Bluesfest concert preview: Blue Rodeo back on track

Blue Rodeo
9:30 p.m. Thursday, City Stage, RBC Ottawa Bluesfest
(Also performing today: Naughty By Nature, Lighthouse, The LYNN(e)S, Vanessa Collier, Angelique Francis, the Town Cryers and more. Go to ottawabluesfest.ca for details)
 
It’s been a challenging year for Blue Rodeo. The future of the Canadian roots-rock band was up in the air for months because of a progressive inner-ear problem experienced by singer-songwriter Greg Keelor.For a while, not even co-frontman Jim Cuddy knew