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More Random Thoughts From Bluesfest
The 2015 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest is now over. I promised some impressions, but it seemed like during the festival there was never time to do more than jot down a few notes. Time to get caught up, with some mini-reviews of the artists I had a chance to see (or at least hear) perform. Interpol: […]
LeRoux II – Toiling In Obscurity
“Rock and roll is not pretty, but somebody’s gotta do it.” – Bobby Campo. I only met him once, but that statement has been stuck in my head for more than 30 years. Bobby Campo was then (and for most of the past four decades) percussionist, horn player and violinist for LeRoux (or Louisiana’s LeRoux […]
Rumours of Glory IV – Cabaret Nicaragua
To mark the release of Bruce Cockburn’s memoirs, Rumours of Glory, this week I am telling some little known Cockburn tales that you won`t find in the book. I wasn’t there in 1987, but I doubt the tent had changed much from the previous year when I had watched Mike Peters put on an inspired […]
Songs of Innocence
We interrupt these vacation memories for an important cultural announcement: U2 have released a new album, their first in five years. It is already the most widely distributed album of all time, as it was made instantly available for free to the subscribers to Apple’s iTunes service, at least 500 million people. “Free” to subscribers […]
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