Canadian Music Week announces full lineup!

Canadian Music Week (CMW), presented by Amsterdam Brewery, now in its 37thyear, is Canada’s longest running, largest showcase and conference festival. Taking place May 6-12 across downtown Toronto, the venue centric festival will host both local and international acts over the week kicking off with 70’s rock band Television at The Phoenix. In addition festival event favourites return with the iHeartRadio […]

James Barker Band, Casey Clarke and Rob Farina net CMA International Nominations

The Country Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2019 CMA International Awards, which honors industry executives and artists who have supported and made a difference to the growth and promotion of Country Music in the International market place. Nominees from Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States are recognized in […]

James Barker Band returns with, new single, Keep It Simple

James Barker Band - Boots and Hearts - Spencer Smye Photography

With over 60 Million total streams to date, the James Barker Band have taken the country music scene by storm. Formed in 2013, the founding members of this award-winning band (James Barker, Taylor Abram, Bobby Martin, and Connor Stephen) continue to break records one release at a time. 

Dallas Smith and Florida Georgia Line Turn up the Heat for Packed Crowd

After some logistical challenges, I arrived late to Burl’s Creek Event Grounds. I had been looking forward to checking out sets by Madeline Merlo, James Barker Band, and Rivertown Saints, but that wasn’t in the cards. I did, however, arrive just in time to catch the night’s headliners.

Church on Sunday: SunFest Day 4

The energy Dustin Lynch left the SunFest crowd with last night clearly carried over into the final day of the festival. Despite the sunny skies ramping the temperatures even higher today, the crowds were noticeably larger in anticipation for the Day 4 final line up of James Barker Band, Midland and the Chief, Eric Church. […]

Eric Church and more to Rock the River in Merritt BC this August

The Rockin’ River Music Fest is a B.C. family-owned and operated country music festival that takes place annually, on the BC Day long weekend, in Merritt, BC – incidentally also known as the ‘Country Music Capital of Canada’. This August 2-5 Eric Church will lead an all-star lineup which also includes Brett Eldredge, Dallas Smith, […]

Calgary Stampede 2018 – Nashville North Preview

2018 Calgary Stampede will feature 10 nights of boot thumping with live music at 2 different live entertainment venues, Nashville North and Coca Cola Stage, included in your Stampede admission.