Ottawa Bluesfest Bill Revealed: Death Cab, Flaming Lips & More

Canada’s Ottawa Bluesfest has announced it’s line up for 2011, featuring Soundgarden, The Flaming Lips and Death Cab For Cutie.

The 13 day event, set for July 5-17 on the grounds of the Canadian War Museum will also feature, My Morning Jacket, A Perfect Circle, The Black Keys, Erykah Badu, Death From Above 1979, Girl Talk, The Roots and Ben Harper.

Elsewhere there are showings from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, The Tragically Hip, Peter Frampton, John Fogerty, Buddy Guy, Steve Miller, Huey Lewis and the News, Jennifer Hudson, Leon Russell, Rise Against, Dropkick Murphys, Tegan & Sara, M. Ward, Bootsy Collins and Cage The Elephant.

Plus (yes, PLUS - Ed) Cheap Trick, Wanda Jackson, Shpongle, Infected Mushroom, John Butler Trio, Gomez, Josh Ritter, Galactic, Dawes, The Greenhorns, Neon Indian, Nicole Atkins, Ra Ra Riot, The Dirtbombs, Mother Mother, and Diamond Rings.

In short - Ottawa Bluesfest. A lot of bands, some of them Very Good Indeed.