Sisters Carmen and Yolanda Bruno have come full circle. The Ottawa natives have both returned to Canada after several years in Europe and they are back playing together again, much as they did as young performers. This week, they will be on the stage at the
By Micaal Ahmed Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says “it’s a good bet” the city and the federal government will strike a deal to collaborate on a new $168-million Central Library on the eastern edge of LeBreton Flats. But Watson added the proposed partnership between the Ottawa
Think of Richard Raymond as a kind of Marvel superhero of the piano. Away from the keyboard, the New Brunswick native looks like a bookkeeper, mild-mannered and bespectacled. Sitting in front of it, he’s transformed into a beast, with a commanding presence and bulletproof technique. Raymond,
By Meaghan Richens About 86 per cent of respondents in a recent survey support the City of Ottawa investing in the local music industry. But only 24 per cent of respondents believe that it's possible to make a living in music in the community. The survey of
There's nothing the soprano Mireille Asselin likes more than a project
White, urban eco-warrior or First Nations rez dweller with a hankering for the good life, you don’t get off easy in The Pipeline Project. The show, performed as a series of vignettes, centres on the political and cultural battles over pipelines in B.C. That could make for
At one time, Ottawa's Steve Boudreau thought he'd work for a high tech company. He even toiled at Nortel for a summer, but he just didn't feel the love. His heart was elsewhere
By Isaac Wurmann The corridors of City Hall are alive with the sound of prayerful music. Local artist and musician Ben Globerman's sound installation Call to Prayer will be delivering its message in the City Hall Art Gallery until March 14. The installation features three vocalists singing
Laila Biali has moved through the musical world on the strength of seven albums. Each one, she said in an interview, "represents a different season in my life as a musician. Each season was impacted by the people I was working with, touring with, collaborating with and
In the ferment of the 1960s, many voices were speaking up. Among them was a generation of Indigenous artists, musicians and poets who were talking about the conditions that faced their people and their hopes for a better future. Duke Redbird was in the mix in
