The Country Music Association Announces “The 53rd Annual CMA Awards” Nominees

Maren Morris Tops the List of Finalists with Six Nominations Brothers Osborne Receives Four Nominations, While Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Scott Hendricks, Dann Huff, Greg Kurstin, Kacey Musgraves, Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton And Carrie Underwood Are Up for Three Nominations Each Finalists for CMA Broadcast Awards Announced Carrie Underwood Hosts […]

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 […]

More Major Artists Announced for 2017 Big Valley Jamboree

The BVJ’s 25th Anniversary is sure to be an event to remember, they have previously announced a star-studded lineup including Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Chris Young and Kacey Musgraves. Today, they are tremendously excited to announce the additions of legendary artist Willie Nelson, Little Big Town, Alberta’s own Gord Bamford, The Washboard Union, and the […]

Boots & Hearts 2017 WISH LIST

So, the dust has settled, the Boots hangover has likely subsided a bit.  So now we wanna know, Who do you wanna see @ Boots & Hearts 2017?  Last year we only got 4 of the artists out of the 20 we had put on our WISH LIST.   Hoping that this year we are […]

Introducing Robyn Ottolini

Our last, but far from least, feature on the 2016 Boots and Hearts Emerging Artists is Uxbridge, Ontario’s Robyn Ottolini. Robyn s a singer-songwriter hailing from Southern Ontario. As a kid, Robyn loved music. Listening to Diamond Rio and Faith Hill in her dad’s old pickup truck on the way to daycare, she was always […]

Boots and Hearts 2016 Wish List

Well, The gates have barely closed on the 2015 Boots and Hearts Music Festival and my thoughts are already turning to the big 5 Year Anniversary in 2016.  With so many of Country’s biggest names already having graced the B&H Stages it’s a tough one.  But here is my Top 20 list of acts for […]

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 […]