About: Mike Scott

In May when Brett Kissel announced the first country music drive-in concert in Edmonton, two Ottawa area fans knew they had to be there, no matter the cost.

Cara Luft is driving from Manitoba to BC to visit her tiny home. “I’ve been doing a few solo distancing concerts in Manitoba and some with my (The Small Glories) band mate. I thought this feels really good. So I checked to see what restrictions were lifted and planned a few stops along the way, where ever they would have me.” We love live music so much that most shows sold out quickly.

A live music drought has had a major impact on many of us who love live shows. After all at Sound Check Entertainment #WeLoveLive. Over the past few months we’ve been enjoying live streams of artists however it’s not quite the same as being there in person. When Brett Kissel announced he would be doing a live drive in show at River Cree, it sold out in minutes. It sold so fast they added another show, then another one. After all was said and done, there’s 8 shows in Edmonton and 3 in Regina.

With the first two parts already released; the final installment of City of Sound’s Silent Empire will slowly roll out over the next few weeks, filling the void in the concept album format that’s been sadly missing from music.

Cayley Thomas has just released her third project, How Else Can I Tell You, a five-song sampler of music filled with flowing pop sounds that seem lifted out of the Laurel Canyon dynamic from the late ’60s early ’70s.

To commemorate nurses week, the Passion Project was created to honour the unsung heroes during many of the global medical crisis such as the recent Covid-19 Pandemic. The all-female music team behind “Katherine Hannan: To Her Nurses” includes music and lyrics by Angela Sclafani and the beautiful song was preformed by Broadway’s Hannah Corneau.

Calgary’s Sykamore has finally released her much anticipated second EP with “California King” today. I sat down with Sykamore to talk about this project. Here is a song by song review. It’s been a couple of years since we heard new music from Sykamore. She’s been busy working in Nashville after securing a publishing deal with Rhett Atkins in late 2017.

Kelowna based The Wild! are set to release their third album Still Believe In Rock And Roll later this week. The album is an evolution of their straight ahead, in your face rock they’ve become well known for. I sat down with Dylan Villain recently to talk about the project.

It was an emotional event at The Station in Edmonton last night as Brett Kissel hosted a benefit concert for the Community Foundation of Middle Nashville. Money from the tornado response fund is awarded to organizations that apply for tornado relief grants to address needs spanning from emergency shelter, food and clean-up to mortgage, rental and rebuilding assistance, legal and mental health counseling, and more.

Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society stopped off at Midway in Edmonton recently on his North American Crusade Tour along with openers Florida’s Obituary and Oregon’s Lord Dying.