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F. Scott and The Nighthawks at The Horseshoe Tavern
July 11th, 2019 by Trish CasslingOn Tuesday night, F. Scott and The Nighthawks brought their sweet and dirty rock show to The Horseshoe Tavern. It can be a tough ask getting people out on a Tuesday night, but there were plenty of butts in the seats, and there were even some up on the dance floor for the early 9:00 […]
Burlington Sound Of Music Festival Unveils 2019 Lineup!
April 25th, 2019 by Joshua MurrayThe Sound Of Music Festival in Burlington, ON has released its 2019 lineup, with a list of big names, emerging talent, and crowd favourites. The 40th anniversary of the fest on the shores of Lake Ontario is set for June 8 – 16, 2019 and brings a combination of ticketed and free concerts for music […]
CMW 2016: Boots & Hearts Hot Shots Showcase – Photo Review
May 5th, 2016 by Trish CasslingOn Tuesday, May 3 at The Phoenix, Boots & Hearts brought a country music party to Toronto! In partnership with KX96 and KX94.7, the Canadian Music Week Hot Shots Showcase featured Blackjack Billy, Meghan Patrick, Eric Ethridge, the James Barker Band, Dani Strong, and Kansas Stone in a 5 hour concert that had the crowd singing, dancing, […]
Garth Brooks 2016 World Tour: Canadian Debut in Hamilton
March 31st, 2016 by Trish CasslingAfter 19 years… Garth Brooks returned to Hamilton, Ontario and it was spectacular! On tour with Garth is his lovely and talented wife Trisha Yearwood, and I was lucky enough to have tickets to three of the five shows over the long weekend. If I wasn’t sitting in my seat at the First Ontario Centre, I […]
GIG The Musical at The Panasonic Theatre
March 22nd, 2016 by Trish CasslingCraig Martin has been making a living in music for years, not an easy thing to do. He started out with smaller cabaret shows, composing music for television and film, he created the Classic Albums Live shows, and now his latest project, GIG turns the dial up a notch. GIG an all original musical, was […]
Heart at Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
March 21st, 2016 by Trish CasslingHeart rolled into Toronto on a sleepy Sunday night and showed us all what rock and roll looks like. Ann and Nancy Wilson have been at the rock and roll game an amazing 42 years. What? How is that possible? Playing together since 1974, the Wilson sisters are the original girl power. From their first […]
Lee DeWyze, Wakey Wakey and Leslie DiNicola at Lee’s Palace
February 20th, 2016 by Trish CasslingThursday night found me at Lee’s Palace to check out Lee DeWyze. Now that name might seem a little familiar to some of you. Can’t quite put your finger on it? I’ll give you a hint. He may have won one of those tv show music competitions. Yep, that’s right, American Idol Season 9 in […]
Headstones: Un-Silent Night at Toronto’s The Phoenix
December 12th, 2015 by Trish Cassling‘Fuck It’ For most of 30 years Headstones have been working on, playing, and enjoying the hell out of their brand of music. And while it hasn’t always been a smooth and easy ride, the fans who loved the band at their commercial peak in the mid-90s are still out there and VERY HAPPY to […]
Dallas Smith with Cold Creek County at the CNE 2015
September 7th, 2015 by Trish CasslingOn Sunday the boys from Cold Creek County showed up to sing to us about Our Town and Beer Weather and beer weather it certainly was. Now I don’t know if we broke a temperature record yesterday, boy it was a hot one, but by the time it was over… we’d broken the attendance record at […]
5 Acts We’re Excited to See at WayHome Music & Arts Festival
June 22nd, 2015 by Trish CasslingWayHome Music & Arts Festival is just around the corner and I’m super excited to see headliners Neil Young + Promise of the Real, Sam Smith and Kendrick Lamar, but today I thought I’d talk about five non-headlining acts, that I’m really excited to see. Yukon Blonde Out of Kelowna, BC I’m happy to see lots of Canadian content on […]
Joe Perry Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp All Star Jam
June 8th, 2015 by Trish CasslingJoe Perry was in Toronto this past weekend as part of the Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp. Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp is camp for adults who love rock & roll. Regular people on stage with rock stars, jamming, writing, recording and performing. Toronto Camp counsellors included David Hull of The Joe Perry Project, Sass […]
CMW 2015 Friday Night ft. The Dead South, Shore Thing & Midday Swim
May 10th, 2015 by Trish CasslingFriday night, on the west side of town, we mixed things up with a little indie pop rock, some folk indie soul and a side of Americana folk roots. CMW Friday Indie Lineup Midday Swim Shore Thing The Dead South Midday Swim First we hit The Mod Club for a little Midday Swim. We’d had someone recommend that we […]
CMW 2015: Ireland’s Ryan O’Shaugnessy [Interview]
May 6th, 2015 by Trish CasslingThis afternoon we had the chance to chat with Ryan O’Shaugnessy from Dublin, Ireland. He’ll be playing Canadian Music Week‘s Music From Ireland Official Showcase as well as a couple of other gigs during the festival. A finalist on Britain’s Got Talent, Ryan’s genre is listed as “Acoustic, Blues, Singer-Songwriter”. Thanks to Ryan for taking the time […]
Beth Moore CD Release Party at The Drake Underground
April 12th, 2015 by Trish CasslingWe started off our April interviewing the talented Beth Moore. We talked about the new album, Five out of Ten, among other things, and last night we were in the audience for her CD Release party at The Drake Underground. Let me start by saying Beth ticked off all the right boxes for a CD […]
Bestival Toronto Adds BANKS to the Lineup
March 31st, 2015 by Trish CasslingYesterday’s Bestival Toronto lineup announcement included L.A. R&B singer BANKS. Her debut album Goddess, released in September of 2014 charted in the top 20 in the UK, Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Sweden. In the US she debuted at number 12, selling 25,000 copies in the first week. If you’re a fan of Grey’s Anatomy you might […]
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