RBC Ottawa Bluesfest

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  Noname

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 12

  PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2018

  From the moment she stepped onto the Bluesfest main stage for her 6 p.m. set, Noname seemed bewildered and surprised that anyone actually k...

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  Dave Matthews Band

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 11

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2018

  The Dave Matthews Band are at a strange point in their career and the zeitgeist as a whole.   On one hand, their recent album — Come Tomorr...

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  Courtney Barnett

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 11

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2018

  About 24 hours after the Foo Fighters brought their slickly orchestrated rock'n'roll revue to Ottawa, it took an unassuming 30-year-old fro...

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  Greta Van Fleet

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 10

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

  On the surface, Greta Van Fleet — the Michigan-bred, four-piece rock band — look like the kind of thing David Fricke dreams about.   They a...

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  Foo Fighters

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 10

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

  In the lead-up to the release of the Foo Fighters' ninth studio album, last year's ambitious and ostentatious magnum rock opus Concrete and...

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  M. Ward

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 10

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

  It seemed like a questionable idea for the organizers of Ottawa's Bluesfest to set up ten rows of folding chairs in front of the tented Cla...

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  Ghostface Killah

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 7

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2018

  Ottawa's RBC Bluesfest has had a divisive relationship with hip-hop in recent years.   Back in 2015, the inclusion of Kanye West sparked su...

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  Jethro Tull

  RBC Bluesfest, Ottawa ON, July 6

  PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2018

  Most bands don't make it to their 50th anniversary; band members retire, people pass away and fans move on.   So, while everyone under the...