Bluesfest

The Ottawa Bluesfest (bit of a misnomer, as you can hear everything from jazz to metal to African to country to prog-rock!) runs for about two weeks, and on Saturday I cashed in my birthday present and showed up with Andrea. Here are the (musical) highlights:

The first band we caught were the "Tony Silvestri Band", a bunch of teenagers from down the road; actually, they were very good!

 

"The Love Machine" are an Ottawa band who had everyone dancing!

Just before dinner; something a bit more relaxing... "That's The Spirit" !

The evening kicked off with Metric; a best-selling Canadian band.

And concluded with The Flaming Lips, an American rock band specializing in OTT theatrics, with a splash of anti-establishment hippy thrown in for good measure. All together now: focus your mind on transmitting signals of peace to the global leaders!!