Photos by: Scott Penner – The fifth and final day of Ottawa Folk Festival 2014 featured peformances by Newfoundland-based indie rock band Hey Rosetta!, who will release their new LP, Second Sight, on October 21 via Sonic Records/Warner Music Canada, and who replaced original headliners The Gaslight Anthem, UK soul-R&B singer Joss Stone, who released her sixth album, The Soul Sessions … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner – The fourth day of Ottawa Folk Festival 2014 featured performances by iconic Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo, who released their thirteenth album, In Our Nature, on October 29th, 2013 via Warner Music Canada, which is certified gold in Canada, alternative rock artist Ed Kowalczyk, who is a founding member of hard … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner – Day three of Ottawa Folk Festival 2014 featured performances Brooklyn-based indie rock quintet The National, who released their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me, on May 17th, 2013 via 4AD, which spawned the singles “Demons”, “Don’t Swallow The Cap”, and “I Need My Girl”, Vancouver and Portland-based indie pop band Wake Owl, … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner – The second day of Ottawa Folk Festival 2014 featured performances by JUNO Award-winning Toronto-based folk-rocker Serena Ryder, who released her sixth album, Harmony, on November 27th, 2012 via EMI, GRAMMY-nominated pop singer Lorde, who released her debut album, Pure Heroine, on September 27th, 2013 via Universal, Vancouver-based synth rock band Dear Rouge, … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner – The first day of Ottawa Folk Festival 2014 in Ottawa’s beautiful Hog’s Back Park featured performances by LA-based indie pop trio Foster The People, who are best known for their breakthrough single “Pumped Up Kicks”, and who released their second album, Supermodel, which spawned the singles “Coming of Age”, “Pseudologia Fantastica” … Continue reading
By: Krystyn Bristol – Where else can you find Grammy-winning artists, loads of craft beer, raffles and charitable silent auctions in the midst of the rivers and trees of Ottawa? Coined as “the great escape”, the 2014 Ottawa Folk Fest is bringing all of those perks and more to the woodsy atmosphere for five … Continue reading
By: Staff – Amnesia Rockfest Montebello, which struggled in 2013 due to several major problems, announced at a press conference yesterday in Gatineau, Que, the signing of an agreement with the Quebec City Summer Festival as well as several major changes to its 2014 edition. Thus, the Quebec City Summer Festival, through its sister company 3E-event-emotion experience, will be responsible for production and logistics of the 9th … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – The Ottawa Folk Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary with headliners Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Patti Smith, Vampire Weekend, among others. Running from September 4-8 at the beautiful Hog’s Back Park, which overlooks the spectacular Hog’s Back Falls on the Rideau River, this year’s edition is much more than a … Continue reading