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Photos by: Scott Penner – Day nine of Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 featured performances by Grammy Award-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg, who released his twelfth album, Reincarnated, on April 23rd, 2013 via Berhane Sound System/Mad Decent/Vice/RCA, Florida-based neotraditional country band The Mavericks, who released their sixth album, In Time, on January 21st, 2013 via Valory/Big Machine, rapper Childish … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner – Day eight (July 11) of Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 featured performances by JUNO Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Canadian pop-rock band Barenaked Ladies, who released their eleventh album, Grinning Streak, on June 4th, 2013 via Vanguard Records, San Franciso-based alternative rock band Third Eye Blind, who are best known for their string of late-’90s … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner – Day seven of the 20th edition of Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 featured performances by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Blondie, who released a double album, Blondie 4(0) Ever, on May 12th, 2014 via Noble ID, California-based indie rock band Young The Giant, who released their second album, Mind over Matter, … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner – Day six of the 20th edition of Ottawa Bluesfest 2014 featured performances by Grammy Award-nominated Las Vegas-based band The Killers, who released their fourth album, Battle Born, on September 17th, 2012, New York-based electronic rock duo Phantogram, who released their second album, Voices, on February 18th, 2014, Tuareg guitarist Bombino, who released … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – EDM supergroup Dogblood, who consists of Skrillex and German producer Boys Noize, closed off the 20th anniversary of Ottawa Bluesfest. Last night’s performance was Skrillex’s third Bluesfest performance in as many years, and his second time on the main stage to close the festival. Most Bluesfest attendees remember a very bright and loud show from Skrillex last year, where … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Iconic Icelandic singer and one-woman art installation Björk, who is eccentric as she is legendary, performed on the Bluesfest main stage last night. With several other bands recently banning fan photography at their shows, including She & Him, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Björk enacted a similar policy during her 15-song performance. With five screens behind … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – St. John’s, Newfoundland-based folk-rock trio Great Big Sea, who is fronted by Sean McCann, Alan Doyle and Bob Hallett, are currently on their 20th anniversary tour and they opened their headlining performance with a video montage of vintage clips dating back through their 20-year history as a band. The band started the show … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Watching a Tragically Hip show is similar to eating chicken, after you’ve had it a couple of times, its pretty much the same and becomes the baseline for comparing other meats (or bands). They treated long-time fans to the same old show, with the addition of a couple of new songs, beginning right from … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Ottawa-based EDM trio A Tribe Called Red headlined the BlackSheep stage on Wednesday. Their unique style, which blends First Nations music with reggae, dub-step and hip-hop, was in full-force during their energetic set.They downplayed their political nature, which includes vocal support of Idle No More, to focus solely on their music, which drew mostly … Continue reading
By: Scott Penner (@ScottPenner) – Vancouver-based indie rock quintet Mother Mother, who headlined the River stage, broke the pattern of small crowds for headlining bands at the River stage. The Ryan Guldemond-led band played to a very large and very excited crowd who gave them as much energy as the band gave back to the crowd. Guldemond and company mixed … Continue reading
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