The 2022 Calgary Stampede rolled on on Friday, July 8, 2022 with rodeo action and live country music that included Kevin Costner & Modern West at The Big Four Roadhouse and Tenille Townes at Nashville North. It was a packed day and night of entertainment, with a lot of cover and a lot to share. […]
2022’s Calgary Stampede is almost ready to take over! We love everything about the Stampede, but the music is our highlight! This year there are over 100 acts across 3 stages. Check out the Stampede music page for more details. Since it’s National Country Music Day, we’re going to start with some amazing country acts. […]
The Concert for Love & Acceptance returns in 2021 with a fantastic lineup of performers and special appearances scheduled for June 30, 2021, at 8 PM. The show will be streaming live on CMT’s social channels (Facebook and YouTube) and will close Pride Month with a fantastic showing of celebration, support, and love for the […]
It feels like now is the perfect time for us to be back with a new list of awesome country covers to share with you all. In our 13th edition of the country covers series, we continue to celebrate the versatility of great songs by showing their ability to shine in a different genre. On […]
The 2020 festival season picture got a little clearer on Thursday with the announcement of 14 artists who will be playing at Country Thunder Alberta from August 21 to 23, 2020. The announcement does not include day-to-day schedule information for the full list of acts, but we do now that Dan + Shay (Friday), Kane […]
The 2020 festival season got a little bit more exciting on Friday when Country Thunder Saskatchewan named 17 artists to their July 2020 weekend of country music. Headliners Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, and Clint Black lead the pack with other great artists, including some top Canadian talent, on the bill too. Over […]
The Canadian Country Music Association Awards have wrapped for another year after a HUGE show in Calgary, AB on Sunday night. Hosted by Dallas Smith and Billy Ray Cyrus, the broadcast was packed fantastic performances and big award wins. Smith lead the way for the men with wins for Male Artist of the Year and […]
Canadian country music continues to grow with big stars, big hits, and a lot of love from fans from coast to coast. And now, we know which of the country’s artists will be vying for hardware at the 2019 CCMA Awards in Calgary on September 8. There are a lot of great and talented people […]
James Barker Band, David Lee Murphy, Russell Dickerson, Tenille Townes added to start.ca Rock The Park. In November, Rock The Park announced headliner Old Dominion for the return of country night. This morning, Start.ca’s Rock The Park released some pretty amazing supporting acts including James Barker Band, David Lee Murphy, Russell Dickerson, Tenille Townes plus a rising […]
2018 has been an awesome year in country music, and we’re here to celebrate! There are people out there that will tell you they can’t stand the direction that the genre is taking, or they have stopped listening to country music because they don’t like what’s being played on the radio. To those people I […]
Every year we look forward to the packed schedule of country music that takes place at Boots & Hearts. We also sit and think and guess at who we’re going to see on stage when the festival rolls around in August… so, we’re back with our 2019 predictions. This year my list has grown to […]