Month: January 2017
Triumph Motorcycles Brings The Road Hammers to Toronto!
January 29th, 2017 by Joshua MurrayA funny thing happened on the way to the bike launch… On a night designed to be an awesome and interesting launch of new bikes from Triumph, a country music show broke out – and a good time was had by all. Okay, so maybe it was planned. Maybe Clayton and Jason and Chris have […]
To Bring You My Heart: The Katherines Album Review & Feature
January 28th, 2017 by Joshua MurrayThe Katherines are always looking for a silver lining… and right now they’ve found one. With the release of their debut album, To Bring You My Heart (604 Records), these three young women from Vancouver are introducing themselves to the musical world with gusto. To Bring You My Heart (TBYMH) travels through its 13 song […]
Something To Believe In: JJ Shiplett Album Review
January 27th, 2017 by Joshua MurrayIn July 2016, JJ Shiplett released The EP, featuring four songs that instantly captured us and landed in our personal high rotation. And now, six month later, JJ has 11 tracks packaged together on his debut full-length album, Something To Believe In. And at the risk of being corny, JJ’s sound is certainly something to […]
Whiskey: Joey Landreth Album Review
January 26th, 2017 by Joshua MurrayJoey Landreth has a Juno Award, a heap of critical acclaim for this guitar skills, and a brand new solo album that you should really listen to. Whiskey, is a seven song record from the younger of The Bros. Landreth, and offers a chance to feature Joey’s good (like really good) guitar work and his […]
Boots & Hearts 2017 Announces Brantley Gilbert, Brett Eldredge and Dan + Shay!
January 24th, 2017 by Joshua MurrayYou’ve been waiting, we’ve been waiting, we’ve all tried our best to be patient… and now we have some news! The Boots & Hearts team has officially announced 3 more artists for the 2017 festival, and we’re pretty darn happy with the additions. We already knew that Keith Urban and Luke Bryan would be headlining […]
5 Quick Questions with Beamer Wigley
January 22nd, 2017 by Joshua MurrayBack in September 2016 we had the chance to catch up with teenage up-and-comer, Beamer Wigley during Canadian Country Music Week – and we took the chance to get him to answer our 5 quick questions. Check ’em out and keep an eye open for Beamer, he’s coming hard! Q1: If you’re in the car […]
Canadian Music Week 2017 – The Early Preview!
January 19th, 2017 by Joshua MurrayEvery year Canadian Music Week takes over Toronto and turns us into the music city we dream about for the rest of the year… and 2017 will be no different with a pile of talented artists – including up-and-comers and headlining legends. This year CMW comes to town from April 18 to 23 and will […]
New World Alphabet: USS Album Review
January 18th, 2017 by Trish CasslingUnless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of USS aka Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker. The band is made up of the unique combination of vocalist, guitarist, and erhu player Ashley Buchholz (aka Ash Boo-Schultz) and turntablist/hype man Jason “Human Kebab” Parsons. The boys started their careers in the west end of Toronto, […]
10 More Awesome Country Covers: Part 4
January 15th, 2017 by Joshua MurrayThree times before we’ve shared a list of country covers of songs from the world of pop and rock… and now we’re back with a fourth list to share with y’all. This list has some of our favourite artists on it, singing some awesome songs. And if you haven’t heard them yet, you owe it […]
Black: Dierks Bentley Video Release
January 14th, 2017 by Trish CasslingHave you seen it yet? Dierks Bentley has just released a video for the title track Black. This is the third single off the album Black and it’s very different. Somewhere on a Beach was fun, upbeat with a hip-hop feel and Different for Girls offers up an understanding, kind feeling, featuring uber talented Elle King. Both hit the number one […]
Denise Donlon – Fearless As Possible [Interview]
January 9th, 2017 by Trish CasslingOver the holidays I got my hands on a copy of Fearless As Possible (Under the Circumstances): A Memoir, written by one of my favourite people, Denise Donlon. To be clear, I don’t know Denise personally, but I feel like we grew up together. From the early days at MuchMusic through her Sony Music and […]
thereviewsarein.com Playlist: Joshua’s Karaoke Classics!
January 7th, 2017 by Joshua MurrayIn 2017 we have a goal of sharing some awesome playlists with you. Playlists curated by artists and friends from the music industry, and for festivals, and just because we believe in the power and importance of sharing music. So to get us started we have a playlist from Joshua… If you know Josh, you […]
Songs, Success, and Standing Ovations: The Overdue Rise of Canadian Women in Country Music
January 1st, 2017 by Joshua Murray2016 was a big year. A lot of people will look back at it and see all of the turmoil, loss, and general destruction that came from it – but there were positives that some of us will look back on from the year and use a fence posts for timelines and stories. Some of […]
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