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Anthem: Brett Kissel and Friends at the 2017 CNE
September 2nd, 2017 by Joshua Murray and 📸 Trish CasslingAs Friday night grew darker and the music played on, Brett Kissel looked out over the CNE crowd and exclaimed, “I think it’s safe to say that country music is alive and well in Toronto!”. The Alberta native couldn’t have been more correct on a day when 5 Canadian country artists took the stage at […]
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 […]
Boots and Hearts 2016 Playlist
June 12th, 2016 by Trish CasslingWe’ve put together our Boots and Hearts 2016 Spotify playlist for your listening pleasure. With over thirty artists on the #BH5 lineup (we’ve included the emerging artists who were on Spotify), we’ve got you covered for just over six hours! There are a couple of artists who, are not on Spotify, we’ve listed them separately […]
2016 CMAO Awards Red Carpet & Green Room Photo Review!
June 3rd, 2016 by Joshua MurrayThe Country Music Association of Ontario Awards were full of super talented, and pretty good looking people… and we have the photos to prove it! Check out some of the looks from the red carpet first (and leave a comment telling us who you think looked the best) and then have a look at some […]
Boots & Hearts 2016 Daily Lineup Announcement!
May 11th, 2016 by Joshua MurrayThey’re Here!!! After months of waiting, weeks of speculation, and more patience than we generally have, the Boots & Hearts 2016 daily lineups have been announced. We don’t have stage assignments or set times yet, but we promise we will share them with you as soon as we do. For now we can start planning […]
2016 Country Music Association of Ontario Award Nominees!
April 11th, 2016 by Joshua MurrayOver the last few years it’s been clear to see that Ontario is becoming a country music hotbed. Artists like Tim Hicks, Tebey, Small Town Pistols, Autumn Hill, and Kira Isabella have lit up country radio + stages all over the province, and across Canada… and it’s been awesome to watch. 2016 looks like it’s […]
Big Valley Jamboree 2016 Lineup Announcement!
March 15th, 2016 by Joshua MurrayWe talk an awful lot about how proud we are to see country music making an impact in Ontario… but let’s not forget just how HUGE county has been in Alberta for a long, long time! Part of that country music tradition is the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta for more than 20 freaking […]
Boots & Hearts 2016 Preview: International Women’s Day Top 5
March 8th, 2016 by Joshua MurrayAs we celebrate International Women’s Day 2016, we also look ahead to August and how excited we are to see some very talent women take the stage at Boots & Hearts! We are lucky in country music to have so many awesome, talented, strong women making music that we can listen to live, online, and […]
Welcome to the Country Music Youth Movement
January 30th, 2016 by Joshua MurrayMusic, like all things in life, goes through phases. We embrace the things and people we love and hold onto them for years at a time, sometimes overlooking what and who comes next because of our tunnel vision. But right now we are knee deep in a country music youth movement that is turning over […]
Boots & Hearts 2016 Lineup Announcement #3 – Jake Owen, Dean Brody, Diamond Rio, Dylan Scott and More!
January 19th, 2016 by Joshua MurrayIt’s a big morning for country music fans in Ontario with 16 new names added to the 2016 Boots & Hearts lineup! There are personal highlights for me (DIAMOND RIO!!!) and some big names that people have been waiting to see on the B&H stage, plus acts that we’ve seen before and are very happy […]
Feels Like Freedom: Twin Kennedy at Indie Week 2015
October 21st, 2015 by Joshua MurrayBorn and raised in a small British Columbia, twin sisters Carli and Julie Kennedy have been performing together, and generally attached at the hip (figuratively) since they could talk. We sat down with the girls of Twin Kennedy at Boots & Bourbon Saloon in Toronto as part of Indie Week 2015 to talk about home, […]
2015-16 NHL Canadian Country Music Season Preview
October 6th, 2015 by Joshua MurrayThe NHL season starts this week with Montreal in Toronto, Vancouver in Calgary, New York in Chicago, and San Jose in Los Angeles… and to get us all ready for hockey we recruited 10 of our own Canadian Country Music All-Stars to give us their preview! We asked each artist 3 questions (Favourite Team, Why/How […]
5 Tips for Finding More New Music
September 27th, 2015 by Joshua MurrayWe wish you guys could hear it all… There is so much music being made right now. We’re lucky enough to be sent links and streams from local artists in Toronto, the rest of Canada, across the United States, and Europe. There’s just not enough time in the day to write about it all or […]
Steak Stock 2015: Good Country Fun at Ajax Downs!
July 20th, 2015 by Joshua MurrayCombining BBQ, beer, country music, and horse racing is a fantastic idea – and we’re glad that the people at Ajax Downs had it. Steak Stock took over the grounds on Saturday and Sunday, bringing with it a bunch talent, tastes and chances to check out things we love – and wanted to love. Going […]
Steak Stock Brings Country to Ajax Downs
July 8th, 2015 by Joshua MurrayAjax Downs is Getting Ready to go Country! The Downs is already home to weekly Quarter Horse racing, they’re upping their game July 18 and 19 with the inaugural Steak Stock. It promises to be a Saturday and Sunday packed with BBQ, Beer, and live country music – something for everybody and fun for the […]
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