Tag: music
GAIA JAVA: Greg Kelly (guitar) with Shaun Brown (pedal steel) on May 6
Greg Kelly has been in the shop many times in the last several months; not only for his own performance back in February, but also on many occasions when he…
GAIA JAVA: Singer/songwriter David daCosta on April 29
We are very much looking forward to having David back in the shop this Friday. David daCosta is a singer/songwriter based in Ottawa, and he has entertained us well on…
Sacred Heart students present Canadian premiere of “Made in Dagenham”
(ABOVE: Shayna Douglas (left) plays Rita O’Grady and Aidan Saunders plays Eddie O’Grady in the Sacred Heart High School production of “Made in Dagenham”.) Sacred Heart High School students are…
GAIA JAVA: Crumble String Quartet on April 22
The members of the Crumble String Quartet (Margot Lange and Julia Sandquist on violin, Mary Young on viola and Catherine Campbell on cello) – started rehearsing and performing as…
CBC: Stittsville’s phonograph fanatics
CBC’s Hallie Cotnam interviewed Sacred Heart students Devyn Barrie and Connor Boudreau about their collection of 78’s and phonographs. It’s a fascinating and entertaining interview. You can listen here and see photos…
GAIA JAVA: Carol Tieu with Stéphane Klander on April 15
Carol and Stéphane have entertained us previously on a couple of occasions, and it was always very enthusiastically received. On some numbers people even got up and started dancing! So…
GAIA JAVA: Guitarist Howie Hooper on April 8
Those of you who have heard Howie Hooper before will know that you should come in again this Friday. The impressive thing about Howie is his commitment as a mainstay…
GAIA JAVA: Guitarist double bill on April 1
Andrew Waines has been active in the music industry since 2013. He played rhythm guitar with the Jordan McIntosh Band for two years, including performances at Ottawa Bluesfest, Boots & Hearts…
GAIA JAVA: Amanda Bon and Danny Artuso March 18
Amanda and I have been in touch by email for a long time, and last summer we finally met, thanks to the hospitality of the Ambassador of Sweden! We…
GAIA JAVA: Michael Allen performs on March 11
Once again Michael steps in to entertain us at Gaia Java! Michael Allen grew up in Ottawa and is currently helping part-time at a daycare while he is working on…
GAIA JAVA: Roland Doucet plays again on March 4
Roland is a real gentleman – always very willing to go the extra mile to satisfy his listeners with requests etc. and the range of audience to which he…
Gretchen Martin with Alan Sandeman at Gaia Java on Friday
Of all the artists who play at Gaia Java, I think I have had the most requests about ‘when are they playing again?’ for Gretchen Martin. When she arrives…
VIDEO: Jim Bryson’s The Depression Dance
Jim Bryson released a new video today for his song The Depression Dance. “A video project in which we had people send us “dancing” videos. They arrived from all over…
West Ottawa Ladies Chorus: Invitation to join open house rehearsals
(via West Ottawa Ladies Chorus) Get your voice out of the bathroom and automobile and bring it to a music rehearsal. The West Ottawa Ladies Chorus is having Open House…
Musician Jim Bryson finds his place back home in Stittsville
“There were no houses behind here, and we had dirt bikes and we used to drive through the bushes, we used to snowmobile around. There were all these bike trails…