Articles by Matthew Ritchie

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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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  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...

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  Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

  TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 28

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2018

  Halfway through their Thursday night set, and seconds before Béla Fleck and the Flecktones — the bluegrass fusion jazz odyssey jam band — l...

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  Tanya Tagaq

  TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 28

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2018

  For the 2018 edition of the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, organizers invited a select number of artists from the Circumpolar North to play the f...

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  Alison Krauss

  TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa ON, June 26

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2018

  On Tuesday night, acclaimed country singer Alison Krauss's performance outside Ottawa City Hall felt like a homecoming of sorts.   Part of...

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  Iceage / Mary Lattimore

  The 27 Club, Ottawa ON, June 24

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2018

  Former post-punk wunderkinds Iceage have grown increasingly ambitious in recent years, moving away from the buzzsaw riffs of their youth in...

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  Ray LaMontagne

  The Exclaim! Questionnaire

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2018

  For a professional songwriter, Ray LaMontagne is a man of few words. "You should know something about me: it takes me a long time to answer...