Gordie Johnson has been down a lot of roads in a career in music that spans about three decades of music most prominently at the helm of the band Big Sugar. Most of the time, he's travelled with bassist Garry Lowe. The two have shared a
Small wonder Twelfth Night is considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies. Its plot-line of love, gender confusion and general chaos, which is kicked off when Viola, shipwrecked, washes up on the shores of Illyria and disguises herself as a man named Cesario, is superbly comic and
One fine summer day we were driving the backroads of PEI in search of a shortcut, which I had known as a teen but had, it turned out, forgotten. So we pulled into a dusty, rustic gas station, where the only person in sight was
By Liam McPherson In the vaults of the National Capital Commission are some of Ottawa-Gatineau’s most prized keepsakes, collectively known as the Crown Collection. The collection reflects Canada’s British, French and Indigenous history and contains everything from fine art, books and textiles to ceramics and furniture.
John Rutter does take some heat over his music, but whatever you think about it, there is little doubt it is exactly what he wants it to be: melodic and accessible
John Rutter is one of the leading composers of choral music working today. As such the music he has written for other kinds of instruments, such as the piece Visions composed for the Ottawa violinist Kerson Leong, is less well known. "Writing for instruments is
When the British composer and conductor John Rutter appears in concert on Sunday at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, he'll raise his baton for a work he wrote for Ottawa violinist Kerson Leong. In the first of two ARTSFILE interviews, Rutter talks about the piece called Visions.
Ottawa's School of the Photographic Arts is hosting an exhibition of work by the American-born, South African resident photographer Roger Ballen in its gallery on Pamilla Street in Little Italy. The show opens Friday evening with a reception starting at 6 p.m. and it runs
Stittsville's Grace Lachance is 17 and is about to perform in her fifth concert slot at RBC Ottawa Bluesfest. It's an enviable record for anyone let alone a teenager just graduated from Sacred Heart High School. She'll step out on the stage in the Barney Danson
Back in the mid-'80s, John Allaire was playing guitar in a punk band called Seventh Level. "I used to hang out at The Underground Club and The Downstairs Club and a few of those places" where he started to make friends with guys in other bands
