With another year of Juno’s in the history books the thought occurred to me last night that, well for one, Canadian Country Music is not very well represented at the awards that are supposed to represent the best of Canada and, for two, Canadian Country is all but absent on the international scene, or at least south of the border.
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!
Buckle UP K/W Becasuse CMT Music Fest is coming…
Wow… So CMT Canada just blew the doors off the summer. With the likes of 2 of the LARGEST Names in Country set to take the Stage in Kitchener / Waterloo. Eric Church and Zac Brown Headline the 2nd EVER CMT Music Fest. Here is the line Up….
Manitoulin Country Fest adds Blackjack Billy to 10th Anniversary Lineup
Our friends at Manitoulin’s Country 100.7 The Island announced the final piece of the lineup for this summer’s special 10th Anniversary of Manitoulin Country Fest which takes place August 4-7 in Little Current, Ontario on Manitoulin Island.
Havelock Round #2 of Artist Announcements
Wow…
That was fast. So in a blink of an eye the folks over at Havelock didn’t wait long to announce the 2nd round of artists to hit the stage. Here they are and boy the 2nd round ibring’s some true Canadian Country along with some of Nashville’s newest flavour. What do you think?
The Road Hammers – Mason Jar Session – Mud
Well, we nailed down one of Canada’s biggest country super groups to hit the stage. The Road Hammers were in Aurora, Ontario a couple weeks back and so kindly cranked out an acoustic session of MUD for us. We want to thank the guys for doing this one. Crank it up! #MUD
The Road Hammers with our Corey Kelly after they wrap the Mason Jar Session
Looking ahead to fall 2015
There’s no denying that the summer of 2015 was an incredible one for live entertainment with stellar line-ups at veteran festivals and even the addition of a few new ones including Way Home, Bestival, Capital Country Fest @ Spencerville Stampede to name just a few. Well hold onto your hats because fall 2015 is going to be even hotter and it all kicks off later this week, here’s our look ahead to some of the hottest events and tours still to come before we say farewell to 2015.
Boots and Hearts 2015, One Hell of a Kick Off Party
Well, it’s just as the headline says it was. Last night was one hell of Kickoff Party for Boots & Hearts at their new home in Oro-Medonte.
Boots and Hearts Tune Up #1
Ok… With only days to go. Literally 3 sleeps to be exact. I thought I would just give you my first two days and what I believe are the top NOT TO MISS artists. As mentioned in my Kick Off Party post a couple of days back I am really looking forward to seeing Old Dominion for the first time.
Why You Don’t Want to miss the Boots and Hearts Kickoff Party
We are less than a week away from Boots & Hearts kicking off its 4th Year. This year we celebrate in a new home. Burls Creek is the new home to Boots & Hearts and its little sister WayHome Music & Arts Festival. We wanted to give you the top 5 reasons you won’t want to miss this years Boots & Hearts Coors Banquet Kick Off Party!
