Author: Laurie Bowen Opening night at the Ottawa Grassroots Festival was electrifying, to say the least. This incredible multi-instrumentalist, along with her two younger sisters on sax and trombone and her dad on drums, wowed the crowd at St. Andrew’s...
Author: Laurie Bowen On Thursday, April 21, The Blind and the Beautiful, opened the Ottawa Grassroots Festival. Creative Director, Ian Tamblyn, introduced them saying that when he first heard them at Irene’s Pub, he was blown away. He was so right, as they blew...
Come and join Chris MacLean, on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 4 pm at, St. Andrew’s Church on Kent St. in Ottawa, in her Grassroots Song Kitchen Community SING. She will be leading us in a round, a few harmony-rich pickup songs, and a favourite Woody Guthrie song. All...
Author: Laurie Bowen If you haven’t heard about TWIN FLAMES yet, you are about to. Chelsey and Jaaji (pronounced YAAYEE), have just returned from Charlottetown, Nova Scotia, after Chelsey co-hosted the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Twin Flames won for Indigenous Song...
You Don’t Want to Miss It! Lynn Miles, from Ottawa, Shari Ulrich, from Vancouver, and Susan Crowe from Nova Scotia, make up The Mavens, and on Sat. April 23, at 9:00 pm, they will be taking the stage at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 82 Kent Street, in Ottawa for...
Author: Laurie Bowen If you don’t have your tickets for the 10th annual Ottawa Grassroots Festival, there is still time. Angelique Francis, the multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist, from Ottawa, will be hitting the stage, after The Blind and the Beautiful, on...
Rick Fines is playing the Ottawa Grassroots Festival, Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 7:30 pm April 21 - April 24, 2022, The Ottawa Grassroots Festival is having live concerts after a two year hiatus. On Saturday, April 23rd at 7:30 pm, Rick Fines will be taking the...