zola Jesus) used the tail end of her ambiti...

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  The Decemberists

  CityFolk Festival, Ottawa ON, September 16

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2018

  Two years after the Decemberists played a co-headlining slot at Ottawa's Bluesfest, and five years since the band's frontman, Colin Meloy,...

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  David Byrne

  CityFolk Festival, Ottawa ON, September 13

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

  Although David Byrne gave Ottawa a taste of his wonderfully wacked-out stage show during his 2013 appearance with St. Vincent, absolutely n...

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  Steve Earle and the Dukes

  CityFolk Festival, Ottawa ON, September 12

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2018

  Two years after he visited Ottawa in support of his Guitar Town anniversary tour, Steve Earle returned to the nation's capital to celebrate...

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  Sturgill Simpson

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 13

  PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2018

  Sturgill Simpson is a lot of things to many people: a modern day country outlaw, a hard-hitting soul artist, a cosmic warrior, a father....

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  Noname

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 12

  PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2018

  From the moment she stepped onto the Bluesfest main stage for her 6 p.m. set, Noname seemed bewildered and surprised that anyone actually k...

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  Dave Matthews Band

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 11

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2018

  The Dave Matthews Band are at a strange point in their career and the zeitgeist as a whole.   On one hand, their recent album — Come Tomorr...

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  Courtney Barnett

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 11

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2018

  About 24 hours after the Foo Fighters brought their slickly orchestrated rock'n'roll revue to Ottawa, it took an unassuming 30-year-old fro...