Unplugged In Ottawa: Gabriel Comba, The Desert Island Big Band, Leeny & Maude

Gabriel Comba:

Gabriel Comba is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist hailing from Ottawa, Canada

He creates heartfelt music and art, blending emotion and imagination drawn from the worlds within his mind

His songwriting consistently explores underlying themes of love and fear

The Desert Island Big Band is the pseudonym of Stefan Jurewicz—musician, producer (Kick Me Records), and author (Lemon, Milk Crate Shorts) from Ottawa, Canada

Known for a live show featuring a six-piece band, puppets, a giant plaster mask, costumes, choreography, and set design, DIBB will be performing an uncharacteristically stripped down acoustic set for this event, with accompaniment from Asher Darling on piano

Leeny & Maude:

A generous helping of 90s indie rock; a sprinkling of country-western flair; a healthy dose of tongue-in-cheek wit; and an authenticity that cannot be bought — this is the cliffs notes version of Leeny Jones

Like many artists, Jones uses music as an emotional and creative outlet, to move through life’s challenges and heartbreaks, as well as its beauty

Whether she is singing about her everyday musings of life in Gatineau, grief and loss, or the frustration of not being able to get your bike repaired in a timely fashion, she always ties it together with that — literal and figurative — twinkle in her eye

She will be accompanied live by Modevile

July 24th, 2026