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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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On the heels of the release of his previous single “Did A Lot”, Ottawa rapper and singer TwoTiime is back with his latest single “Juice”. The single was released under a new deal with WorldStar Distribution making him the first...
A year into the pandemic, Drayton Mulindabigwi Jabo, a health sciences student at the University of Ottawa decided to launch the mental health initiative, 20today20tomorrow. Realizing all the drastic changes that he was faced with, Drayton took it upon himself...
Nova Scotian artist, Evans, is back with his latest single “My Fault”, an honest and introspective track where he takes responsibility for his part in a fight with the woman in his life. While the track is the now Toronto-based...
Back in the day, my friend Tony and I would regularly make the trek downtown to St. Joseph College School to pick up our friend Koliah (who would later become my wife) and her friends from school. One of them...
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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...
On the heels of the release of his previous single “Did A Lot”, Ottawa rapper and singer TwoTiime is back...
A year into the pandemic, Drayton Mulindabigwi Jabo, a health sciences student at the University of Ottawa decided to launch...
Nova Scotian artist, Evans, is back with his latest single “My Fault”, an honest and introspective track where he takes...
Recap
On the heels of the release of his previous single “Did A Lot”, Ottawa rapper and singer TwoTiime is back with his latest single “Juice”. The single was released under a new deal with WorldStar Distribution making him the first...
A year into the pandemic, Drayton Mulindabigwi Jabo, a health sciences student at the University of Ottawa decided to launch the mental health initiative, 20today20tomorrow. Realizing all the drastic changes that he was faced with, Drayton took it upon himself...