Great music in small halls for Christmas season
Deck the ‘Small Halls’ with festive live music this holiday season November 4, OTTAWA — Ontario Festival of Small Halls organizers today announced that they will be welcoming music fans back to beloved rural venues across Eastern Ontario this holiday season to share the joy of big music in little, festive places.
The Jordy Jackson Band took Athens by Storm
Friday evening, I took my first road trip of 2019 to the Joshua Bates Centre in Athens to see Kingston’s The Jordy Jackson Band. The Joshua Bates Centre is a gem of a place to see a show, it’s acoustics are nothing short of amazing, everything just sounds so good in there. I would rather […]
Abby Stewart sparkles in her Joshua Bates Centre debut!
Athens, Ontario. A small, one-stoplight, town about 1 hour north east of Kingston and about 90 mins south west of Ottawa. Doesn’t sound like much but what many don’t know is that at the corner, by that stoplight, sits the Joshua Bates Centre, affectionately known as the JBC by locals. Over the years the JBC […]
Abby Stewart leads 2018/2019 Lineup at Joshua Bates Centre
The Joshua Bates Centre is a performing arts centre located in Athens, Ontario, that features music, theatre, and comedy. This small town venue has played host to some of today’s stars before they were stars including Brett Kissel, Gord Bamford, Johnny Reid and many many more. This afternoon they unveiled a powerhouse lineup for the […]
Announcing the line-up for the Ontario Festival of Small Halls 2017!
A household name in Cape Breton fiddling, a rising star from Quebec, folk darlings, and even fiery returning musicians join other quality names in the line-up announcement for the Ontario Festival of Small Halls this fall.
Tristan Horncastle visits the Joshua Bates Centre in Athens, Ontario
On two other occasions, the audience at the Joshua Bates Centre, in Athens Ontario saw a star in the making. They knew they had made a connection with a lad who was going places and they would be able to say they “knew him when”. This happened for the third time on Saturday, January 28th […]
Introducing, This Man, Cory Marquardt
Northern Ontario native Cory Marquardt is fresh off the release of his hot debut cd, This Man, an opening spot for Toby Keith, on his western Canada stops, and a nationwide tour with Aaron Pritchett and King and Cash. This fall you’ll catch him at events across the country but tonight, July 26, Cory takes […]
Max T Barnes coming to Ontario for Nashville songwriters showcase
Many of our readers listen to country music radio, it’s undeniably one of the hottest genres of music today. Country music attracts listeners through songs with memorable lyrics that can often be related to. What many listeners may not realize is that often the artist singing the song is not the person who penned […]
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 […]
Ottawa rings in 2015 with Tim Hicks
On a cold, crisp, clear night, a Canadian New Years Eve was celebrated on the Sparks Street Mall, Ottawa. The maple leaf, ringed in colour, was hoisted up overlooking the crowd ready to be dropped at midnight. The digital time clock shone from the side of a building. Morning DJ, Ryan Lindsay, from Ottawa’s newest station […]