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Our Mission

To foster appreciation, promotion, preservation and enjoyment of the blues in all of its forms.

Our Mandate
  • To bring together the blues community in Ottawa through participation in blues events and activities.
  • To work with the blues community in expanding awareness and appreciation of the blues.
  • To publish a newsletter to inform the blues community of all aspects of the local blues scene and events as well as some highlights of the Canadian and International blues scenes of interest to OBS members.
  • To provide timely blues information to OBS members by a web site and e-mail.
  • To develop, maintain and increase its membership as a means of fostering and supporting blues.
  • To stage or assist in staging events that will foster appreciation and awareness of the blues.
  • To present a "Blues Heart" award to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the blues.
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       OBS Road to Memphis

The Ottawa Blues Society Road to Memphis has grown!  In this, the OBS' 3rd year of participation in the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge, the OBS has added the Solo/Duo component to the local blues competition.  The entry of four solo acts and three duos will be performing on Wednesday, September 8.  Entries in the Band component have doubled - fifteen bands will compete, over three nights: Tuesday & Wednesday, September 14-15 and Wednesday, September 22 for the six finalist slots.  The Band finals take place on Friday, September 24.  All OBS Road to Memphis competitions will take place at Tucson's, 2440 Bank St., Ottawa, with a start time of 7:00 p.m.  Final winners from each category will go to Memphis, TN, February 1-5, 2011 to compete as OBS representatives in the 27th International Blues Challenge. 

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    MonkeyJunk wins Blues Music Award
   2010 is the year of the Tiger AND the Monkey!!! 
After sweeping the Maple Blues Awards in January and winning the Best Blues Artist at the Canadian Independant Music Awards ,MonkeyJunk is truly honoured and incredibly proud as representatives of Ottawa and Canada to announce that WE WON FOR BEST NEW ARTIST DEBUT for "Tiger In Your Tank" at the 2010 Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN.  MonkeyJunk is the second ever Canadian act in 30 years to win a Blues Music Award (second only to Jeff Healey who won an award last year). We were in the presence of greatness on this night. Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Pinetop Perkins and many other blues legends were present and we feel very lucky to be recognized in such highly esteemed company. Huge thanks to Jay Sieleman, Joe Whitmer all the staff and volunteers at the Blues Foundation for putting on a first class show. More huge thanks to all of our fans, friends and family that support us in this, our dream, to play our music. We share this award with Jason Jaknunas & Marty Sobb - the engineers that recorded the record and Scotty Doubt who did the layout and design for "Tiger".
 
Thanks again . . .
Matt, Tony and Steve
http://www.myspace.com/monkeyjunkottawa
        10th Annual Independent Music Awards Winner

Congratulations to MonkeyJunk, winner of the Indie for Favourite Blues Artist/Group.  The Awards were presented Saturday, March 13, at the Fairmount Royal York Hotel in Toronto.  

Nominees included:Colin James (MapleMusic), Colin Linden (True North Records), Harrison Kennedy (Electro-Fi), Jim Byrnes (Black Hen) and MonkeyJunk (Beefy Productions).  

39th Annual Juno Awards Nominees

Congratulations to the nominees for this year's Juno for Blues Album of the Year.  The Juno Awards will be presented Sunday, April 18 in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Nominees include: "Steady Movin'" - Carlos del Junco (NorthernBlues), "From the Water" - Colin Linden  (True North Records), "I Need A Hat" - Downchild (Linus), "The Corktown Sessions" - Jack de Keyzer (Blues Star) and "Low Fidelity" - Treasa Levasseur (Slim Chicken). 

OBS Road to Memphis - The Jesse Greene Band at the International Blues Challenge
Following two great performances, Thursday and Friday nights (January 22 & 23), The Jesse Greene Band, representing the Ottawa Blues Society, were the only Canadians among the 11 bands advancing to the finals of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN.       More Details...
OBS Road To Memphis 2010
The Jesse Greene Band
The Jesse Greene Band
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