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Following her appearance on the Ellen show, Joe Mebrahtu interviewed Hélène Campbell about life, faith success, organ donation and Ellen. For more interviews visit shiftermagazine.com/interviews...
Winnipeg’s Fresh IE on the next generation and why he’s more focused on making an impact than keeping up with the Joneses. In 2005, Canadian hip-hop artist Fresh IE stepped onto the stage of a theatre packed with angry gang members....
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After taking an entire year off from music to focus on herself, Ottawa artist Lia Kloud is ringing in the new year with her latest single “On Everything”, available on all digital streaming platforms as of January 14th, 2022. The...
An innovative new French-language radio show for Ottawa-Gatineau’s Black community is now on the airwaves at CHUO 89.1FM. Hosted by Vlad Jean-Gilles aka Don Ayiti, this new program, called Les Intrepides, was made possible with funding support from BILINGUAL OTTAWA....
Ottawa is on the rise in the music industry which means that more of the capital’s talented artists are gaining attention. One of them is the smooth-voiced JYDN Hill, an R&B singer known for combining a hip-hop flow with vocals...
“There needs to be representation everywhere, sneaker culture is something that bleeds into a lot of other areas, it is like the intersection between music, sports, and art.” – Cassidy Edwards, Managing editor, CNK Daily When people talk about sneaker...
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Trap artists often get flack for following a consistent formula- dreads, drug talk, similar delivery, similar production. And a lot...
Throughout all the local hip-hop shows at Bluesfest one thing was consistent- Rita Carter. She was the unofficial cheerleader for...
In the intro to her show, she was described as a woman of extremes. I only saw one side of...
Yes, our headline is very cheesy, but there’s so much to love about Ottawa biggest musical success story right now-...
One thing I learned at Bluesfest 2018 is some artists are better suited to small intimate venues and others are...
Thursday night at Bluesfest was for the 80’s and 90’s kids. I gathered as much from the intro of hip-hop...
For some people, Foo Fighters were the big draw on Tuesday night at Bluesfest, but for others the main event...
“Hey, I’m the voice inside your head”. That’s how Roland Prince’s show started. It was a bit weird, but that...
Aside from Ghostface Killah, the other show I was really looking forward to taking in at Bluesfest 2018 was Ottawa...
I don’t have any data to back this up, but Ottawa has to have one of the most diverse music...
The first non-hip hop show that I took in at RBC Bluesfest 2018 was Shawn Mendes. Don’t judge me for...
On a personal level, the show I was looking forward to the most at Bluesfest 2018 was Ghostface Killah. As...
After taking an entire year off from music to focus on herself, Ottawa artist Lia Kloud is ringing in the...
An innovative new French-language radio show for Ottawa-Gatineau’s Black community is now on the airwaves at CHUO 89.1FM. Hosted by...
Ottawa is on the rise in the music industry which means that more of the capital’s talented artists are gaining...
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After taking an entire year off from music to focus on herself, Ottawa artist Lia Kloud is ringing in the new year with her latest single “On Everything”, available on all digital streaming platforms as of January 14th, 2022. The...
An innovative new French-language radio show for Ottawa-Gatineau’s Black community is now on the airwaves at CHUO 89.1FM. Hosted by Vlad Jean-Gilles aka Don Ayiti, this new program, called Les Intrepides, was made possible with funding support from BILINGUAL OTTAWA....