From The Ottawa Citizen
Saturday, July 6, 2008 – Page A9
REVIEWS
Artists work it together
By Lynn Saxberg
Another highlight of yesterday’s daytime festivities was a performance by British guitarist Jon Amor, who demonstrated the fruits of his own made-in-Ottawa collaboration. In a crisp white shirt, Amor, who grew up a few kilometers from Stonehenge. made a terrific impression on the River stage, thanks in part to the Ottawa band that accompanied him.
As the tall, skinny Brit blazed the frets, pledging his allegiance to electric blues-rock, a rhythm section made up of Ottawa bassist Pat Giunta and drummer Andrew Lamarche made sure his playing was given a maximum punch. On songs like Rose Coloured Glasses and I Can’t Keep Living Like This, two of the expressive anthems from his latest disc, Unknown Soldier, they were cooking.
Mind you, Amor has a knack for getting along with people. One high-profile gues on his disc is Robert Plant, who dropped by the studio to contribute some bluesy harmonica.
Andrew will be playing with British Guitarist Jon Amor at the Ottawa Blues Festival and the Thunder Bay Blues Festival this weekend.
Becky Abbott and Band will be performing at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest on Tuesday, July 8 at 6:00 PM.
Andrew will be performing with Rough Trade in Toronto on Thursday, June 12, 2008.
Andrew will be playing with Cherry Suede this weekend in Toronto.
Andrew will be performing with Becky Abbott and Band tonight at Tucson’s Roadhouse in Ottawa, ON.
The Robert Farrell Band’s Canada Live broadcast will be playing across the country at 8pm on CBC Radio Two on Saturday May 17, 2008.
Please join us for a one time only Cherry Suede event – Cherry Suede is doing a live video shoot at Capital Music Hall in Ottawa on Friday April 25th.