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Ottawa Bluesfest 2004
Every year in early July, Ottawa is home to the Cisco Systems Bluesfest. Thanks to Andre Sauve of Bluesfest, I was able to have some fun taking photos as well as listening to some great music. I couldn't get to much of the festival this year, but what I saw was great. This is a BIG event with about 150 performances and workshops over a ten-day period. Check out www.ottawa-bluesfest.ca for more information.
Colin James, of course, is a perennial crowd-pleaser, an absolute delight to hear and to photograph. What's great about these festivals is the surprises that you get. I had heard about the throat singers of Tuva, but you need to experience them live to begin to appreciate that this is a unique musical form. Very entertaining. And then we were fortunate to hear Xavier Rudd from Australia; just an amazing high energy performance from this one-man band. He had the crowd jumping on the final Saturday.
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Colin James |
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Huun Huur Tu |
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