The Jenn Hayward Show is starting the year off by making a difference

 Sometimes when you get an idea that won’t go away, you just find a way to make it happen! Fred Penner, Bif Naked, Crystal Shawanda, and many others have signed up to raise money for the African GrassRoots Telethon in collaboration with the HERA Mission. The funds will be used for grassroots

MusiCounts’ harmonious fall helping Canadian schools and communities

 The fall season has been a difficult time for music education, like all sorts of education. But the non-profit organization MusiCounts and the teachers it supports have changed and refined their approach. “Heading back to school looked very different in 2020,” writes Kate Bangay, Communications Manager at MusiCounts. “Teachers, parents,

Ottawa’s Top Concerts of 2017

 Photos by Renée Boucher Doiron, Kamara Morozuk, Sean Sisk, Dan Nawrocki and Andre Gagne As a live music junkie, 2017 in Ottawa was a near endless buffet slathered in awesome sauce! Along with the usual crop of fests and club shows, the city brought in even more concerts to celebrate the country's

Fred Penner – 45 Years of Songs, Smiles and Sandwiches – The Ottawa Life Interview Part 1

 (Part two is now here) Some people just exude happiness. It radiates off them like the ‎Aurora Borealis and a few moments in their presence has you brightly beaming right back. Children’s entertainer Fred Penner managed to achieve this daily through a television screen and now continues it from the