Category Archives: Event Previews

The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music and produced by Blue Ant Media, have partnered with Lixar to present the Long List and the first-ever live Polaris Podcast episode.

Remember the 90’s? How about the 80’s? Remember the amazing music we used to listen to on our Sony Walkmans? Well over the course of the next month, or so, TD Place in Ottawa is going to take you on a journey back to the good ol’ days of the 80’s and 90’s.

So I have been thinking about this one for awhile and it isn’t easy when you have 35+ artists spanning the course of 4 days of music.   But I have managed to get my The Top 10 Must See Artists at Boots & Hearts this week narrowed down.  These are artists that put on a hell of a show and usually have you begging for more.   

Hard to believe we are only 4.5 months away from the Canadian Country Music Association Awards show in London, Ontario.  But hold your horses,  They have so much more coming to London before we can even talk about September.

So Jennifer Nettles and The Next Women of Country Tour are headed North to Casinorama later this month an let me tell ya, you won’t want to miss this show.

Lets kick it off with the absolutely amazing support acts starting with new comer Tara Thompson.  For those who haven’t been introduced to Miss Thompson yet this girl is full of sass..  Her current single Someone To Take Your Place has a real hook that has you bumpin before the end of the first chorus.

Next up likely on stage will be one of Canada’s best exports to Nashville.  The guitar slinging Lindsay Ell.  Lindsay hasn’t spent much time North the last 3 or 4 years as she has honed her amazing songwriting and killer guitar playing in Nashville.  The Alberta born and raised country singer brings a whole new outlook to girls rockin the country beats.  Here new single By The Way is catching traction south of the border and will likely make its way to Canadian Radio in early 2016.   But take a listen to this…WOW.  This is what you can expect from Lindsay in Orillia later this month I am sure of it.  Be sure to crank this one up..

Next up will likely be the uber talented Brandy Clark.  This girl can string together a song in her sleep it seems.  Having written some great tracks for some of Country Music’s elite Miss Clark has a new album coming out in early 2016 so we are sure to see some of her new stuff along with some of her more popular stuff from her first album such as Stripes or Get High. 

The woman to shut the place down will be none other than Jennifer Nettles.  I would be lying if I was saying that I wasn’t excited to see Jennifer live.  This would be my first time and I know after watching so much LIVE Acoustic Vidoe on YouTube her voice isn’t like anything you have ever heard.   Watch this video from 2014 when Jennifer and Brandy teamed up for His Hands.. .WOW.  We can only hope we get to see something like this come showtime at CasinoRama.

From the looks of things there are still some great seats left.  Grab tickets to The Next Women Of Country Tour at CasinoRama on January 15th here.

We can’t wait for this one!

Corey Kelly  / @CoreyKelly76

There’s no denying that the summer of 2015 was an incredible one for live entertainment with stellar line-ups at veteran festivals and even the addition of a few new ones including Way Home, Bestival, Capital Country Fest @ Spencerville Stampede to name just a few. Well hold onto your hats because fall 2015 is going to be even hotter and it all kicks off later this week, here’s our look ahead to some of the hottest events and tours still to come before we say farewell to 2015.

Well, as we all know the summer is coming to a close and there aren’t many festivals left on the calendar.  However one of my favourite events of the year is a mere 3 days away.  Lucknow MITF kicks off its 7th year on Friday night with another fantastic weekend of country music lined up.

So next week London, Ontario turns into one of Ontario’s go to destinations for concert goer’s of all types.

Jones Entertainment Group has put together another amazing year of Rock The Park as well as the 2nd Year for the expanded Gone Country Music Festival.  Now as most of you know I am a die-hard country music buff so this is one of the key festivals for me this summer and with the final lineup being confirmed just a couple of weeks ago due to Little Big Town having to pull out due to some medical issues within the band.   Here is what Brad and his team have lined up for entertainment.

Riot Fest is gearing up to announce the second wave of bands on June 16th but before we get there, we’d like to talk about 5 acts from the current wave that we’re excited to see.

Last week we had the opportunity to spend some time with Johnson Crook, one of eight Boots & Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase competitors. We chatted in front of The Gladstone Hotel before their set and hung around to watch the band play. We’re glad we did.