Ottawa

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  Greta Van Fleet

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 10

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

  On the surface, Greta Van Fleet — the Michigan-bred, four-piece rock band — look like the kind of thing David Fricke dreams about.   They a...

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  Foo Fighters

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 10

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

  In the lead-up to the release of the Foo Fighters' ninth studio album, last year's ambitious and ostentatious magnum rock opus Concrete and...

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  M. Ward

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 10

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

  It seemed like a questionable idea for the organizers of Ottawa's Bluesfest to set up ten rows of folding chairs in front of the tented Cla...

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  Ghostface Killah

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 7

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2018

  Ottawa's RBC Bluesfest has had a divisive relationship with hip-hop in recent years.   Back in 2015, the inclusion of Kanye West sparked su...

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  Jethro Tull

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 6

  PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2018

  Most bands don't make it to their 50th anniversary; band members retire, people pass away and fans move on.   So, while everyone under the...

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  The War on Drugs

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 6

  PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2018

  In 2014, while sharing a timeslot at the Ottawa Folk Festival with the War on Drugs, Mark Kozelek unceremoniously referred to the band's so...

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  Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 5

  PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2018

  As Bryan Adams brought hordes of Coors Light-gripping Canucks to the main stage to close off night one of Ottawa's sprawling ten-day Bluesf...

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  Herbie Hancock

  TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 30

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2018

  Ottawa, like a lot of Ontario cities, was expected to reach record-breaking highs this Canada Day long weekend. With the possibility of the...