When I was in my early teens, my mother decided she needed to educate me on legendary musicians and bought me Uriah Heep’s Live January 1973 album, and it was eye-opening. Never in my wildest dreams I ever imagined I would ever see them live, but to my amazement the band announced their tour a few months back, which also included two Ottawa dates.
Machine Head brings Catharsis Tour to Canada.
California’s Machine Head is including three Canadian dates on their North American tour in support of their newly released album, Catharsis.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club tour to stop in Montreal and Toronto in February.
San Francisco’s Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who have just released their latest album ‘Wrong Creatures‘ in January, will be bringing their North American tour to Canada and stopping in Montreal and Toronto next month.
Montreal’s Pouzza Fest – 50% of Line up Announced
Montreal’s Punk music festival, Pouzza Fest, has officially announced 50% of their line up for the May long weekend. Pouzza 8, a festival named through a blending of poutine and pizza (not literally I hope… or do I? I’ll get back to you on this…) has once again brought together some of the most sought after punk bands to the multi venue/stage festival.
Talking Self+Medicine with Sykamore
We recently had the opportunity to chat with Calgary based recording artist and songwriter Sykamore (aka Jordan Ostrom). Sykamore is poised to be one of Canada’s breakout country music stars of 2018 and was recently featured in our 2017 Country Music Year in Review as one to watch for 2018.
Wes Mack New Single House On Fire – Interview
Alberta native and top 10 Country artist, Wes Mack has released his new single House On Fire on Friday (via iTunes and Spotify). Produced by Jordan Orbek and co-written by Donny Anderson and Murray Daigle House On Fire combines Mack’s memorable vocals with an infectious, upbeat chorus coupled with his signature pop / country twang. The single hits Canadian Country radio in January and is accompanied by a new (self directed) music video (Mack has received multiple CCMA nominations for Video Director of the Year).
One on One with JP Maurice
Vancouver musician JP Maurice is excited to announce the release of the video for his latest single ‘GO’. The uplifting and playful video was filmed this summer on the streets of East Vancouver under the direction of Johnny Jansen. The premiere of the new video comes on the heels of the announcement that JP Maurice will be a featured artist on the inaugural season of CTV’s new series The Launch which premieres tonight.
Headstones raises the roof at the sold out show at Barrymore’s.
Hugh Dillon and the Headstones brought their Little Army Tour to Ottawa and rocked a sold out show at Barrymore’s on Friday night.
Heavy metal and food lovers unite at The Koven.
For years now, Ottawa has been missing a bar where the heavy metal lovers can get together and enjoy delicious food while listening to their favourite tunes, but the wait is finally over!
Rebecca Noelle shines at a sold out show at NAC.
Every Friday night the National Arts Center’s revitalized Fourth Stage plays host to emerging artists from across Canada for ‘Friday’s at the Fourth’. The casual atmosphere of this new stage lends itself well to artists of all genres. This past Friday a sold out crowd was beyond entertained by the wildly talented Rebecca Noelle and opener Kayla Diamond.
