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So Bluesfest is all done for another year. I haven’t had a chance to write up the last couple of days yet, but here’s a video of The Dead Weather performing on the last day, a highlight of the festival for sure. Now I gotta get back to my summer reading!
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Another great day at Bluesfest!! Can’t believe it’s almost over… just a few days left! Day 9 kicked off great with Shout Out Out Out Out from Edmonton – these guys had me dancing before I even got to the festival grounds! Those two drumkits could be heard from way up Booth Street and had…
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Well the past couple of days have been a blast – even though 6 and 7 lacked any mind-blowing performances, KISS more than made up for that last night. Day 6 was a strange day at Bluesfest – only one stage open, only three bands playing. I only made it down for the second half…
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I haven’t written anything the past few days because I’ve been low on time, and low on enthusiasm – not much has really blown me away – I will write days 6 and 7 up later, but for now let me talk about tonight. Tonight is a big night. I have a lot of stuff…
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Just a quick video post today – no time to write anything up. Yesterday was Hey Rosetta! and Matisyahu, both great performances, Matisyahu being one of two shows I’ve most been looking forward to this week (the other being Girl Talk tonight). Speaking of tonight, the list is as follows: Land of Talk, King Khan…
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What a day of music! Started at 6:00 at the main festival grounds for The Stills from Montreal. I’ve only recently gotten into these guys, but really enjoyed their showing here. Then we trekked across town to York Street for The Proclaimers who were great, but really I only know 2 songs of theirs, and…
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Ben Harper blew us all away last night, and that’s just about all there is to say about Day 2. Oh, except that Metric FUCKING ROCKED, proving that they deserved the upgrade to the bigger stage this year, and Holy Fuck was just, well, holy fuck they were good – I loved the garage sale…
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What a great kickoff to an amazing festival! Had a blast last night. Started out with Amanda Rheaume, a festival favourite, who kicked it off in style on the Rogers Stage, just as the sky cleared after a very short torential rain pour that threatened to dampen Day 1 (and caused some pretty nasty little…
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Gonna be scrambling to see everything again this year (did you see my possibly impossible list?), and getting right to it on the first day! Here’s the rundown of day 1 for me: 6:00pm – Amanda Rheaume 7:00pm – Amos the Transparent 8:00pm – The Black Keys 9:30pm – Jeff Beck So I’ll just be…
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On this first day of Bluesfest 2009, which also happens to be the kickoff to the annual Bluesfest Lawn Chair debate, let’s get things started with Peter Simpson of The Big Beat’s take on the issue: “The Official Big Beat Position is that lawn chairs should be banned from Bluesfest. They are a menace. They’re…