Alessia Cara is the runaway leader in JUNO nominations this year with six, but Ottawa is also represented on the list released on Thursday. The NAC Orchestra has been on a recording binge in the past few years and has picked up nominations and wins in
Daniel Levitin can remember the very first record he ever bought. That might not seem to be much of anything but really it is an example the brain's ability to recall even the most mundane things. Pretty unremarkable really but for some reason there has been
The Cree word for the stars is acākosīk. It's also the title of the Winnipeg-born iskwē's latest album. She's coming to Ottawa for a performance of the music on acākosīk, which has been nominated for a JUNO, at the National Arts Centre on Feb 1. "With
Joel Frahm's saxophone can be found in a lot of other people's ventures. And he's always had his own projects too. Two of those will be at the Ottawa Winter Jazz weekend — his duo with Toronto's Adrean Farrugia and his trio with Dan Loomis and
It's hard to imagine Jim Cuddy ever being out of sorts and uncertain. His easy going confident demeanour has helped define the iconic band Blue Rodeo. But some two decades ago, he was nervous. His partner in music Greg Keelor had decided to take some time
It’s a show about the critical importance of imagination in life, but Jake Runeckles and Andrew Iles need to do a little less imagining than other actors might. The two play, respectively, the main characters Bastian and Atreyu in the family-friendly The Neverending Story, opening
Larnell Lewis first picked up a drumstick in church. He was four years old at the time and as it goes, he just started playing along every Sunday. Instead of turning away from music, however, Lewis doubled down and these days he's leading his own band
When Justin Kingsley was a kid growing up in Lowertown, one of his favourite places was the Nelson Theatre on Rideau Street. Today the Nelson is the ByTowne Cinema and it will be screening Kingsley's very first feature documentary film Chaakapesh for three days starting Jan.
Most people's perceptions of the L. Frank Baum story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz have been shaped by the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, the Kansas girl blown to a magical kingdom by a tornado. The colours, the songs and even the
The blossoming solo career of Ottawa's Bryan Cheng is about to get a hometown boost. He will make his main stage series debut with the National Arts Centre Orchestra on Jan. 29 performing the famous Elgar Cello Concerto. This isn't his first time performing in the NAC.
