“At the BLUESFEST” - Soul, blues and some African music of note at the RBC ROYAL BANK OTTAWA BLUESFEST from July 4th to July 15th
Artist: Charles Bradley
Album: Daptone Gold
Tune: The World (Is Goin’ Up In Flames)
Label: Daptone Records
Artist: Charles Bradley
Album: No Time For Dreaming
Tune: Why Is It So Hard
Label: Dunham Records
Artist: Johnny Sansone
Album: Watemelon Patch
Tune: Think Of Me
Label: Bullseye Blues & Jazz
Artist: Monkey Junk
Album: To Behold
Tune: Mother’s Crying
Label: Stony Plain
Artist: Watermelon Slim & Super Chikan
Album: Okiesippi Blues
Tune: Moonshine
Label: NothernBlues Music
Artist: Terry Gillespie
Album: Big Money
Tune: You Don’t Love Me
Label: (Self)
Artist: Toronzo Cannon
Album: Leaving Mood
Tune: Come On
Label: Delmark Records
Artist: David Maxwell
Album: Max Attack
Tune: Twisted Tendons
Label: Dixiefrog
Artist: Marcia Ball
Album: Roadside Attractions
Tune: That’s How It Goes
Label: Alligator
Artist: Royal Southern Brotherhood
Album: Royal Southern Brotherhood
Tune: Fired!
Label: Ruf Records
Artist: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
Album: Radio Salone
Tune: Gbara Case
Label: Cumbancha
Artist: Seal
Album: Soul 2
Tune: Oh Girl
Label: Reprise Records
Artist: Norah Jones
Album: Little Broken Hearts Bonus CD
Tune: Out On The Road (Mondo Version)
Label: Bluenote
Artist: Downchild
Album: I Need A Hat
Tune: What Was I Thinking
Label: Linus Entertainment
Artist: Damon Fowler
Album: Devil Got His Way
Tune: Devil Got His Way
Label: Blind Pig
Artist: Carolyn Wonderland
Album: Miss Understood
Tune: Still Alive And Well
Label: Bismeaux Productions
Artist: Tedeschi Trucks Band
Album: Live: Revelator EP
Tune: Don’t Let Me Slide
Label: Sony Masterworks
Artist: Oliver Mtukudzi
Album: Nhava
Tune: Tiregerereiwo
Label: Heads Up International
Artist: Sugar Ray & the Bluetones
Album: Evening
Tune: I Came Down With the Blues
Label: Severn Records
Artist: The Sheep Dogs
Album: Learn & Burn
Tune: I Don’t Know
Label: (Self)
Artist: Bettye LaVette
Album: Interpertations: The British Rock Songbook
Tune: Salt Of The Earth
Label: ANTI Inc.
Artist: Shemekia Copeland
Album: Never Going Back
Tune: River’s Invitation
Label: Telarc International
Artist : The Souljazz Orchestra
Album : Freedom No Go Die
Tune: The Blind Leading The Blind
Label: Do Right! Music
Artist: Monkey Junk
Album: To Behold
Tune: With These Hands
Label: Stony Plain
Bill Coleman, 1904-1981
About Me
- Ron Sweetman
- Ron Sweetman has been an activist for jazz and blues since arriving in Canada in 1969. He was a founder member of L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale (1972), Jazz Ottawa (1976), and Music Now (1997). He has written for CODA magazine since 1970, and has been a member of the Down Beat International Critics Poll since 1982. He has hosted his weekly jazz and blues radio show “In A Mellow Tone” on CKCU-FM 93.1 since May 1976. In his spare time, Ron is a management consultant.
