Mackenzie Porter
New Music Spotlight with Keith Urban, MacKenzie Porter, and More!
March 1st, 2024 by Joshua MurrayNew 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. […]
Calgary Stampede Releases 2023 Nashville North Lineup & Schedule
May 17th, 2023 by Joshua MurraySummer’s coming, and with it – the Calgary Stampede. And if we’re talking Calgary, we’re talking country music. And if we’re putting all of that together, we’re going to be at Nashville North. There are 25 artists coming to the tent in July. Headliners, up-and-comers, locals, favourites, it’s the whole dang thing. Today, we’ve got […]
New Music Spotlight with The Dirty Nil, The Beaches, and More!
May 6th, 2023 by Joshua MurrayNew Music from The Dirty Nil, The Beaches, MacKenzie Porter, Dan Davidson, and Kimberly Perry The New Music Spotlight is here with a rock / country split – so get ready for it! We’re 80% Canadian this week, plus a comeback I didn’t know was coming. Surprises are fun. Hit play from start to bottom. […]
New Music Spotlight with Nickelback, K.Flay & MORE!
November 19th, 2022 by Joshua MurrayNew Music from Nickelback, K.Flay, The Dirty Nil, David James, and Cheat Codes ft. MacKenzie Porter Hello friends, it’s New Music Spotlight time! We’ve got a list of five new songs from five acts (plus a feature) and we can’t wait for you to hear them. It’s rock and country and pop. And we hope […]
RBC Bluesfest Reveals Full 2022 Lineup
March 8th, 2022 by Trish CasslingRBC Royal Bank Ottawa Bluesfest made their 2022 lineup announcement on Tuesday morning, dropping a 91 artist lineup for the July festival. As promised in 2020, Rage Against the Machine is included in the 2022 lineup. They’ll be headlining on July 15th. Support for the internationally acclaimed band includes Run the Jewels, Milky Chance, and more. […]
Boots and Hearts 2022 Day-to-Day Lineup and Don’t Miss Artists
March 5th, 2022 by Joshua Murrayand 📸 Trish Cassling and 📸 Sydney ButtersThe 2022 Boots & Hearts Music Festival got a whole lot bigger on Friday with the reveal of a full 32-artist lineup across four days in Oro-Medonte, Ontario. We already knew some of the artists that were headed to the fields to play their sets this summer. But now we have a more complete picture, […]
Shania Twain Leads Boots & Hearts 2022 Headliners!
November 23rd, 2021 by Joshua Murrayand 📸 Trish Casslingand 📸 Whitney South and 📸 Sydney ButtersSHANIA TWAIN!!! As Boots & Hearts prepares for its return in full form next August at Burls Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, ON, the one and only Shania Twain leads the weekend country music festivals headliners. The Canadian Queen of Country Music will take the stage on Sunday night, with Florida Georgia Line headlining on […]
Virginia to Vegas Teams Up with MacKenzie Porter for Sad Banger – this sucks
September 18th, 2021 by Joshua Murrayand 📸 Trish Cassling and 📸 Sydney ButtersCanadian pop and country have come together on the new Virginia to Vegas (Derik Baker) single, this sucks. MacKenzie Porter (three #1 singles at Canadian country radio) joins the track as a featured artist, showing off her pop chops that we first heard in the remix to These Days. It’s a fantastic and unexpected collaboration […]
MacKenzie Porter Releases 2021 Cover of Natalie Imbruglia Hit – Torn!
August 28th, 2021 by Joshua Murrayand 📸 Trish Cassling and 📸 Whitney SouthNearly 25 years ago, Natalie Imbruglia released her debut single Torn and burst onto the music scene all over the world. The track, a cover of Danish band Brændt’s original release, remains a smash that we can’t help but sing along to when it comes on. And neither can MacKenzie Porter. Late this week, Porter […]
Labour Day Weekend Goes Country at Burl’s Creek Endless Summer Series
July 27th, 2021 by Joshua Murray and 📸 Trish CasslingMore live country music is coming to Burl’s Creek as summer fades into fall, but doesn’t quite end. The Endless Summer Series will land on Labour Day weekend with three days of music featuring a heap of Canadian country talent. In presentation with Boots & Hearts, this three-day festival (with camping) is going to be […]
New Music Spotlight with Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, Said The Whale & MORE!
March 19th, 2021 by Joshua MurrayNew Music from Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, Said The Whale, Virginia To Vegas w/ NOTD, Hunter Brothers, Sykamore The New Music Spotlight is here with some country, pop, and alt-rock to kick off your weekend. It’s Canadian and American. It’s a mix of sounds and styles. It’s all for you. Hit play on any […]
MacKenzie Porter, Drinkin’ Songs, 2 Big Years, 5 Quick Questions & More!
November 8th, 2020 by Joshua Murrayand 📸 Trish Cassling and 📸 Whitney SouthJust under two years ago, I was on the phone with MacKenzie Porter talking about the release of her first new music since 2014. This week, I was on the phone with her moments after she received a Platinum plaque, she’s still celebrating her third consecutive #1 single at Canadian country radio, and it was […]
SiriusXM Top of the Country 2020 Semi-Finalist Showcase Review
September 26th, 2020 by Joshua Murray and 📸 Trish CasslingThere’s a lot of emerging country music talent in Canada, which makes the SiriusXM Top of the Country contest an impressive campaign in a couple of ways. 1) It’s impressive that the committee in charge of making the decisions from the initial submissions is able to whittle the list down to eight semi-finalists. 2) None […]
New Music Spotlight with Chris Stapleton, MacKenzie Porter, Danielle Bradbery, Donovan Woods ft. Katie Pruitt, and Don Amero
September 25th, 2020 by Joshua MurrayNew Music from Chris Stapleton, MacKenzie Porter, Danielle Bradbery, Donovan Woods ft. Katie Pruitt, and Don Amero The New Music Spotlight is here with another new edition, and this time around we’ve got a country and roots feel from start to finish. With artists from both sides of the border, there are big stars and […]
Dallas Smith, Timeless Album Review
August 28th, 2020 by Joshua MurrayDallas Smith‘s fourth full-length album, Timeless is officially here for country music fans. The album is 12 tracks long, includes two songs with great features, and has five singles (Make ‘Em Like You, Rhinestone World, Drop, Timeless, Like A Man) that have already reached #1 on the Canadian country music charts. When Like A Man […]
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