Weekend Music – Drop the Lime strikes again.
Drop the Lime is New York City’s Luka Venezia. We first met him at Ottawa Bluesfest 2012 – and he made our jaws drop, as the first DJ we’ve seen pic up the mic and SING; looping his voice into...
Tagged: Ottawa Bluesfest 2012
RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest – some final thoughts
Some final thoughts from RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest… These are completely subjective, and our opinion. You likely won’t agree with all of them. Tough – it’s our blog. The Festival Grounds: This festival is held on borderline sacred ground....
RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest – Final day by the numbers
Main stage headliner: Metric – lots of Canadian content today! 1st cloud coverage of the week: Also, the first precipitation Ottawa has seen since June… all 10 minutes of it. Remarkable weather for the entire festival. Band 1: Today, the first band we...
RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest – Day 11 by the numbers
Mainstage headliner: Skrillex! Headliner on the Full Flex Express tour Party factor: 10. Every year, one night gets to 10 – and this year, it was Saturday the 14th 1st band: Gainsville FL’s Hundred Waters played to the first few...
RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest – Day 10 by the numbers
Main Stage Headliner: Blue Rodeo Party factor: 6 – beat the heat! Band 1: Jordan Cook was just finishing his set as we walked in today, so we (unfortunately) did not see his entire show. Sounded really col though! Big...
Weekend Music – Getting pumped up for Diplo
SERIOUSLY looking forward to seeing Diplo tomorrow afternoon in the hot sun at RBC Ottawa Bluesfest. Here’s a new one from the Philly producer, and it’s pure New Orleans Bounce. Started in New Orleans (durr…) ‘Bounce’ features lots of call-and-response,...
RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest – Day 9 by the numbers
Main Stage Headliner: John Cougar Mellencamp. The guitar RULED today. Party Factor: 7. John Mellencamp definitely brought out an older crowd tonight – hopefully they got to see lots of new excellent guitar-rock. Not one synthesizer on the festival grounds...
RBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest Day 8 by the numbers…
Main Stage Headliner: Bad Religion (how cool is that?) Party Factor: 5… hey, it’s Wednesday night. Still a big crowd – respect. Band 1: The first band we saw tonight was Montreal’s Grimes. Accompanied by Blood Diamonds on beats, Grimes...
