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Hot on the heals of their new single, Push and Pull and mere weeks after their smokin’ hot performance at Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival July Talk has announced a North American Tour in support of their forthcoming album.

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. 

It’s hard to believe that it’s really only been 5 years since I first put pen to paper (so to speak) to write the first ever post for Sound Check Entertainment. Back then it was called the Hoedown Blogger and the platform was under the banner of the Ottawa Citizen but had it not been for that day none of what followed would be possible.

Ottawa’s annual CityFolk Festival is back with a powerhouse lineup that will see it return to Lansdowne Park this September 15 to 18.

Sometimes I just need to sit back and recall that just 6 summers ago I started Sound Check Entertainment, almost by accident. The traction it received from festivals and events across Ottawa and Ontario almost immediately was mind blowing but nothing compares to the feeling this week as we stage a massive benefit for Fort McMurray in Toronto on Thursday called “Bright Lights, Big Country”.

Dan + Shay dropped their new album Obsessed last Friday.  I had a chance to catch up with them last week while they were in Toronto on a promo tour.   The last time the boys were in town was when they played The Mod Club with Canaan Smith back in April of 2015.  I can remember that show and thinking there may have been 10 guys in the sold out club that night.  Fast forward 13 months and the they a new album and a boat load of summer festival dates lined up.

Corey hangin’ with Dan + Shay in Toronto

Corey Kelly / @CoreyKelly76

Wow..

So over the last couple weeks we have been working hand in hand with some of Canada’s leading music industry personel to put together one heck of a night in Toronto in support of the families in Fort McMurray that have lost everything.  Here are the details on what is sure to be a night to remember. 

Our friends over at Budweiser Gardens in London, ON, sure know how to throw a kick ass party on a Saturday night. Invite Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year winner, Jason Aldean, to bring his Six String Circus Tour to town with Thomas Rhett and A Thousand Horses, throw in some local country artists, rocking the parking lot before the show, and you have yourself one heck of a tailgate party.

Yesterday we had a chance to hang out with Thomas Rhett to discuss what it was like playing Boots and Hearts last summer.  We also chatted about who inspires him and we may have asked what social media outlet he likes to use most.  Check it out below.

We had a chance to have The Lovelocks cut a few songs for our Mason Jar Sessions a couple weeks ago at the CCMA “Country Bar of the Year” Boots & Bourbon.  Check out the ladies current single Home Sweet Home which they did a smashing job of.   Be sure to watch for our interview with the girls next Tuesday.