Having spent over half my life in Northern Ontario seeing this week’s all-star announcement by the Stars and Thunder International Fireworks & Music Festival got me very excited!
HOT Mid Summer Festival Recap…
So it has been a red hot summer thus far in terms of Festivals we have covered since June 1st. Not just hot shows but the weather has been smokin’ for most of them. I though I might take a shot at a mid summer festival recap and just do a quick review on where we have been so far in this jam filled summer of 2016.
CMT Music Fest – May 2-4 Ticket Deal…
If you don’t already have your tickets to what should be one of the best festivals this summer in Ontario here is your chance.
Day Two at 2015 Manitoulin Countryfest
Manitoulin Countryfest is situated five minutes from the village of Little Current which is accessible via the swing bridge, the one we passed on the Songwriters Cruise at noon, south of Espanola and southwest of Sudbury. Therefore, all the necessities of life, including several good restaurants, are readily available. We chose Chinese food to fortify us for a return to the Countryfest site for Day Two’s shows which started at 6pm.
Tom Cochrane @ Massey Hall
A couple weeks back I posted a review on Florida Georgia Line in Kingston and how Friday nights may never be the same. Well last night walking into Massey Hall in Toronto there was just this feeling of something special hanging in the air.
Kemptville is Hosting it’s First Live Music Festival
This just in… Tom Cochrane, The Road Hammers and Murray McLauchlan will be headlining The 1st Kemptville Live Music Festival. The brand new festival presented by The Finishing Touch Construction Inc. is three days of country, rock, blues, R&B, Folk and Roots Music. The festival runs July 24 – 26th and supporting acts include Steve Hill, Angel Forrest, Silver Creek, Brea Lawrenson, Valdy, Lynn Miles with Keith Glass, and Maria Hawkins. More acts will be added to the list as we get closer to the festival.
Mattawa’s Voyageur Days lineup is complete!
One of my all-time favourite summer festivals, Mattawa Voyageur Days, announced the remaining acts for their already stellar 2015 line-up.
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.
Little Sunday Afternoon Hang…
Canadian Music Icon Tom Cochrane has a new album hitting the street this month. Here is his first single off the much anticipated #takeithome. It’s called “Sunday Afternoon Hang…”
CMT Hit Exchange
So last night I made a point to watch something I have been meaning to watch for the last month or so. I was pretty vocal on social media in Sept and Oct of 2014 saying that Canada needed to step up and put a CMT Crossroads thing together with some of Canada’s amazing talent in both Rock & Country.
