JW Jones

Your 2024 Ottawa Bluesfest lineup is here! The stage is set for another great summer of music as Ottawa Bluesfest returns for its highly anticipated 30th edition.

We’re getting into the home stretch of the holidays and I hope everyone is having a great December with family and friends. There are lots of ideas here for you no matter if you’re celebrating with others, need to get gifts, or just want to check out all the great things this season has to offer.

It’s a special season for Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe as they celebrate 35 years of performance in the heart of Ottawa’s west end at Ben Franklin Place. This season could very well be the most dynamic one yet as the theatre showcases never-before-featured-genres and a jam-packed calendar.

Kellylee Evans, Paragon Cause, LGS, Céleste Lévis, and Les Rats d’Swompe are each nominated in multiple categories.

Ottawa blues guitar hero and Juno Award nominee JW-Jones is hosting an all-star lineup of local performers at the Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe this week.

An all-Ottawa supergroup with JW-Jones, Kathleen Edwards, Jeff Asselin, Clayton Connell, Angélique Francis, Michael Hanna, Hardeep Buckshi and more great musicians take on The Beatles classic for a good cause.

In a digital broadcast on May 7, Ottawa music industry leaders presented eight artists with Capital Music Awards.

Despite the recent ugly temperatures, the tulips are putting on their annual spring show for us, so the only mood in Ottawa right now can be hopeful! I’m channeling hopefulness this weekend, friends, as we face another one in lockdown, but inching closer to warmer weather, herd immunity, and that sweet, sweet freedom of the red zone!

Ottawa music acts in the running include Night Lovell, Tiagz, DRAE, Andrew Cassara, Céleste Lévis, Marie-Clo, Paragon Cause, Harea Band, Jessica Pearson & The East Wind, Jean Cloutier, The PepTides, Asuquomo, and Moonfruits.

Ottawa is home to international award-winning blues act HOROJO Trio, who got together in the aftermath of an unusually long jam session during a charity fundraiser. The trio won the International Blues Challenge in 2020.

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?

Jazzfest returns to Confederation Park this year.

Friday night at Bluesfest saw a mix of country, blues and dubstep.

The first day of Summer has arrived, and with it, a vast array of art, cultural, sport, and music events for all ages in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. With the weather having fully co-operated over the weekend, there was no shortage of things to take in for the eyes and ears. The Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival […]

JW-Jones is a crowd pleaser – with his groovy, rock ‘n’ roll stylings, you’ll be hard-pressed not to get up and dance. After touring all around the world and back again, JW-Jones has clearly figured out what the people want. His music gets at the more traditional music associated with Bluesfest – the blues themselves. […]