#bluesfest #festivals #musicEven more bands added to BluesfestYou can add Busta Rhymes, Metric, Lynard Skynard, K’Naan, Gym Class Heroes, Silverstein, King Khan and BBQ, Black Keys to the long list of performers at this year’s Bluesfest. You can see previous posts about performers here and here . ...
#bluesfest #festivals #musicMore bands added to BluesfestMore bands were added today to the Bluesfest line-up: * Ice Cube * Black Mountain * Yeah Yeah Yeahs * Jack White's The Dead Weather * [ More artists are listed here... ](http://ottawastart.com/the-2009-bluesfest-line-up-so-far/) ** Related: ** Ottawa Bluesfest Guide
#bluesfest #music #videoBluefest presents "ViewTube"New this year on the Bluesfest web site is a great tool called “ViewTube”. You can use the tool to create your own festival event calendar, but even better: you can check out YouTube video samples from all of the artists who are scheduled to perform. ...
#bluesfest #festivals #musicThe 2009 Bluesfest line-up so farHere’s an A-Z list of performers confirmed so far for the 2009 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest . (Updated May 2 with new artists.) * Alan Parsons Live Project * All Nations Gospel Choir * Amanda Rheaume * Amos the Transparent * Ana Miura * Anders Drerup * Andrew Vincent * Ani DiFranco * Arkells * Beast * Becky Abbott * Ben Harper and Relentless7 * Black Mountain * Blue King Brown * Blue Rodeo * Blues in the Schools Performance * Bob Corritore * Brian Setzer Orchestra * Brock Zeman * Brothers Chaffey * Buckwheat Zydeco * C. ...
#bluesfest #musicThe 2008 Ottawa Bluesfest line-up so farHere are the confirmed performers for the 2008 Ottawa Bluesfest so far: * Alice Smith * Angelique Kidjo * Balkan Beat Box * Brian Wilson * Corb Lund * Donna Summer * Feist * Fergie * Gina Sicillia * Great Big Sea * Harper * HiLoTrons * Infected Mushroom * Jakob Dylan * James Taylor * Jully Black * JW Jones Band * Les Breastfeeders * Michael Burks * Nikki Yanofsky * Secret Machines * Sharon Riley & Faith Chorale * Soirée * Steely Dan * The Black Crowes * The Cooper Brothers * The Tragically Hip * Trevor James and the Perfect Gentlemen * Widespread Panic * Wyclef Jean Tickets go on sale April 26 via CapitalTickets. ...
#bluesfestPlanet Bluesfest[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/20070709095404_jimmiev-pano-world.jpg) Ottawa photographer Steve Little sent along this nifty photo from Bluesfest, taken during the Jimmy Vaughan show last Friday night. Click here for more of Steve’s photos. (Thanks Steve!) ** Related: ** Ottawa Photography Guide
#bluesfest #radio #rantsRant of the Day: Sandy Sharkey on Bluesfest complainersBOB FM’s Sandy Sharkey has a great post on her blog today, calling out people who complain about Bluesfest : "Again this year the ‘lawn chair people’ are battling the ‘standers’. People are also complaining about the line-ups, the location, the noise, the weather, the sun’s glare off the river, the grass not being soft enough, the beer cup lids not being tight enough, the people in the VIP section looking too happy, the hand-washing water outside the porta-potties not being cold enough, the sun going down too early, the sun going down too late, why are bikes not allowed inside the venue, the tiny tom donuts have too much sugar on them, there’s mustard on my shoe and I didn’t put it there. ...
#bluesfestOttawa bloggers reviewing BluesfestA partial list of Ottawa blogs with ongoing reviews/coverage of Bluesfest: * [ Dail 6-1-3_ ](http://dial613.blogspot.com/) * [ courir dans le vent rose ](http://leventrose.blogspot.com/) * [ Elgin Street Irregulars ](http://elginstreet.blogspot.com/) * [ The Big Beat ](http://communities.canada.com/OTTAWACITIZEN/blogs/bigbeat/default.aspx) * [ National Capital Rock ](http://natcaprock. ...
#bluesfest #musicGreat photos of BluesfestLast year we blogged about the number of photographers covering Bluesfest . Well, they’re at it again this year. Some highlights so far: * [ Stephen Little ](http://www.rigger.ca/pixelpost/) is posting daily photos. Check 'em out [ here ](http://www.rigger.ca/pixelpost/index.php?showimage=695) and [ here ](http://www. ...
#bluesfest #festivals #musicThe great Bluesfest lawnchair debateOttawa Citizen arts editor & blogger Peter Simpson has written the definitive “anti-lawnchairs-at-bluesfest” rant, titled “The scourage of lawn chairs” . A sampling: ** ** PILCs (people in lawn chairs) – not all of them, but enough of them to give them all a bad name – believe that putting down a chair is akin to Columbus planting the Spanish flag on the shores of the new land: this is claimed for the lawn chair crown, and none shall challenge its unimpeded view of the stage, regardless of how long the show is, how big the crowd is, or how many times the chair sits empty while its owner toodles off for a beer or a snack or a stretch of the legs. ...