For 12 days, music fans were treated to traditional blues, searing rock, funk-a-delic, techno pop, hip hop, pop rock, world beat and everything in between. Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest brings us something we have come to cherish: the chance to see live music in the best possible way: outdoors, during a Canadian summer. I was about 30 feet from the stage on the final Sunday of Bluesfest when Mother Nature whipped through. Scary, yes- but with an emergency plan in place, no one was seriously injured, and you could feel an entire city breathe a sigh of relief for that. I am choosing to remember Bluesfest not for that one dark moment. But for the hundreds of moments that shone. Here are some photos from the festival. Can't wait for next year.
(Flaming Lips)
(Soundgarden)
