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Ottawa Citizen
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Ottawa Citizen
Bluesfest 2025: Everything you need to know about Ottawa's biggest music festival
Article content Bluesfest is Ottawa's biggest summer music festival, a nine-day, multi-stage extravaganza that takes place on the grounds of (and inside) the Canadian War Museum at LeBreton Flats Park. Article content The site is located on the Ontario side of the Ottawa River, not far from Parliament Hill and downtown Ottawa. This year marks its 31st anniversary. More than 300,000 people are expected to attend. Article content Article content Article content It took place at Major's Hill Park on a weekend in July 1994, with a lineup that included Clarence Clemons, Randy Bachman and Buckwheat Zydeco. Monahan is still the festival's executive and artistic director. Article content Article content It brings a level of concert activity that takes over the city. A full-festival pass allows fans of all ages to see multiple concerts each night, not just the main-stage headliner, and there are always new artists to discover. Article content Bluesfest performers are chosen specifically because they put on great live shows, and the whole thing takes place, rain or shine, in a picturesque location next to the majestic Ottawa River in the capital of Canada. Article content Article content No matter who's on stage, the main appeal of Bluesfest is that it's a party every night. Or, more accurately, it's a bunch of parties with different vibes and demographics at each stage. You will meet new people and discover new music. Article content After over three decades, it's also a well-organized party, run by a core team of salaried staff members working out of an office at Festival House, a repurposed church on Churchill Street. At festival time, an army of volunteers springs into action to help things run smoothly. Article content Over the years, Bluesfest has evolved into a multi-genre concert event. Here's the daily schedule for the main stage (also known as the RBC Stage) in 2025. The headliner is listed first.
CBC
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
'I can't be a second-rate Guess Who': Randy Bachman on starting Brave Belt and BTO
For more than 60 years, Canadian rock and roll legend Randy Bachman has been takin' care of business and working overtime. Starting out in Winnipeg with just a dream and a guitar, Bachman co-founded not one but two of the most successful rock bands to come out of this country: The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Now, at 81, Bachman is looking back on his incredible life in music with a new BTO single, 60 Years Ago. In an interview with Q 's Tom Power, the guitarist and singer reflects on what happened after he left The Guess Who in 1970, immediately following the release of their biggest hit, American Woman. WATCH | Randy Bachman's full interview with Tom Power: "I was branded as an idiot in Winnipeg and in the press," Bachman says about his departure. "I got slammed in Rolling Stone and Creem and all the magazines at the time. [They said] that I was thrown out of the band because I was too straight. So I'm bent on proving you can make it without being bent or drugged or whatever." Bachman says his divisive relationship with his bandmates was more like a fraternal dispute. "You don't hate him, because you're brothers, but you have this thing you never get over." Starting over on his own, Bachman wanted to prove the critics wrong and find success in a new group — but he knew he didn't want it to be compared to The Guess Who. "I'm in Winnipeg with no band," he recalls. "I'm going crazy, I want to do something…. I can't be a second-rate Guess Who. I can't match Burton Cummings's voice. What I do is start over and do something different." Turning to country rock music, Bachman founded his next band, Brave Belt, with some help from fellow Canadian music legend Neil Young. "Neil said, 'This is really great. I'll set you up with Mo Ostin,'" Bachman says. "So I fly to L.A. and I meet Mo Ostin [at Reprise Records] … and Neil gets me a record deal there." Watch or listen to the full interview with Bachman to find out how he ended up founding BTO after Brave Belt eventually got dropped by its label.
CBC
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Bachman–Turner Overdrive to receive designated street in Winnipeg
Social Sharing Winnipeg rockers Bachman-Turner Overdrive are being honoured by their home city with a street named after the band. A section of the Disraeli Bridge Roadway will aptly be called Bachman-Turner Overdrive following a dedication ceremony on April 18. City councillors Markus Chambers and Ross Eadie announced the designation, with Chambers explaining to the Winnipeg Sun that Bachman-Turner Overdrive "is part of the soundtrack of Winnipeg." "Their music shaped a generation and inspired countless artists across Canada and beyond," he said. "We're proud to recognize their roots here in our city with this honorary naming." LISTEN | The audio for Takin' Care of Business: "At 81, Randy Bachman is still producing hits," said Eadie, who put forth a motion for the naming in 2024. " 60 Years Ago is a powerful reminder that this is a vibrant city full of musical history." Bachman-Turner Overdrive formed in the '70s with Robbie Bachman, Tim Bachman, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner, and found success with hits such as Takin' Care of Business and Let it Ride. The group was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 2014 Juno Awards. WATCH | Bachman-Turner Overdrive is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame: Bachman-Turner Overdrive's current lineup includes Randy Bachman and his son, Tal Bachman, as Robbie Bachman and Tim Bachman died in 2023. The band is currently playing shows across Canada for the Back in Overdrive 2025 tour and will be joined by Turner for select shows.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Two legendary rock bands coming to The Mill this summer
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Mill has announced Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Marshall Tucker Band will be coming to the concrete venue July 25, as part of the Hoosier Lottery Concert Series. Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) rose to fame with hits like 'Takin' Care of Business' and 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet.' BTO's sound is a distinct blend of hard rock and classic pop, remaining as vibrant and electrifying as it did when Randy Bachman and Fred Turner formed the band in the early 1970s. Joining BTO on July 25 will be one of the pioneering forces in Southern rock, The Marshall Tucker Band. The Marshall Tucker Band is known for hits like 'Can't You See' and 'Heard It in a Love Song.' Their music has been described as a fusion of rock, country, jazz and blues. Tickets will go on sale February 28th at 10 a.m., and ticket prices are $85 for VIP Standing Pit, $60 for VIP and $35 for GA. For more information about this performance and other live shows at The Mill, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
