A founding member of two chart topping bands, CBC radio host, five decades of touring and experiencing some of the most fascinating times in Rock ‘n Roll, Randy Bachman is a master story teller and a renowned musical talent. There are few people in Canada, if not North America and much of the world that have not heard the likes of Taking Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive and American Woman by The Guess Who.
HEY OCEAN! Announce JUNO AWARDS Week Kick Off Benefit Concert, #SINGITFWD
HEY OCEAN! BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF CANADA’S BEST MUSICAL TALENT, INCLUDING LEIF VOLLEBEKK & MOTHER MOTHER AS THEIR ACCLAIMED #SINGITFWD BENEFIT CONCERT RETURNS TO THE VOGUE THEATRE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 21. THE EVENT KICKS OFF JUNO AWARDS WEEK IN VANCOUVER AND WILL RAISE FUNDS & AWARENESS FOR THE SAINT JAMES MUSIC ACADEMY – TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Rock the Park will rock the park with Rise Against and more on July 14!
The 15th Anniversary of Rock the Park is starting to shape up. Already announced was the July 13th lineup featuring the best of the 90s which includes throwback performances by Boyz II Men, Shaggy, Naughty By Nature, Coolio, SisQó and Montell Jordan. Today’s announcement was all about the rock for Saturday July 14.
Alan Doyle live in NAC’s Southam Hall
Sunday night’s show with Alan Doyle and his Beautiful Beautiful Band left the National Arts Centre’s Southam Hall buzzing (and slightly buzzed) as he played fan favourites, traditional songs and some of his new tunes as well. The night was filled with Newfoundland folk artists who graced the stage for the full house of adoring fans. The night was opened up by St.John natives, Fortunate Ones, who brought their traditional folk sound to fill the hall. Their unforgettable harmonies and accordion laced songs have made their way through Ottawa a number of times, this time bringing with them some new work with a pop twist to it. My first taste of the duo was at Blacksheep Inn when they opened for Nova Scotia’s own Rose Cousins (who is playing the NAC this Friday!) They have also come across the stage at City Folk as well as other stages at the National Arts Centre. The fashionable pair are always a good time, and I recommend you heading out to see them the next time they pass through.
Double Dose of Kissel in London!
London Ontario was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of two sold out Brett Kissel shows as the We Were That Song Tour rolled into the London Music Hall for two amazing nights of music!
Alan Doyle Brings Come Out With Me Tour To Kingston
Alan Doyle has been busy since Great Big Sea ended, with three solo albums and two books out, he is not sitting idle to be sure. He describes himself as “the luckiest guy I’ve ever even heard of” for the many events that led to being able to spend his life doing what he loves best, singing songs and playing concerts, and that shows very much in his stage show.
Brett Kissel rocks Pembroke for Holy Name School
The school yard at Holy Name school in Pembroke is in desperate need of new playground equipment. They could’ve held a bake sale, a car wash or even sold nevada tickets but instead they decided to invite Brett Kissel to make Pembroke’s Festival Hall a stop on his We Were That Song tour…last night we had the pleasure of being part of an incredible night that will take be remembered, for many years, as one of the most amazing nights of live entertainment ever to rock the Ottawa Valley.
Are you cracked?! Alan Doyle talks his tour, album and shampoo of choice.
What do you get when you spend ten days at Vancouver’ Warehouse Studio with talent like Alan Doyle? Well, when you ask him, he will tell you all about his appropriately named album A Week at the Warehouse. With an old school way of making this record, he had his whole band, (affectionately named “the Beautiful, Beautiful Band”), set up within the studio to do full recordings together. This created a fun environment for the musicians to record in, and an interesting space for the album to grow from.
Jann Arden announced as Sunday night headliner at Kemptville Live Music Festival
The Kemptville Live Music Festival is extremely pleased to welcome Award-Winning Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden to headline Sunday, July 22, 2018.
Track X Track with Midnight Shine’s High Road
I’ll never forget the first time I heard of Midnight Shine. I was sitting at my computer browsing through social media when I came across a posting from a friend in Northern Ontario that had shared a video they took at a music festival in Timmins. The video was off a band called Midnight Shine opening for Trooper, the song was “Since You Been Gone”. I immediately looked them up, reached out to their management at the time and the rest is history.
