Welcome to Words on a wing, a space to put my thoughts and ideas out there, a place I call a lost and found for people on the edge of the night, where you’ll find photographs, and the words inspired by them and by the journey of a creative… on the edge of the night.
“I hope words will come
to write in this space...
words, when read,
will bring a smile
to your face.”
Welcome to Words on a wing, a space to put my thoughts and ideas out there, a place I call a lost and found for people on the edge of the night, where you’ll find photographs, and the words inspired by them and by the journey of a creative… on the edge of the night.
“I hope words will come
to write in this space...
words, when read,
will bring a smile
to your face.”
Peter Gabriel played the Canadian Tire Centre here in Ottawa on September 9th. As I’ve said elsewhere, this show was the most beautiful show I’ve ever seen! The music of course, of which Peter Gabriel is one of my favourite artists, but the visual… Peter is well known for his
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The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and Memorial Park in Accra, Ghana is dedicated to the prominent Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah.
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Black Star Gate in Accra, Ghana was built to celebrate Ghana’s Independence from Britain.
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Amanda Marshall played the NAC here in Ottawa on June 20th. What a fabulous show, if you get a chance to catch her on this tour, do so! You’re welcome! Enjoy this slideshow of photos from the show. Sophia Fracassi opened the show, she has an amazing voice, and a
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This past weekend Whitehorse returned to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa! My daughter and I last saw Whitehorse at Bluesfest in 2018, but it was 6 years ago that we last saw them at the NAC. What a show this was… during the pandemic Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland
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I really miss concerts!! The last concerts I went to see were in December of 2019!! I Mother Earth and The Standstills at the Bronson Centre, local Ottawa group Silent Winters at the NAC, and Serena Ryder also at the NAC. View the slideshows below. It’s been 19 months since
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OH MY! This is a real treat… though deemed a walk down a jazzier path, this 2nd solo outing from The Pretenders lead vocalist is far more than that. As Chrissie Hynde says in the liner notes, “… jazz is something I grew up around (thanks to my bro) and
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It’s David Bowie’s birthday January 8th and isn’t this a lovely birthday surprise! It’s been announced that ‘ChangesNowBowie’ will be released on Record Store Day on April 18th, 2020, my birthday!! And beginning today six previously unreleased rarities from David’s archive called “Is It Any Wonder?” will be released in
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You may first think of me as someone who loves the music of David Bowie, but… did you know I also love the work of J.R.R. Tolkien? I first read the Hobbit in the early ‘70s, around the same time I became a Bowie fan, what can I say, I
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