Month: March 2024

Sykamore, Through the Static EP Review

March 30th, 2024 by Joshua Murray

Sykamore is back, baby. And we’re here for everything she’s got to share on her new EP, Through the Static. The four-song release comes as the follow-up to her 2022 full-length album, Pinto – and does a lovely job of adding to Sykamore’s discography and library of songs. Our only major quibble, as always, is […]

JJ Shiplett, A Walk Through Time Album Review

March 29th, 2024 by Joshua Murray and 📸 Trish Cassling

JJ Shiplett has long been one of my favourite voices in roots/americana/country music. And with his newest release, A Walk Through Time, the Canadian singer-songwriter has caught me again. The album follows 2020’s Fingers Crossed and Crossed Fingers – and continues to highlight the way JJ tells stories, dives into emotional wells, and shares it […]

All Your Friends Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup

March 29th, 2024 by Joshua Murray

There’s a new festival in Ontario bringing a nostalgic, early 2000s vibe to Burls Creek this August. All Your Friends Fest will take place August 23 & 24 on the same grounds as award-winning country festival, Boots & Hearts, and will offer two stages of musical acts across the Friday and Saturday festival lineup. When […]

New Music Spotlight with Kacey Musgraves, The Black Crowes ft. Lainey Wilson, and More!

March 15th, 2024 by Joshua Murray

New Music from Kacey Musgraves, The Black Crowes ft. Lainey Wilson, Ruby Waters, Tim Hicks, and Alee. It’s that time again friends. Happy new music to you all. This time around, we’re bringing some country, some rock, and an alternative hit in the New Music Spotlight – and we think you’re gonna dig it. Kacey […]

2024 Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival Daily Lineups

March 14th, 2024 by Joshua Murray

The Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival is set to return this July with an all-Canadian two day lineup – and it’s a good one. The Gravenhurst, ON festival features 14 acts across Friday and Saturday sets and will be headlined by July Talk (July 19) and City and Colour (July 20). The supporting cast […]

March Madness Widow(er) Survival Guide XIII

March 13th, 2024 by Joshua Murray

The tournaments are coming! That’s right, you can’t stop them, they are on the way. Fast. The Men’s and Women’s NCAA basketball tournaments are almost ready to tip off – and if you’ve got a partner that is obsessed, in love with, can’t get enough of, and can’t stop watching the action year after year, […]

Boots & Hearts 2024: Day-to-Day Lineup and Don’t Miss Artists

March 7th, 2024 by Joshua Murray and 📸 Trish Cassling

Boots & Hearts is coming, baby! This August, from Thursday to Sunday, the 8th to the 11th, the annual music fest at Burls Creek is coming. If you know Boots & Hearts, you know it’s a good time coming. If you don’t know Boots & Hearts, we’re here for ya. This year, across the four […]

Luke Combs Top 10 – by the Numbers

March 2nd, 2024 by Joshua Murray

Luke Combs is a certified superstar. He has climbed the country music mountain, and with his performance of Fast Car at the 2024 Grammys in duet with the amazing Tracy Chapman, he took another step forward on the musical landscape at large. In less than 10 years, Combs has become a hit-maker, award-winner, chart-topper, and […]

The Chicks, Fly – 25th Anniversary

March 1st, 2024 by Joshua Murray

25 years ago, in late-August 1999, The Chicks followed up their major label debut smash of an album (Wide Open Spaces) with Fly. The country trio was already a household name at this point, thanks to the success of Wide Open Spaces… but as always, we wanted more, and we expected big things. And, well, […]

New Music Spotlight with Keith Urban, MacKenzie Porter, and More!

March 1st, 2024 by Joshua Murray

New Music from Keith Urban, MacKenzie Porter, Carly Pearce, Morgan Wade, and Tyler Joe Miller. The New Music Spotlight is here… and it’s Country! That’s right, without any prior planning, we’ve ended up with a full list of five new country songs to share with you today. We’ve got Canada, the US, and Australia represented. […]

How Does Strategic Use of Music in Canadian VIP Casino Lobbies Rooms Harmonize High Stakes?

March 1st, 2024 by thereviewsarein

Canada is home to some of the world’s most iconic casinos that attract people from across the globe, such as the Casino Niagara, the River Cree Resort and Casino, and the Casino de Montréal. On this page, we will be taking a look at how music is strategically used in many of the VIP lobbies […]

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