Archive 1997-2016
By Jared Adams
It’s a problem many musicians face: whether to break new ground or follow in someone else’s footsteps.
It’s the basic conflict between playing in a cover band and one that performs all-original music. One will make you large amounts of cash on a regular basis. The other just might make you a career.
By Jade Lock-Whitmore
A darkened room. Flashing lights. People dancing in a trance to their favorite performer. But the performer isn’t your traditional musician — he plays other people’s records instead of creating his own.
Hundreds of people in Ottawa are going to clubs to see and hear this new breed of musician.
By P.C. Pethick
The four band members of Nectar are having a sweet time while their ambrosial sound speeds them to the top of the Ottawa music scene.
With super-tight cohesion and intricately driven bass lines, Nectar came crashing into the lime light at Barrymore’s Music Hall in early November. It was the foursome’s first head-line show at the coveted Centretown venue.
The Radio Messiah has arrived! Howard Stern, he of the New Holy City of New York, is finally spreading his good word in Canada. (Oct. 20, “Shock Jock Rocks Canada”) And it’s about time! I was getting sick and tired of stations like CBC and personalities like Peter Gzowski who were treating me like an intelligent human being.