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CityFolk 2015

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Concert Review/Photos: CityFolk 2015 – Wilco

Review by: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing | Photos by: Mark Horton – Wilco’s a band that doesn’t sit still. The Chicago-based rock/country/alternative country band have been kicking it since 1994 and haven’t slowed down. And with an incredible set to close out Ottawa’s CityFolk festival Sunday night, it’s clear Jeff Tweedy and his team aren’t willing to rest, or rest … Continue reading

Concert Review/Photos: CityFolk 2015 – Of Monsters And Men, The Sheepdogs, Will Butler

Review by: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing | Photos by: Mark Horton, Scott Penner, & Marc DesRosiers – For most of Saturday — throughout the afternoon and evening — at Ottawa’s CityFolk festival, the skies threatened. And when festivalgoers made their way to the main stage for the Sheepdogs, those blues/southern style rockers from Saskatchewan, the threat became real, it … Continue reading

Concert Review/Photos: CityFolk 2015 – Van Morrison, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Elle King

Review by: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing | Photos by: Mark Horton & Marc DesRosiers – About one hour into Van Morrison’s set at Ottawa’s City Folk festival Friday night, the Northern Irish singer pulled out the biggest of the big guns, the song everyone was waiting for. And although his rendition of “Brown Eyed Girl” was a departure from the … Continue reading

Photos: CityFolk 2015 – Wintersleep, The Avett Brothers, Lisa Leblanc, Walk Off The Earth

Photos by: Mark Horton & Marc DesRosiers – Day two of CityFolk 2015 (formerly called Ottawa Folk Festival) at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON on September 17th featured performances by Juno-winning Halifax-based indie rock band Wintersleep, who are currently recording their sixth studio album, folk rock band The Avett Brothers, who released their newest album, Magpie and … Continue reading

Photos: CityFolk 2015 – UB40, The Tubes

Photos by: Mark Horton – Day one of CityFolk 2015 (formerly called Ottawa Folk Festival) at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON on September 16th featured performances by Grammy-nominated UK reggae/pop band UB40, who released their eighteenth album, Getting Over The Storm, on September 2nd, 2013, which follows up their 2010 album, Labour of Love IV, and … Continue reading