Gil’s Hootenanny: Songs of Protest, Songs of Hope at the Glebe Community Centre on May 1st “A good song reminds us what we’re fighting for”. Pete Seeger ( (1919 – 2014) On May 1st, people from all over the city...
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2014 Sing-along Song Writing Contest – Songs of Protest, Songs of Hope
Gil’s Hootenanny & Writer’s Bloc in conjunction with Ottawa Grassroots Festival & Spirit of Rasputin’s present the First Annual Sing-Along Song Writing Contest. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2014. Find out more here (Spirit of Rasputin’s submission page)…
Continue reading...Mighty Popo brings his Juno-winning talents to Gil’s Hootenanny
Mighty Popo (Jacques Murigande) grew up in Burundi hearing contemporary and traditional musicians from East and Central Africa on the street, in clubs and in people’s homes, while radio and recordings played music from the whole African continent and beyond....
Continue reading...Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Maria Dunn to join Gil’s Hootenanny
“There’s nothing quite so powerful (and fun) as a group of people singing together, especially when those songs express love, joy, empathy and a strong desire to make the world a better, more compassionate, more just, place. I’m greatly looking...
Continue reading...Terry Tufts brings wit and song to Gil’s Hootenanny this May Day in Ottawa
“This type of event Will allow you to vent: And get stuff on your mind off yer chest. And sing out with glee Off colour, off key To all that is getting you pissed!” – Terry Tufts, 2013 We are...
Continue reading...On May 1st, Come Sing With Us!
Please join us for Gil’s Hootenanny, an evening of “Songs of Protest, Songs of Hope,” hosted in Ottawa by the Spirit of Rasputin’s. Every year since his death in 2009, Ottawa’s folk community has honoured the memory Gil Levine, a...
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