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The 2009 Bluesfest line-up so far

Here’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. ...

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The 2008 Ottawa Bluesfest line-up so far

Here 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. ...

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Rant of the Day: Sandy Sharkey on Bluesfest complainers

BOB 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. ...

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The great Bluesfest lawnchair debate

Ottawa 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. ...