So last Saturday night we had a chance to spend some time backstage with the talented Meghan Patrick. Meghan was the opening slot in Oshawa (darn close to her hometown of Bowmanville) on Kip Moore’s Me & My Kind Tour.
Kip Moore Steals Hearts in Kingston
It may have been cool outside on the shores of Lake Ontario in Kingston, Ontario but the atmosphere inside the Rogers K-Rock Centre was red hot as Kip Moore, Jon Pardi and Meghan Patrick brought the party to town with Kip’s Me and My Kind Tour.
CCMA Awards – John Deere Green Carpet
Well after spending 3 days hunkered down in what might be the best city in Canada for Country Music we have a little something to share. We have the 2nd of our CCMA posts with some great shots of the John Deere Green Carpet. This was our first year having a presence on the carpet with Corey getting a chance to chat with the artists as they walked in. Be sure to check our video of Corey chatting with everyone HERE. However, Bill and James were also able to grab some amazing images of the artists making there way into Bud Gardens in London, Ontario.
Thunder and Tim Hicks Shook the Walls in Kingston Saturday night
It was an unusually stormy late summer Saturday night in Kingston and mere moments before the annual CFB Kingston Garrison Family Fun Fest, featuring Abby Stewart and Tim Hicks, was about to kick off the entire venue was evacuated due to a severe thunderstorm. Lucky for us the CFB Kingston Base Gym was a short hundred meter dash in the driving rain away. A little under an hour later the rain stopped and the stage lights came on….it was showtime!
Boots & Hearts Through the Lens of Mike Highfield
We will have 3 instalments of Boots and Hearts Images all focusing on individual photographers. Our 1st instalment is covering the images Mike Highfield captured at Boots & Hearts 2016.
Dooly’s Beach Blast has best one day lineup of Artists.
Atlantic Canada has a new Country Music Festival, Dooly’s Beach Blast, which has come and gone this past weekend. The show took place at Parlee Beach, Shediac New Brunswick. This event will not be forgotten and will talked about for sometime. Some talk will be for good reasons and some for not so good reasons.
Boots and Hearts kicks off bigger and better than ever!
Much of the Sound Check team, myself included, has converged on Burls Creek this weekend for one of the most important events in the history of our organization, Boots and Hearts.
HOT Mid Summer Festival Recap…
So it has been a red hot summer thus far in terms of Festivals we have covered since June 1st. Not just hot shows but the weather has been smokin’ for most of them. I though I might take a shot at a mid summer festival recap and just do a quick review on where we have been so far in this jam filled summer of 2016.
City and Colour closes out record breaking 2016 RBC Bluesfest
After 8 amazing days of music, Sunday was the grand finale of one of the biggest years for RBC Bluesfest in its 22 year history.
Rock the Park, The Rest of the Story…
After two epic nights of country, Rock the Park shifted gears in Downtown London’s Harris Park. New for 2016 was Virgin Fest 2016, sponsored by 97.5 Virgin Radio, in London. Now, I need to be honest here and say this night’s line up was not one I was really keen on. The line up included local performer, Ria Mae, Canadian rapper Classified, Nelly, and Flo Rida. As a guy who listens to mainly country music and some rock thrown in there, this was bound to be an interesting night.
