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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.

	Colin James			Keb' Mo'
	Huun Huur Tu			Xavier Rudd
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