capital music awards

Here are the 2021 Capital Music Awards finalists

The Capital Music Awards celebrate a small but important 2nd birthday this year. The 2021award finalists were announced this week

nambi ottawa

Nambi gets back to her roots

By Eric Scharf & MatĂ­as Muñoz Photo source: Ottawa’s Own The current music climate is not exactly peachy right now.

top ottawa albums 2018

Top 18 Local Albums of 2018

2018 was a year of ups and downs. There’s a lot to be upset about in the world these days,

city fidelia

Ottawa is having an urban music renaissance

Kevin Bourne is the co-founder and Editor of SHIFTER Magazine, a hub for people with strong ideas, discerning tastes in culture,

Gallery: METZ, DOXX and Deathsticks

Punk band Metz rolled through Babylon a few weeks back, presented by Ottawa Explosion and CHUO 89.1 FM. The band,

the long war

Interview w/ Jarrett Lee of Vancouver’s The Long War

Last year around this time, Vancity folk troubadours The Long War were crowned victors of the CBC Searchlight competition. Since

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. 

Top Picks for CityFolk 2017

It’s that time of year when we descend on Lansdowne and the Glebe for CityFolk Festival. This year’s main festival

RIP Jean-Sebastien Belleau

Photo: JS, Eric and Matias celebrating Matias’ 30th birthday at Mugshots in 2015 Words by Eric Scharf & MatĂ­as Muñoz. Photo

Top Local Albums of 2016

Another year come and gone, and many of us are chomping at the bits while we anxiously wait for 2016