Shawna Caspi Brings Forest Fire for Ottawa Homecoming

 Photos by Roni Hoffman Shawna Caspi may currently be strumming out of Toronto but the musician still hasn’t forgotten her Ottawa roots. They were planted pretty deep in some of the city’s most musical fertile ground. She bought her first acoustic guitar at the Ottawa Folklore Centre, volunteered at CKCU

Ron Sexsmith Charms at National Arts Centre Performance

 It’s always refreshing when a well-known artist with considerable talent strays from the norm, forgoing the bells and whistles of flashy lights or costume changes and making the music the center of attention instead of themselves. Even more so when said artist is self-effacing to a fault, which only ends

Q&A: Ron Sexsmith and the Last Rider

 Photos courtesy of Warner Music “To use a tired cliché, my career has been a roller coaster,” says Ron Sexsmith a few weeks after releasing his 15th album, one that showed hints that the 53-year-old singer may be looking to sidle off into the sunset, just a singer with his