Month: February 2018
Shot Of Glory: The Washboard Union at BATL Toronto
February 27th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayThe Washboard Union look like the kind of guys that know how to throw an axe… and on Monday in Toronto, they proved that they can! We had the chance to hang out with the Warner Music Canada trio and friends at Toronto’s Backyard Axe Throwing League (BATL), kicking off the week in style. It […]
Major 2018 Boots & Hearts Lineup Announcement
February 26th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayThe 2018 Boots and Hearts Music Festival got a whole lot bigger with the announcement of 32 new names to this summer’s lineup. This is a big announcement, and one we’ve been waiting for since mid-November when headliners Florida Georgia Line, Alan Jackson, and Thomas Rhett were announced along with supporting acts Dallas Smith, Brett […]
Goodnight, Sunrise Ticket and Merch Giveaway
February 25th, 2018 by Trish CasslingWe’re giving away a pair of tickets and a Goodnight, Sunrise toque for the March 1st Horseshoe Tavern performance On March 1st Goodnight, Sunrise is playing a show at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, and we’ve got a pair of tickets and some fabulous GNSR merch to give away. We’ve covered Goodnight, Sunrise in the past, […]
Four Chords and the Truth: Sylvia Tyson, Russell deCarle, Samantha Martin, Don Amero & Friends
February 23rd, 2018 by Joshua MurraySome nights you just can’t prepare for. Thursday night in Toronto at The Dakota Tavern was one of those nights, as Four Chords and the Truth took the stage. We’ve said it before, and will say it forever, the power of songs, their stories, and the people that create them is endless. And in a […]
CTV’s The Launch: Season 1 Wrap and Fan Vote
February 22nd, 2018 by Joshua MurrayCTV’s The Launch wrapped a successful season one with six singles by six emerging artists released to the world. Week-by-week we watched as a Canadian talent came to the microphone in front of Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta and his accompanying mentors, hoping to find themselves with the chance to record, perform and release that week’s […]
2018 Havelock Country Jamboree Lineup Announcement
February 20th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayThe 29th annual Havelock Country Jamboree is set for action this August, and promises to give fans a weekend of country music hits. The festival, one of the largest in Ontario, has a long history of bringing hit makers and fan favourites from all over Canada and the United States to their Twin Stages. And […]
Brett Kissel’s We Were That Song Tour Sells Out Toronto
February 18th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayBrett Kissel rolled into Toronto for two sold-out shows on Saturday, turning the Danforth Music Hall into a honky tonk. The We Were That Song Tour brought Kissel (the reigning Canadian Country Music Association Male Artist of the Year) and Dan Davidson to the stage, thrilling GTA country fans. From Davidson’s energy in the opening […]
New Music Spotlight: Dallas Smith and More
February 16th, 2018 by Trish CasslingNew Music from Dallas Smith, Shawn Austin, Dom Fricot, Oh Geronimo and Sarah Cripps Welcome to an all Canadian New Music Spotlight! In this edition of the Spotlight, we’re giving you country, folk and alt-indie music for your listening pleasure. Please have a listen and if the music speaks to you, click on the links, and […]
Giants: The Launch’s Ethan Young Interview, Review, and 5 Quick Questions
February 16th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayCTV’s The Launch brought us our last new artist of season one as Ethan Young’s version of Giants was selected to be released after the sixth episode. The 13-year-old Toronto singer put everything he had into the recording and performing on the song, and it showed through the television screen that he loved what he […]
Long Live The Night: The Reklaws EP Review and Interview
February 16th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayAfter a summer 2017 Top 15 hit with Hometown Kids, The Reklaws are back with three new tracks on their first EP of 2018, Long Live The Night. We’ve been keeping track of Jenna and Stuart’s journey since we first saw them on the Boots & Hearts stage in 2013. In that time the sibling […]
Four Chords and the Truth February Lineup Announcement and Interview
February 15th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayThe power of stripped down, raw, emotional, live music is immeasurable. And, the chance to sit in a special room and listen to songwriters tell their stories and sing their songs is one of the most fantastic experiences a music fan can find. In Toronto, Four Chords and the Truth has been offering that experience […]
Cavendish Beach Music Festival Makes Major Lineup Announcement
February 13th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayThe Cavendish Beach Music Festival made a pair of major announcements on Tuesday, with a massive lineup addition, and the news that a fourth day is coming to the 10th anniversary of the festival. 17 artists were added to the 2018 festival lineup, joining previously announced Sunday headliner, Luke Bryan. And, in a major twist […]
SiriusXM and Canadian Country Music Association Announce Top of the Country Contest
February 13th, 2018 by Joshua MurraySiriusXM and the Canadian Country Music Association are ready to give emerging country artists from coast-to-coast a chance to make it big with the announcement and launch of Top of the Country! The contest, sponsored by the country’s leading audio entertainment company, has some amazing and invaluable prizes available up for grabs, including $25,000 and […]
Gimme Time: Last Bullet Ends the Rock & Roll Dream
February 12th, 2018 by Joshua MurrayIt’s not easy being the band that loads into the bar to play a set of loud rock and roll for 12 people. And it’s even harder to keep doing it for a decade. At some point things have to move in one direction or the other. Either there’s going to be a breakout hit, […]
Music in Film: 2018
February 12th, 2018 by thereviewsareinMaybe it’s just our imagination, but music seems to be playing a bigger role in cinema of late. We’ve seen musical docu-dramas (Straight Outta Compton) and original musicals (La La Land) win awards; we’ve seen films in which the soundtrack determines the pace of the action and generates all the attention (Baby Driver); we’ve seen […]
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