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All Your Friends Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup

March 29th, 2024 by Joshua Murray

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 […]

Go North 2022 FeatureGo North is back for 2022 with Crown Lands as Headliners

March 23rd, 2022 by Trish Cassling

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 […]

Trish's Top Played Albums 2021 including X Ambassadors, The Glorious sons, Crown Lands, The Honest Heart Collective, Rihanna, Arkells, Oddisee, Hotel Mira, The War on Drugs, HozierTrish’s 10 Most Listened to Albums of 2021

December 31st, 2021 by Trish Cassling

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 Spotlight Angels & AirwavesNew Music Spotlight with The Honest Heart Collective, Nelson Sobral, Leeroy Stagger, kintaro, and Angels & Airwaves

August 5th, 2021 by Trish Cassling

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, […]

The Glorious Sons in London at Parkjam 2019 shot by Trish Cassling for thereviewsarein.comParkjam Festival Debuts with a Stellar Night of Rock

September 6th, 2019 by Trish Cassling

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-Spotlight-Feature-Apr-28-18New Music Spotlight with Dierks Bentley and More

April 28th, 2018 by Joshua Murray

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 […]

The Honest Heart Collective - Adelaide Hall - Canadian Music Week 2017CMW 2017 Interview: The Honest Heart Collective

April 22nd, 2017 by Trish Cassling

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 […]

The Honest Heart Collective - Adelaide Hall - CMW 2017CMW 2017: The Honest Heart Collective Showcase

April 18th, 2017 by Trish Cassling

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 […]

CMW 2017: Trish’s 3 Don’t Miss Shows ft. The Honest Heart Collective, Aussie Night Out, UTA Showcase ft Julian Taylor Band

April 16th, 2017 by Trish Cassling

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 […]

CMW Preview: 19 Songs You Need to Hear at Canadian Music Week 2017!

April 15th, 2017 by Joshua Murray

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 […]

CMW 2017: Joshua’s 3 Don’t Miss Shows ft. The Honest Heart Collective, The Beaches, High Valley

March 5th, 2017 by Joshua Murray

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 Hearts CollectiveCMW 2016 Preview: The Honest Heart Collective

April 30th, 2016 by Trish Cassling

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. […]

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