PAST EDITIONS

SESSION 5: LUCAS HANEMAN
Jul. 21, 12:00 p.m.
TBD
A performer with an ear so keen that he could sit in with any musician in the Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country or Rock genres, with no sheet music, and no rehearsal, and still play as if he'd known the material for days, this is a trait that defines Lucas Haneman.
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SESSION 4: WISE ATANGANA & KELLY LEE EVANS
Jul. 14, 7:00 p.m.
TBD
Wise Atangana is a Canadian artist born and raised in Cameroon in Central Africa. Six albums deep and Juno Award winner Kellylee Evans is still shaking it up on Come On, her latest Decca album.
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SESSION 3: KIMBERLY SUNSTRUM & WILLIAM LAU
Jul. 07, 12:00 p.m.
TBD
Kimberly Sunstrum is a queer, Botswana-Canadian singer-songwriter from the Ottawa region. William Lau is a refined performer who specialized in Chinese Operatic dance and had performed, lectured and taught nationally and internationally over the past 25 years.
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SESSION 2: AYHAM HARB, MOHAMAD BABANI & EDRA SILVA
Jun. 30, 12:00 p.m.
TBD
coming soon!
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Axé Worldfest celebrates Multiculturalism Day
Jun. 27, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
https://youtu.be/wWm27R4UayM
Join us for an interactive virtual event that features talented Ottawa artists from all over the globe. Don’t miss out the music, visual arts, dance, entertainment and discussions. STREAM HERE: https://youtu.be/wWm27R4UayM
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SESSION 1: SILLA
Jun. 23, 12:00 p.m.
TBD
Silla is a singing group blending divergent styles of traditional and contemporary katajjaq (Inuit throat singing) across a wide range of genres.
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CLOSING PARTY: DJ MARI ROSSI
Jan. 15, 6:35 p.m.
Via Youtube
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Closing Remarks: Claudia, Yasmina and Grandmother Francine
Jan. 15, 6:20 p.m.
VIA ZOOM
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Artist Spotlight: Baobá (Toronto)
Jan. 15, 6:00 p.m.
https://bit.ly/2XozVPp
Baobá / Toronto – Co-presented by Lula Music and Arts
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Women are still missing in the music industry. How do we change that?
Jan. 15, 5:00 p.m.
Via Youtube
Women are still missing in the music industry. How do we change that? Description: For every 47 music producers who are men, there is 1 woman / women make up only 1/3 of Juno nominees – let’s build ways to welcome more women to this sexist industry and gain more power.
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Artist Spotlight: Tara Kannangara (Toronto)
Jan. 15, 4:40 p.m.
Via Youtube
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A Conversation with ShoShona Kish
Jan. 15, 4:20 p.m.
Via Youtube
Anishinaabekwe community organizer, activist, Artistic Director of the International Indigenous Music Summit & international touring artist with the award-winning band: Digging Roots.
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Artist Spotlight: NAMBI (Ottawa)
Jan. 15, 4:00 p.m.
Via Youtube
NAMBI / Ottawa – co-presented by the National Arts Centre
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Artist Spotlight: Djely Tapa from Montreal
Jan. 14, 6:50 p.m.
Via Youtube
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Covid-19 – Post pandemic Music Industry / Where do we go from here?
Jan. 14, 5:50 p.m.
Via Youtube
Stakeholders from all parts of Canada will share what they are doing to recover from 2020, how COVID and social movements, such as Black Lives Matter, is shaping the music industry and programming choices in terms of diversity, inclusion and equity; where do we go from here.
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Artist Spotlight: Unissia Huang (Ottawa)
Jan. 14, 5:35 p.m.
Via Youtube
Unissia Huang / Ottawa – Co-presented by the National Arts Centre
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Reclaiming Our Voices: Safety and Dignity for Women/Trans folks in Music
Jan. 14, 4:30 p.m.
Via Youtube
A 45 minutes online session facilitated by Viktoria Belle (she/her) and Kayla McGee (she/her). This session brings together our shared experiences and knowledge of gender-based violence prevention and response tools and practices from an artist's and organizers lens.
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Artist Spotlight: Amanda Lowe (Ottawa)
Jan. 14, 4:15 p.m.
Via Youtube
Artist Spotlight- Amanda Lowe / Ottawa – co-presented by the National Arts Centre
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