Dick Cooper

Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a first-time listener, this show offers a unique chance to see one of Ottawa’s enduring country-rock bands in a big hometown performance.

Dick Cooper has had quite a career. In the 1970s, he co-founded The Cooper Brothers with his brother Brian and their friend Terry King. Three of their singles charted in the Billboard Hot 100 and they toured extensively with the likes of The Doobie Brothers, Joe Cocker, and Charlie Daniels. A very busy and creative person, how is Dick Cooper spending his stay-at-home days?

The second annual Megaphono music showcase festival is underway here in the capital from Feb. 2-5, designed to showcase our own local and regional talent.  It also brings music industry professionals in to see and hear some of Ottawa’s musical talent, and to offer constructive advice on how local artists can catapult their careers. They […]

This is the story of how members of a community got together to help a financially strapped youth centre. That was 20 years ago, and the centre was the Ottawa Police Youth Centre, located in the Debra St./Dynes Ave. area…a neighbourhood which at one time, was plagued with crime. The PYC opened in 1992, inside […]

The Cooper Brothers, along with a little help from their vast array of musician friends, gave a monumental performance in front of a sold out crowd at Ottawa’s Centrepointe Theatre this past Friday night. It was a celebration of their music, that has stood the test of time, since their first release, Finally, in 1974 under […]