Kelly Prescott, photo courtesy of Sean Sisk
Ottawa based singer/songwriter Kelly Prescott is no stranger to the music industry, born into a musical family with ties to Northern Ontario, Nova Scotia and the Ottawa Valley there’s no question her musical roots run deep. Kelly is preparing to release her upcoming album Hillbilly Jewels and today released the video for the album’s title track, “Hillbilly Jewels”
At the end of last year I looked ahead to 2015 and made a bold prediction that it would be bigger with more interviews with bigger artists, more festivals, more events and more contests. I could never have predicted exactly how much bigger the year would actually be.
Over the last couple weeks we have been treated to some pretty major announcements from the folks at Republic Live regarding the line up for the 5th Anniversary of Canada’s LARGEST outdoor country music festival, Boots and Hearts.
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.
The sun had returned and the stands were packed for the third and final day of the rodeo by the time I arrived at the grounds for the closing day of the 4th annual Spencerville Stampede. Out of all three days of music we had assembled for the weekend Sunday’s lineup was my favourite as it was a fresh lineup for me.
148 years ago today one of the greatest nations in the world was born, Canada. On this special day we’d like to salute our home and native land and highlight just some of the reasons that make us proud to be Canadian!
It may have been over a decade since the reigning Queen of Canadian Country music has hit the road for a full tour but it definitely didn’t show. Coming off of a 2 year run at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas Shania kicked off her first tour earlier this month in Seattle, WA.
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.
