2025 Year-End Roundup: Martin’s 12 Memorable Live Moments
We sadly cannot get to every show of interest, but as another year winds to a close, it’s fun to recall some of the memorable moments we encountered from…
concert recaps
A Holly Jolly Christmas: Jill Barber – Live in Ottawa
Taking another annual Canadian vacation over the US Thanksgiving week – a trend we started prior to the pandemic and picked back up over the…
The Dears: Live At Azrieli Studio
“Suck it up buttercup / This is just the / Beginning of what’s to come / Ya don’t wanna get left / In the dust / So you…
Blue Rodeo: 40th Anniversary Concert in Ottawa
I have waxed poetic MANY times about this Toronto-based band approaching a decade’s worth of music blogging. An obscure, non-mainstream band (outside of Canada)…
Adam Baldwin: Live in Ottawa
When iconic alt-country rockers Blue Rodeo announced their highly anticipated fortieth anniversary tour this year (yes, really – 40 years since their formation in Toronto), while…
I’m With Her: Live in York, PA
Following the international success of their 2018 debut “See You Around” album, US folk trio I’m With Her returned to the spotlight this year, announcing their long-awaited sophomore album “Wild and Clear…
Ariane Moffatt: Live In Ottawa
Oh, social media algorithms! How often you help determine our future travel plans. During a visit to Ottawa back in the spring, Lesley and I were grabbing some lunch at one…
The Local Honeys: Live in Hagerstown, MD
For the second consecutive Thursday evening, we had tickets in hand to a live music event. Having spent the previous Thursday catching up with…
The Sadies: Live in State College, PA
Seeds for this show were planted back in mid-July, thanks to a notification popping up in our social media feeds announcing that Toronto, ON…
Commonwealth Connections: The Paper Kites – Live in Vienna, VA
We shared our concert recap of the visit by Australian soul-rockers The Teskey Brothers to the Filene Center at Wolf Trap recently – but…