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On Saturday, April 19, 2014, Peter Elkas, along with Jailmate (with Jeff, Jer, and Gav of the Burt Neilson Band), will be playing at Mavericks in Ottawa, ON. Aloha, Brad

I found a jambase event listing for Bela Fleck and Brooklyn Rider playing at Dominion-Chalmers United Church on Thursday, June 26, 2014, which would make it part of the jazz fest "Signature Series" happening there. Brooklyn Rider is a string quartet, and they appear on Bela's new album, The Impostor, so I think this'll be a collaboration show, rather than a headliner/opener show. Aloha, Brad

Live recordings of them are at https://archive.org/details/Durians Aloha, Brad

My transfer and upload of DaveC's recording of the July 6, 2002 show by Assembly Of Dust at the Gathering Of The Vibes festival in Mariaville, NY is now available for downloading and streaming: https://archive.org/details/assemblyofdust2002-07-06.at822.flac16 Huge thanks to Dave for making the recording, and for keeping the disc and giving it to me to process. Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

https://archive.org/details/mmayes2007-03-08.oktava.shnf Moses Mayes - (live recording) 2007-03-08, Mavericks, Ottawa, ON Aloha, Brad

::wipes splorch off screen:: Aloha, Brad

My transfer and upload of DaveC's recording of the June 29, 2001 show by Disco Biscuits at the Gathering Of The Vibes Festival in Red Hook, NY is now available for downloading and streaming: https://archive.org/details/discobiscuits2001-06-29.at822.flac16 Huge thanks to Dave for making the recording, and for keeping the disc and giving it to me to process. Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

https://archive.org/details/burntreynolds2013-03-09.sbd.flac16 Burnt Reynolds - (live recording) 2013-03-09, The Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa, ON Aloha, Brad

Aloha, Brad

There's some news on the Capital Hoedown front. The festival had troubles in 2012 and was cancelled. Early in 2014, the festival's head was sued, and now, the festival has launched its own lawsuit, against Lefty McRighty, the organizer of the O-Town Hoedown (which actually pre-dates the Capital Hoedown). The suit against Lefty is for $250,000, for statements Lefty made about the Capital Hoedown in his blog. A fund-raiser for Lefty's legal fees is being held on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at The Rainbow Bistro in Ottawa, ON. A Facebook event for it can be found here. Aloha, Brad

My recording of the Saturday, March 1, 2014 show by PleasureCraft at Irene's Pub in Ottawa, ON is now available for downloading and streaming: https://archive.org/details/pleasurecraft2014-03-01.ca-14.flac16 Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

My upload of jibooer's recording of the June 7, 2013 show by Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers at Mountain Jam in Hunter, NY is now available for downloading and streaming: https://archive.org/details/nickibluhm2013-06-07.ck63.flac16 Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

My recording of the Friday, February 28, 2014 show by Death Cake at Cafe Dekcuf in Ottawa, ON is now available for downloading and streaming: https://archive.org/details/deathcake2014-02-28.ca-14.flac16 Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

My transfer and upload of DaveC's recording of the July 19, 2005 show by Michael Franti And Spearhead at the High Falls Festival site in Rochester, NY is now available for downloading and streaming: https://archive.org/details/spearhead2005-07-19.at822.flac16 Huge thanks to Dave for making the recording, and for keeping the disc and giving it to me to process. Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

Aloha, Brad

Microbrewery Beyond the Pale to expand to City Centre building Aloha, Brad

Arcade Fire Takes To Groupon To Sell "Reflektor Tour" Tickets Aloha, Brad

The Facebook event for the Friday show with Death Cake says 8pm doors, $8 cover, and on their Facebook page, The Facebook event for the Saturday show with PleasureCraft says 9pm doors, $10 cover. Aloha, Brad

My transfer and upload of DaveC's recording of the August 27, 2004 show by Michael Franti And Spearhead at the Ottawa Folk Festival in Ottawa, ON is now available for downloading and streaming: https://archive.org/details/spearhead2004-08-27.at822.flac16 Huge thanks to Dave for making the recording, and for keeping the discs and giving them to me to process. Enjoy! Aloha, Brad

The offer's been extended to 2pm EST Thurs. Aloha, Brad

Lettuce - Live In Tokyo Aloha, Brad

(Thanks to Accordion Guy for the picture.) Aloha, Brad

Aloha, Brad

The Ottawa Jazz Festival has started announcing who'll be at the 2014 edition. The first two artists are: Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers with Edie Brickell, on Sunday, June 22 in Confederation Park; and Snarky Puppy in the OLG late-night tent, also on June 22. http://ottawajazzfestival.com/index.php/2014/02/24/steve-martin-snarky-puppy-to-return-to-td-ottawa-jazz-festival-in-2014/ Aloha, Brad

I got there early, and managed to stake out the dead-centre comfy couches at the front of the balcony. Aloha, Brad