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Kingston brothers John and James Abrams aka The Abrams returned to Ottawa on Saturday night for a solo performance at Canada’s National Arts Centre. 

1997 was an epic year. The Simpsons was named the longest-running prime-time animated series, Steve Jobs returned to Apple and Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to ever win the Masters. In Canada, fans of award-winning The Tea Party were celebrating the release of the band’s fourth studio album, Transmission.

You would’ve thought it was a hot mid summer night with the energy at The Danforth Music Hall on Wednesday night. A sea of Daisy Dukes and plaid on the dance floor, people arrived ready to party country music style.

So for those of you that don’t listen to SXM Radio you may not have heard a whole lot of Cadillac Three or Chase Rice on the Radio up here in Canada.   However if you crank The Highway on SXM on a regular basis you have heard these two amazing acts multiple times.   Cadillac Three have a song on slow rotation on some of Canada’s Country Radio stations with White Lighting.  While Chase has had a little more success with his singles Ready, Set, Roll and Gonna Wanna Tonight north of the border.  Neither have played many dates up here so we are happy to have them headin’ to the Great White North! 

So it’s no big secret that Justin Beiber is on his way home to play a special acoustic set at the Danforth Music Hall on Monday night (Dec 7th) aka Purpose In Toronto.   When it was announced on Tuesday it quickly became the most coveted ticket this holiday season.  

Chad Brownlee – Photo by Trish Cassling for Sound Check Entertainment

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 the 2015 Ottawa Bluesfest line-up as well as our coast to coast coverage of Dallas Smith’s Tippin’ Point Tour and Chad Brownlee’s When the Lights Go Down tour not to mention our unprecedented concert coverage from New Country 94’s welcome to Ottawa party with Dallas Smith to Florida Georgia Line and ZZ Top in Kingston. All of this and only in the first 3 months of 2015.

Here’s a look at what’s ahead from April to June 2015

So, it was announced this morning that Kacey Musgraves has added a few dates to the Same Trailer Different Park Tour.  

Hard to think back to a time when I was more excited to see a show.   I have been to a pile of concerts over the last couple years and 95% being Country related.