I've been moving, and had little spare time in front of a computer. Also little time for music listening! But all that should change now.
The schedule for the Ottawa Bluesfest is coming in, and holy crazy cow god! The blues are one of the only genres of music I've been known to declare an acute dislike for - though this dislike refers primarily to electric blues - so it comes as a bit of a shock that the lineup for Bluesfest looks so fucking good. I shouldn't be that surprised at this point: the festival's been getting less and less bluesy with every passing year.
Anyway, check out some of the lineup highlights: Ben Harper, Elvis Costello, Gord Downie, Great Big Sea, Kool & the Gang, Blue Rodeo, The Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players, Cinematic Orchestra, Orchestra Baobab, Antibalas, Jim Bryson, Howe Gelb (Giant Sand), Oh Susanna, Golden Famile, The Sadies, Nina Nastasia, The Dirtbombs... And the schedule is far from complete (rumours abound with regard to Sonic Youth, among others).
It's $85 for the pass, but probably money well spent! I may look into volunteering, to see if I can't squeeze out a cheaper route... Hopefully someone will want to join me, either way!
Ooh, and Royal City, Sarah Slean and Katherine Edwards are playing Tulipfest...
Posted by Sean at May 3, 2003 4:59 PMroyal city suck live
Posted by smackmastah at May 3, 2003 7:51 PMbut i may be interested in an ottawa trip to do some bluesfest vollunteering with you if it doesn't conflict with work.
Posted by smackmastah at May 3, 2003 7:53 PMnina nastasia is amazing live. i saw her open for shellac in nyc before "blackened air" came out....incredible.
word on sonic youth is that they're not coming. their manager was dicking around the promoter (initially he had to talked to someone in the sonic youth camp and they agreed on a price) but the manager called back with more demands/money.
Posted by blapblapblap at May 4, 2003 12:56 PM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
