BROWSE AROUND: Search by Neighborhood | Slideshows
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
You might be an outsider artist if…
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Steve Baylin
It was, he affectionately recalls, love at first sight. And sound.
MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
It must have been difficult to not see it as a sign.
“It was unbelievable. It doesn’t make any sense. I saw on TV something or other about Gary Moore, but I didn’t really catch the whole thing — I had to wait for the loop. I’m like: Oh, it’s not me. It’s this Gary I’ve been avoiding the name of.”
TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Holly Gordon
The antlers are a good hint. Mounted atop Daniela Gesundheit’s electric guitar, the small — deer or caribou, she says — antlers frame the instrument’s neck as if they simply grew naturally.
“I had a dream that my guitar had moose antlers on it, but that was a bit impractical so I put deer antlers,” says the songwriter, laughing a little.
TODAY'S SURE THING, LAUGHS, MUSIC, STAGE, WORDS>>by Allan Wigney
For the better part of a decade, Monday nights at Zaphod Beeblebrox were free. And while tonight’s first edition of a proposed monthly Ottawa Got Talent open mic night is not free for attendees, it could well pay off for the acts slated to perform.
MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
At first, one is tempted to dispute Shawn Creamer’s take on his group of country rockers The Beauties’ rise to favoured-band status in their hometown — their long-running Sunday night Dakota Tavern performances peppered by special guests named Cuddy, Sexsmith or Ryder.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC, WORDS>>by Holly Gordon
“I told somebody I feel like the coolest girl in Ottawa,” says Megan Jerome, laughing a bit over the phone line the morning of Thursday’s snowstorm.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
The CD, guitarist Victor Nesrallah’s fifth, is called Hallways.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Danika J. Grenier
Rocket Richard rocked the hockey world, but Rocket Rached's rocking the blues world. And, as he’ll demonstrate Saturday at the Elmdale House Tavern, nothing’s gonna stop him.
TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Holly Gordon
The pronunciation of Dalhousie Street is, at the least, controversial. Every visitor to Ottawa says it incorrectly; citizens snicker when the sounds of “Dal-house-ie” replace the Ottawa-ism of “Dal-hoo-sie.”
TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Shawn Jam Hill
The resurgence of metal in the last five years is nothing short of astounding. When blindingly heavy bands like The Black Dahlia Murder are cozying up on Billboard charts with pop pap, you know something is afoot.
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet uses video projection design to send its dancers down the rabbit hole.
Local photographer Joy Kardish preserves, and reveals, all-but-forgotten spaces.
The 2011 visual and media arts laureates speak for themselves at the National Gallery group exhibition.
The renowned Japanese percussion ensemble, celebrating its 30th year, comes to the NAC March 7.
