Viva Las Bluesfest!

Night one at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest was huge fun! Checked into my fantastic suite at the Albert at Bay, ready for 13 days of blues, rock, funk, new world, acoustic jams, zydeco and everything in between. Its all about the variety, baby! Whatever floats your boat musically, its all here! Last night's musical menu....Lindsay Ferguson, The Flaming Lips, Soundgarden, Tegan and Sara and Bootsy Collins. I managed to catch a bit of all these acts with thousands of other festival-lovers. And when all was over, an extra bonus for those of us walking east from LeBreton Flats: an amazing sidewalk performance by Liam, Jann and Quinn, the 'Brothers Dube'. At the ages of 11, 13, and 15, these kids know how to rock, and they do it for the goodness of others: $100,000 raised for charities to date. The Dube Brothers new CD release is on the sidewalk this Saturday...how cool is that! Better catch them now, before they are playing 20,000 seat arenas!




(above 'The Brothers Dube)

(above: Bootsy Collins)

(above) Bootsy Collins

(Bootsy Collins)

(above: Tegan and Sara)

(above: Tegan and Sara)

(above: Chris Cornell, Soundgarden)

(above: Wayne Coyne, The Flaming Lips)