Ottawa diva and songwriter Rebecca Noelle considers herself lucky to have found out at a young age what direction her life would take. She established an early relationship with all things jazz, a genre she embraced growing up in a family immersed in its music. “I grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald. My grandfather was […]
Bankrupt is a very enjoyable – and slightly smutty – comedy by Ottawa playwright Stéphanie Turple. Her 2011 French play, Banqueroute, was translated into English and workshopped in 2013, and has now been brought to The Gladstone by Plosive Productions. It’s a dandy bedroom farce/musical mashup with some great comic moments. Judging from the laughter during the […]
Jon Bartlett is a man of many hats – musician, music label founder and all-around Ottawa cheerleader. It’s not surprising his latest venture – Megaphono – was created to put Ottawa and its musicians on the North American music map. “I’ve been living in Ottawa for 15 years now, never have I seen so much good […]
Ottawa’s favourite nine-piece art pop band, The PepTides, is back with new tongue-in-cheek dance moves and songs for a new record called Love Question Mark being released May 3rd at St Alban’s Church. As we all live and love in complicated times, reading the latest extremes of cynicism and optimism available in the blogosphere, the […]
