Brad Saunders has had a good run in 2017, including his $100,953 1st place win in Project WILD this fall. And to finish the year, and celebrate the season, Saunders has recorded and released Baby It’s Hot Outside, as a special direct download for his fans. To help us get in the Christmas spirit, Brad […]
This week the Canadian National Exhibition announced its first round of Northern Comfort Saloon performers. Now don’t panic, we haven’t even started summer yet but it is nice to be able to look forward to some of our favourite country artists playing right here in our backyard at The Ex. The Northern Comfort Saloon is […]
Presented by Chevrolet (new in 2017), the Boots and Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase has helped to launch the careers of Tebey and Tim Hicks (2012), The Reklaws (2013), Ty Baynton, Runaway Angel, Trinity Bradshaw (2014), Johnson Crook, Kris Barclay, James Barker Band, (2015), Jesse Gold and Vanessa Marie Carter (2016) and more!If you think you’ve got what […]
We had the chance to sit down with our pal, the crazy talented, Trinity Bradshaw while we were hanging out in London, ON for Canadian Country Music Week 2016. And since we were in the catching up kind of mood, we talked Trinity into playing along for 5 quick questions. Check out Trinity on Facebook, […]
They’re Here!!! After months of waiting, weeks of speculation, and more patience than we generally have, the Boots & Hearts 2016 daily lineups have been announced. We don’t have stage assignments or set times yet, but we promise we will share them with you as soon as we do. For now we can start planning […]
Born and raised in a small British Columbia, twin sisters Carli and Julie Kennedy have been performing together, and generally attached at the hip (figuratively) since they could talk. We sat down with the girls of Twin Kennedy at Boots & Bourbon Saloon in Toronto as part of Indie Week 2015 to talk about home, […]
We wish you guys could hear it all… There is so much music being made right now. We’re lucky enough to be sent links and streams from local artists in Toronto, the rest of Canada, across the United States, and Europe. There’s just not enough time in the day to write about it all or […]
A year ago I sat on a bale of straw backstage with Trinity Bradshaw after she competed in the Emerging Artist Showcase… not long after that she was announced as a finalist, and the next day she won the whole damn thing. Fast forward 12 months and Trinity has a great single, performed on Canada […]
Here we are… With 2 months + a day until country music fans descend upon Burl’s Creek, the team at Boots & Hearts has gifted us with the day-to-day lineup cards! We knew that this was going to be a stacked festival. The names that kept getting announced have had country fans excited since day […]
Earlier this week we had a chance to meet up with the boys from Johnson Crook to talk about their band, their music, and their spot in the top 8 of the Boots & Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase competition. Many thanks to Noel, Nathan, Jared, and Trevor for taking the time after soundcheck at The […]
The Boots & Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase is back for 2015! Presented once again by SiriusXM, the Emerging Artist Showcase has helped to launch the careers of Tebey and Tim Hicks (2012), The Recklaws (2013), Runaway Angel, Ty Baynton, Trinity Bradshaw (2014) and more! If you’re interested in taking a chance at stardom, the process […]
We’ve been over the fact that we’re excited for Boots & Hearts 2015 – and we keep saying that we aren’t alone in that excitement… well today, we prove it! With the help of some awesome friends we are previewing 6 more B&H artists. Trish – writer & photographer, you’ve seen her @trishca wordmark on […]
Congratulations to our winner of 2 General Admission Passes to Boots & Hearts 2015, Macy Groulx! Hey friends, guess what?! The awesome team at Republic Live has hooked us up with a Pair of General Admission Passes for Boots & Hearts 2015 – and we’re going to give them away to one of you! These […]
Country music, like all music, goes through swings and cycles of popularity among certain artists or trends. Recently the prevailing trend has been Bro Country… but that’s changing – and Canada is leading the way. Yes, male artists like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Dallas Smith and Florida Georgia Line are still selling out arenas and […]
Boots and Hearts is 6 months away, but we’re already excited it. And we know we aren’t the only ones. Since the beginning we’ve been talking about who might be performing and now that we have a list of 31 acts, it’s time to start talking about them. And to help us out with that […]