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The second last night of RBC Bluesfest was the night that was hit hardest by mother nature over the course of the 2019 event. Thunderstorms threatened to derail the entire night, ended up cutting K’Naan’s set short but, once again, she ran out of steam with enough time left to squeeze in the remaining acts with some minor schedule juggling.

Alright Ottawa, time to let out a unified breathe of relief. After a few extra weeks, a couple of false leads and a whole lot of speculation, your RBC Bluesfest line-up has finally dropped.

With so many great festivals that happen every summer in Montreal, why not start things off early this year, in May perhaps? Montreal’s newest festival Metro Metro is billed as an Urban Music Festival featuring a lineup full of current and past hip hop artists such as Cardi B and Snoop Dogg. The two-day festival will take place over the May 18-19 weekend.

Were the rumors true? Would Snoop Dogg be gracing the residents of smalltown Smiths Falls Ontario with his larger than life presence on a warm Saturday evening in August? You bet your rolling papers he did and we were there to catch it all!

Chad Brownlee – Photo by Trish Cassling for Sound Check Entertainment

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 the 2015 Ottawa Bluesfest line-up as well as our coast to coast coverage of Dallas Smith’s Tippin’ Point Tour and Chad Brownlee’s When the Lights Go Down tour not to mention our unprecedented concert coverage from New Country 94’s welcome to Ottawa party with Dallas Smith to Florida Georgia Line and ZZ Top in Kingston. All of this and only in the first 3 months of 2015.

Here’s a look at what’s ahead from April to June 2015

More than 100 bands including System Of A Down, Linkin Park, The Offspring and Snoop Dogg