Nick Cooper Trio at the Laff, 14 February 2025
Cooper, who plays lead guitar and vocals, had light classic rock as his stock in trade.
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Alanna J Brown A Name to Notice
The atmosphere was perfect, a warm fire, a hot drink and the soothing sounds of guitar accompanied by Alanna Brown’s haunting voice. Brown performed her vocal styling at the Options lounge at the Brook Street Hotel on January 29, 2025. She is an artist of immense talent, a singer, guitarist and songwriter. Her voice is…
‘There’s never a dull moment’: Inside The ODDs and SODs Shoppe in Ottawa
This year, The ODDs and SODs Shoppe on Clyde Ave. is celebrating a significant milestone. “We’re in our tenth year in business,” said Mike Pilkington, owner of The ODDs and SODs Shoppe. “We’re still laying roots in the Ottawa music scene and continuing to grow.” Pilkington, 47, opened his business in April 2015 on Merivale…
Ottawa record shop front and centre as vinyl sales soar
“When I first opened my store, vinyl was making a comeback.” John Thompson, owner of The Record Centre on Wellington St., is a vinyl record expert. Thompson has spent the last thirty years buying, selling and enjoying his collection of records and audio equipment. His inventory at the store, which opened in 2011, has grown…
He was committed to his art form despite all the obstacles and challenges
Fulfilling a childhood dream… It is a chilly winter evening; Carlos Alberto Santana plays the piano and his fingers glide improvising effortlessly. The Option Jazz Lounge is in the Brook Street Hotel in Kanata. On January 15th at 6:30 p.m. the room came alive with the Latin jazz improvisations resulting in a dazzling performance. Santana’s…
Keith Glass Band at Irene’s Pub, 19 January 2025
Keith Glass Band has been around for nearly half a century. It was founded in 1978 as a splinter group of Juno-Award-winning Prairie Oyster, and Keith Glass Band outlived that group’s reformation and re-dissolution (technically not disbanded, but when the last album was in 2006…). It’s been peddling a unique blend of rock, swing and…