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Check out these amazing photos of the Police show last night – amazing because they were taken on a cell phone. Alec Saunders put his 5-megapixel Nokia N95 phone to the test ** , ** with great results. ** ...

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. ...

David Reevely writes about a song he heard over the outdoor speakers on Rideau Street: And then, after some sort of Kenny-G-ish jazzy version of a standard I can't remember because I was trying to block it out, comes a fresh horror. ...

Matthew Good played in Ottawa last week, and posted some pics of his audience to Flickr . What a good looking bunch of music fans. Apparantly his tour bus was vandalized during his visit here. Good blogged about it earlier this week in a post titled " Dear Cowards of Ottawa “. ...

Last 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. ...

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. ...

In his famously sardonic way, Ottawa’s Johnny Vegas discusses lounge music , blaring music , and working nights . ** Related: ** Ottawa Music Guide

Holy crap this is a big line-up. 11 days, dozens of artists, from so many different genres of music: Alejandro Escovedo AlexCuba Alexisonfire Anita Ward Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Blackie & The Rodeo Kings Blue Rodeo Bob Dylan Bob Schneider ...

Found on YouTube: Pussycat Doll has a blonde moment live in front of thousands This was filmed during the individual introductionsof the Pussycat Dolls in concert Mar 26. All went well until the end when “Ashley” said “whats up Torontooooo”- the only problem was, the concert was in Ottawa. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/01_PlayoffSongPoster-1.jpg) The Ottawa Senators want you (or your band) to write this year’s playoff theme song . Up for grabs: 8 tickets to a round 1 playoff game. Sweet. * Submit a 90-second original song, with music and lyrics incorporating our “Be red” theme. ...