Blues and classic rock fans were in for a treat on Saturday night in Ottawa. MonkeyJunk, April Wine, and officer of the order of Canada Tom Cochrane were on the impressive roster.
Jake Owen, Tom Cochrane and Tim Hicks lead lineup for 2017 Lucknow Music in the Fields
The much anticipated lineup for the 2017 edition of Lucknow Music in the Fields was announced this morning. Leading the 2017 lineup are Jake Owen, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider and Tim Hicks.
Tom Cochrane & Red Rider bring Mad Mad World Tour to Ottawa
The lighting was stellar, the sound was amazing and the performance was no less than what you would expect from someone as big as Tom Cochrane and his Mad Mad World Tour. Even the opening act, Meghan Patrick was most welcoming.
Manitoulin Country Fest hosting some of country’s biggest names!
Manitoulin Country Fest logo
We’ve been having a lot of discussion about Boots and Hearts over the past few weeks but there’s another country music festival happening in Ontario this weekend and Sound Check’s Mary-Rae Knapp will be on-site all weekend along with Anita James Bell who will be helping us out on the photography side of things. The festival is Manitoulin Country Fest and starting this Thursday it will play host to some of the biggest names in Canadian Country Music.
A Conversation with Tom Cochrane
It was 1994, and I was packing up and heading to Europe to spend 6 months backpacking and finding myself. As an 18-year-old Canadian I proudly donned the Canadian Flag on my bag and trekked the European countryside with only two cassette tapes to keep me company. Both were Canadian albums of course, as I couldn’t imagine not having a piece of Canadiana with me as I made memories that have lasted a lifetime. One of those cassettes was Mad Mad World by Tom Cochrane. As a young Canuck heading out for the first time on my own, it was Tom’s voice that created the soundtrack to my first life changing experience as a young man. It was this album that made me feel like I never left the back roads of the Ottawa Valley.
