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Breaking Down the Ottawa Music Strategy

Last month, the City of Ottawa’s city council unanimously voted in favour of adopting the first-ever official music strategy in

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Hometown hero Catriona Sturton broadens horizons to better pluck our heartstrings

Catriona Sturton is a household name in Canadian music and beyond—her masterful blues guitar and harmonica stylings combined with her

From the Expert: Getting Into Sound Engineering

Have you ever looked at the back of a room during a show, and noticed a person straining their neck

The Art of Festival Applications

If there’s one thing Ottawa has no shortage of, it’s festivals. Tons of festivals. Festivals, everywhere. Here in the capital,

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Harea Band light up Bablyon with soul this Friday

If there’s one style of music that is filling Ottawa’s airwaves more and more over the last few years, it’s

10 good reasons to embrace La Francophonie at Bluesfest

By Cindy Savard, Éliane Laberge and Éric Barrette in collaboration with Eventful Capital and Ottawa Showbox. Photo by Els Durnford. 

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#ottmusik now accepting artist submissions for 2018

In 2016, the City of Ottawa launched an an initiative that integrates local music into the city’s phone system. This

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Music Maker Fair and Trade Show focuses on local industry development

“What the Music Maker Fair is able to accomplish is really remarkable. It’s a totally grassroots event that showcases the

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Tapas Busts Onto the Scene

Tapas is the name of a new hip hop trio in Ottawa, but they’re anything but rookies. The group consists

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Heavy Bell brings By Grand Central Station to Ottawa Feb. 3

Once in a while a concept album comes along that moves us, emanating stories and experiences that we can somehow