Caveboy is a three piece all female band out of Montreal. Michelle Bensimon (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Synth), Isabelle Banos (Synth, Bass, Backing Vocals) and Lana Cooney (Drums, Backing Vocals) have just finished up a tour with Rah Rah and Dear Rouge. After blowing away our founder, Hendrik, in Kingston we knew we had to find out more about this band.
Dear Rouge and Rah Rah solid gold in Kingston
Dear Rouge brought their Black to Gold tour to the Mansion in Kingston on Friday night and they along with special guests Rah Rah and Caveboy were solid gold!
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.
Dear Rouge coming to a city near you!
As we promised during Ottawa Bluesfest and again earlier this week Dear Rouge is about to hit the road on a major North American & European tour with fellow Canadian’s Rah Rah.
Dear Rouge – Tongues Official Music Video
Dear Rouge is one of the hottest acts in Canada, and today they release the official music video for “Tongues”. We were lucky enough to be on-set for the filming of this video this past June in Toronto at The Opera House. If you missed Drew and Danielle at Ottawa Bluesfest or WayHome this summer we’ve learned that there will be a big tour announcement this Thursday, so stay tuned we’ll have all the details here! In the meantime check out “Tongues”
Skynyrd, Dear Rouge and more Ottawa Bluesfest Week 2
After an incredible start to this year’s Ottawa Bluesfest the second week was the week that had more of the music I was interested loaded so it was no doubt one I would be looking forward to covering. Initial plans were that I would be finished my shifts with the Green Team by this point as well but health issues in the first week forced me to pick up some shifts in the second week.
WayHome Day 2: Dear Rouge
You must know that we, here at Sound Check, are huge fans of Dear Rouge and I was thrilled to finally get to see them live at WayHome for myself. There was a great crowd for this amazing Canadian act and the rain that came, didn’t dampen any spirits.
The Story of Dear Rouge
It was February 2015 and my step son called me asking if there was any way I could try and get him or win him tickets to see a band called Dear Rouge at the Ritual Nightclub the following month. The show was a win your way in promotion being put on by the folks at Live 88.5. At the time I had not heard of Dear Rouge so I decided I’d check them out, from the first song I listened to I was instantly a fan and knew I had to interview them to get to know them and the story behind their music a bit better.
Ottawa Bluesfest – Week in Review
It’s hard to believe that the event that I’ve been anticipating all year is already halfway through. It feels like just yesterday that the Full Flex Express rolled into town kicking off what would be an incredible 11 days of live entertainment along the Ottawa River. New to our coverage this year is the addition of Sean Sisk, our new resident event photographer extraordinaire in the Ottawa region. Sean’s incredible pictures will appear throughout my reviews and allow me to focus on the music and our social media coverage instead of trying to get the perfect shot.
5 summers of Sound Check Entertainment
It’s hard to believe that it’s been half a decade already since it all began. Although for the first 4, or so, summers I was primarily the only writer there were a lot of people behind the scenes that ensured that I could get to the festivals and events. Here’s my look back at the first 5 summers.
