Festival Blog: The Hornettes bring Motown to the capital
The Hornettes drew in a rather large crowd to the OLG tent on this hesitantly sunny Saturday afternoon. Nearly every seat was filled and there were...
Festival Blog: Alan Jones sextet shows off jazz chops
On this perpetually drizzly Ottawa Friday I headed up to the Jazz Festival grounds, enjoying the cool, refreshing, and half hour-long bike ride it...
Festival Blog: Trifolia paints soundscapes at Jazz Fest
Trifolia played an intimate set of strange and wonderful music at Jazz Fest.
The National Arts Centre's fourth stage was turned into a jazz café...
Festival Blog: Boz Scaggs all over the map at Jazz Fest
Boz Scaggs said he was going to move his show around the musical map at Jazz Fest, and he did just that.
He started off...
Festival Blog: Apex Jazz brings the old school
On this moderately temperatured day I decided to stray from the central festival grounds and bigger names to take in a matinée show at...