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What a way to start off the new year. Tim Hicks started his  “Shake these Walls” 2017 tour started in BC  & is currently in Ontario. Tim performed in Hamilton on Jan 19, Oshawa on Jan 20, London tonight and then on to Sudbury Ontario. We are very excited to have Tim back in Ontario along with two other local artists: River Town Saints & Jason Blaine! Hang in Ontario; you’re in for heck of a party.  Sound Check was fortunate to catch up with all the boys in at the Tribute Centre in Oshawa.

On Sunday afternoon before some of Canada’s most talented Country Musicians walked the John Deere Green Carpet the folks at the Canadian Country Music Association thought they would throw a little party.  With some of the amazing talent take the stage for a FREE concert from 3-5.  And this line up was stacked.  With performances from The Lovelocks, Lindsay Ell, Wes Mack, River Town Saints, The Washboard Union and Bobby Wills.

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 a little more correct.  Here is who we have put together for #BH6

We will have 3 instalments of Boots and Hearts Images all focusing on individual photographers.  Our 1st instalment is covering the images Mike Highfield captured at Boots & Hearts 2016.

Four days of incredible music with world class headliners and a rising group out of the Ottawa area stole the final day of Boots and Hearts with an incredibly high energy, Main Stage worthy, show on the Front Porch Stage on Sunday afternoon.

The weather may have been slightly cooler on Saturday at Boots and Hearts but the entertainment was red hot. From Tomi Swick to headliner Blake Shelton and a handful of incredibly talented Emerging Artists it was a day to remember.

So I have been thinking about this one for awhile and it isn’t easy when you have 35+ artists spanning the course of 4 days of music.   But I have managed to get my The Top 10 Must See Artists at Boots & Hearts this week narrowed down.  These are artists that put on a hell of a show and usually have you begging for more.   

Last Wednesday & Thursday London became the Country Music Mecha for 2 days.  #RTP2016 – Gone Country brought some of Country musics biggest names such at Brad Paisley, Jake Owen, Dallas Smith & Tim Hicks to Harris Park in downtown London, Ontario.

Last weekend Burlington, Ontario played host to its annual Sound of Music Festival that takes place in the heart of Burlington.  This is Canada’s LARGEST Free music festival and boy does it rock.   This year they had the likes of I Mother Earth, July Talk, Jess Moskaluke and Mother Mother to name a few of the artists that performed to the thousands that came to soak up the tunes and the sunshine.

For the 3^rd year in a row, Jason Blaine, hit a home run (wrong sport… hole in one?) with his annual Celebrity Classic Charity Golf Tournament. This year’s installment, held in his hometown of Pembroke, raised over $80,000 for local charities including Algonquin College, The Boys and Girls Club, and The Salvation Army.