The Dakota Hosts Big Paquin Agency Talents

I always love going to songwriter events. They have such a great atmosphere and it is so relaxed and genuine. The Dakota Tavern has been host to the last few I have attended in the Four Chords And The Truth events. Now, Paquin Artists Agency is putting on their own, also at The Dakota. It’s […]

The Driver – Charles Kelley

So for some reason I had thought this was posted already.    Seems it slipped threw the cracks.   Here is one of my top 3 favourite songs from 2015… Charles Kelley teamed up with the talented Eric Paslay and Dierks Bentley to record The Driver.  This is one hell of a song! Corey Kelly […]

Photographers Top 10 Images

So we asked all our Photographers to take am minute and submit what they felt was there best 15 shots and we would scale it down to their top 10 from there…  We are so thankful for these folks.   They make our pages come alive.     What is YOUR favourite shot of 2015… […]

Boots and Hearts 2016 Ticket Details

Boots and Hearts is set to embark on another adventure.   Tickets for 2016’s party go on sale to the general public this THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th a@ NOON!  Here is all the info you need to get your hands on what is sure to be the hottest ticket of the summer!  Could Garth be coming […]

Riot Fest 2015 Day 1 Recap

Thrice Courage My LoveAll Time Low Motörhead Weezer – shot from the crowd – we will be in the pit tonight!Alexis on Fire

Scarlett Jane loaded for the road…

The duo Scarlett Jane just released some additional dates to their fall tour.  For those not familiar with the duo,  It might be as Andrea Ramolo and Cindy Doire are stepping up to collect a prestigious award. Maybe they’ll be on a plane zipping towards their latest European tour. Or maybe it’ll come much, much […]

Riverfest Elora 2015

Riverfest: GROOVA – The Lay Awakes – The Wooden Sky – Tokyo Police Club – Sarah Harmer – Donovan Woods – Alan Doyle – The Planet Smashers – The New Pornographers – Shad – Metric On Saturday August 15th I headed to Elora for Riverfest 2015. It was a hot, hot sunny day and the music […]

25th Anniversary of Fredericton’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival

The Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival has signed five new international acts to add to its 25th anniversary festival line up.  All of the groups, some of the most in demand new artists on the international festival circuit, will make their Harvest début at the 2015 edition of the Festival this September 15-20.

Coming up in spring 2015

To say that 2015 has started with a bang is a major understatement.  It took the independent Sound Check over a year to hit 100,000 readers and we hit 200,000 in just the first month and a half of 2015. Our top stories of Q1 2015 included breaking the news of Luke Bryan in Ottawa and […]

2015 Juno All Star Extravaganza

We were invited to attend the eOne/Gibson All Star 2015 JUNO EXTRAVAGANZA last night in Hamilton. Thanks to eOne and Gibson for the invite. Photos are in order of performance.