Yesterday we posted our Mason Jar Session with Warner Music Canada recording artist Aaron Goodvin. Today we follow that session up with a great chat we had with one Canada’s brightest emerging country artists. Having spent the last few years writing in Nashville, Aaron has honed his songwriting skills and is set to release his debut album April 8th. Here is our hang with Mr. Goodvin, enjoy.
Introducing Danielle Marie
2015 was a big year for Danielle Marie, a young starlet, from western Canada, a CCMA Spotlight Performance at the Canadian Country Music Fan favourite Legends Show in Halifax, 4 BC Country Music Award Nominations, the 2015 BCCMA Ray McAuley Horizon Award and a radio tour throughout three provinces. Plus Danielle’s sophomore album Here Right Now broke the Top 25 iTunes Country Album Chart within 24 hours of release and her current single at radio, ‘Drive Away’, co-written with award winning Nashville writer Byron Hill, is proving to be her biggest yet and recently debuted on the Canadian Country Trax report currently at #74!
Death Cab For Cutie Steal The Show In Kingston
There is no better way to spend a Sunday evening than at Roger’s K-Rock Centre enjoying the sights and sounds of a live rock concert. Quite frankly, there isn’t a bad seat in the entire 5000 plus seat facility in the heart of downtown Kingston. And nothing compliments a mustard covered pretzel quite like a night of synth pop and drum fills.
Metric perform at Roger’s K-Rock Centre in Kingston March 20, 2016 – photo by Sydney Butters for Sound Check Entertainment
Aaron Goodvin – Knock On Wood – Mason Jar Session
We had a chance to have Warner Music Canada Recording Artist Aaron Goodvin perform his current single Knock on Wood for our Mason Jar Sessions last week. And boy can he sing. If you have a chance be sure to catch Aaron on the rest of the Johnny Reid “What Loves Is All About” Tour. And if you love this be sure to head over to iTunes and pre-order his Album that hits the street April 8th, 2016. Pre-order it here.
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CMAO Rolls its Road Show into London
London, Ontario played host to the Country Music Association of Ontario ( CMAO ) New Artist RoadShow on Saturday March 19th. Various events took place around the city for up and coming country artists from across the province, the purpose being to gain knowledge and feedback from industry experts including Jason Blaine, Steve Wilkinson, Jason Barry and many more.
Why do venues still insist artists aren’t worth paying? #MondayMusings
Took a few weeks off to recover from minor surgery but I’m back…with no further ado here’s my latest edition of #MondayMusingsBefore I became a regular music writer I briefly worked in the music industry doing some artist management, booking and promotion. Nothing ticks me off more than a venue that doesn’t feel the need to properly compensate artists for their time.
Mariana’s Trench Never Say Die!
What happens when you have a multi platinum selling headliner, then you add multi platinum selling support act, and then add a relatively “new” act embarking on his first national tour? You get an overload to the audio/visual senses! Mariana’s Trench, in full stride on their Never Say Die national tour held their fans in the palm of their hands Friday night at the jam packed Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario.
Vans Warped Tour Lineup…leaked?
The 2016 Vans Warped Tour lineup was supposed to be announced this coming Tuesday (March 22) but it’s entirely possible that someone beat them to the punch…no it wasn’t us this time 🙂
Barn Burners – Lucknow Edition
Seems that this one is catching on.. Lots of requests to add some of our readers stuff so next week I will put together a list of some of the suggestions I have been getting. But with the big announcement this week with Lucknow Music in the Fields I thought I would pick my top songs from each of the artists on the lineup. So here they are:
Brian Wilson, Sarah McLachlan among headliners of 36th TD Ottawa Jazz Festival
Ottawa (Wednesday, March 16, 2016) – This year’s 36th annual TD Ottawa Jazz Festival takes over Confederation Park and the National Arts Centre from June 22nd – July 3rd with dozens of concerts from one of our most musically diverse lineups ever.
