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 […]
Today Go North Festival out of St. Joseph Island, Ontario, announced its triumphant return for 2022. The festival will feature an all Canadian line-up, including headliners Juno Award-winning band Crown Lands. Joining the power duo will be Charlotte Cornfield, The Honest Heart Collective, Goodnight Sunrise, Royal Castles, Taming Sari, local band The Uncanny Valley, and […]
In this post, I’ll be looking at my most played albums for 2021. It’s been another weird year. So little live music, so many long days blurring into one another. Music always helps. Take a look back with me at the albums and EPs I listened to most. This time around there are some older […]
New Music from The Honest Heart Collective, Nelson Sobral, Leeroy Stagger, kintaro, and Angels & Airwaves I’m back with a New Music Spotlight for you. We’ve some new acts, and some we’ve heard from before this time around. We hope you like them all. Now, scroll through, hit play, add your favourites to your playlists, […]
Parkjam Festival in London, Ontario kicked off their inaugural event with rock night. Day one headliners The Glorious Sons, were joined by Long Beach, CA band Cold War Kids, Toronto’s The Beaches, and London natives Texas King. In addition to the main stage acts, the Forest City London Music Awards Spotlight Stage was lit up […]
New Music from Dierks Bentley, Madeline Merlo, New City, David James, The Honest Heart Collective and, Mason Ramsey This edition of the New Music Spotlight takes us from Arizona to British Columbia. It takes us from country to rock to pop. And it includes a bonus track from a young internet phenom. Hit play on […]
Early in the week, we had a chance to chat with The Honest Heart Collective before their Canadian Music Week opening night showcase. Thanks to Kevin Heerema and Ryan MacDonald for taking time between sound checks and all that other stuff bands do before a show, to talk to us. It was a busy time and we […]
Canadian Music Week opening night, finally! On Tuesday night we headed to Adelaide Hall a little early to interview tonight’s headliners, The Honest Heart Collective. We’ll have that interview up shortly. But let’s talk about tonight’s lineup. I like to call this one, the night of rock bands and their fabulous frontmen. First on stage were […]
It’s almost here! Canadian Music Week is so close I can taste it. There are so many choices and to help you with your planning, I’ve picked three shows that I think you shouldn’t miss during CMW 2017. The Honest Heart Collective – Adelaide Hall Tuesday, April 18, 2017 The Honest Heart Collective / Texas King […]
The schedule is crazy. There are bands all over the city from all over the world. So here we are to try and give you some guidance. Even if you can’t make it to every concert and showcase, you can start finding new music, and singing along to the tracks you know, with these 19 […]
Canadian Music Week 2017 is coming faster than you might be ready for… and that’s freaking exciting. It means there’s a week of music coming that will mix what you know, what you don’t know, what you already love and what you’re going to fall in love with. And to get you started with your […]
The Honest Heart Collective is a six-piece Thunder Bay band getting ready to take Canadian Music Week by storm. The band is made up of Ryan MacDonald on vocals and guitar, Nic MacDonald on bass and vocals, Jay Savage on drums, Kevin Heerema on guitar, Conner Harris on keyboards and vocals, and Keenan Kosolowski on guitar. […]