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Pemberton Music Festival Wraps Up Its Third Consecutive Year and Shatters All Previous Attendance Records

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Pemberton Music Festival Wraps Up Its Third Consecutive Year and Shatters All Previous Attendance Records
Fans across North America and fifteen countries around the world arrived by the thousands to enjoy four days and four nights of music, comedy, a festive camping environment, and scenic shuttle rides to and from Whistler for the third installment of Pemberton Music Festival.   Double rainbows and one of the world’s most majestic settings welcomed approximately 45,000 fans per... Read More

COLD CREEK COUNTY PETERBOROUGH MUSICFEST

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COLD CREEK COUNTY PETERBOROUGH MUSICFEST
COLD CREEK COUNTY PETERBOROUGH MUSICFEST DEL CRARY PARK SAT JULY 16 2016 By Keith Sharp It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for Brighton’s Cold Creek County as they’ve criss-crossed the dominion, performing at major Country Music festivals. From Dauphin Manitoba, CCC played at the Cavendish Music Fest in Prince Edward Island, Kitchener’s CMT Music Fest, and the Calgary Stampede... Read More

SHAWN MENDES SET TO ILLUMINATE NEW RECORD

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SHAWN MENDES SET TO ILLUMINATE NEW RECORD
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HEADLINING SHOW & SPECIAL ALBUM EVENT ANNOUNCED FOR SEPTEMBER 10 06 JULY 2016 (Toronto, ON) – Singer-songwriter and multi-platinum recording artist Shawn Mendes’ highly-anticipated sophomore album, Illuminate, will be released September 23 via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The album, featuring current hit single “Treat You Better” is available for pre-order now at shawnmendesofficial.com... Read More

Haverock Revival Brings The Thunder

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Haverock Revival Brings The Thunder
The First Annual Haverock Revival Festival kicked into full effect this past weekend (July 8/9) in Havelock, Ontario at the Havelock Jamboree Grounds — braving ever changing weather from heat and humidity to an incredible light show from Mother Nature on Friday night. Bringing a change from the annual Country Music event that happens later this summer, the Revival brought... Read More

NEW FACES – THE DAMN TRUTH – RELEASE NEW ALBUM “DEVILISH FOLK”

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NEW FACES – THE DAMN TRUTH – RELEASE NEW ALBUM “DEVILISH FOLK”
  BAND TO RELEASE VIDEO OF “LOVE IS BLINDNESS” FOLLOWING PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO YVES SAINT LAURENT COMMERCIAL   SUMMER/FALL 2016 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED BAND PERFORMS JULY 30 AT OSHEAGA     Montreal, July 7, 2016. If you haven’t already, you’re going to hear Montreal’s The Damn Truth soon. And even if you have, you’re about to hear them with... Read More

Gowan Live At The Peterborough Rock Fest

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Gowan Live At The Peterborough Rock Fest
Lawrence Gowan Wednesday July 6th 2016 Del Crary Park Peterborough On. By Ted Van Boort Considering that he’s been a key vocalist/keyboardist  with Chicago mega stars Styx since 1999, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that before Lawrence Gowan replaced Dennis DeYoung with Styx, he boasted a pretty impressive solo career. We are fortunately reminded of his solo prowess when Gowan... Read More

Dolly Parton Announces Canadian Dates To Promote New Sony Release

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Dolly Parton Announces Canadian Dates To Promote New Sony Release
      Toronto, Ontario – July 7, 2016 – Today, world-renowned singer/songwriter/entertainer Dolly Partonand Sony Music Nashville announced a joint venture and the launch of Dolly’s new studio album,Pure & Simple, for worldwide distribution on August 19. Releasing on Dolly Records/RCA Nashville,Pure & Simple can be pre-ordered starting Friday, July 8. “I may not be pure, but I’m as... Read More

Haverock Fulfills A Legacy

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Haverock Fulfills A Legacy
Performing on the festivals twin stages, a who's who of Canadian and U.S classic rock acts covering the past four decades will assemble this weekend. Featured acts include George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and Canned Heat from the States plus mega Canadian icons such as Loverboy, Trooper, Chilliwack and Kim Mitchell. Read More

Award-Winning Rapper Classified Releases New Video For Hard To Understand

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Award-Winning Rapper Classified Releases New Video For Hard To Understand
Juno Award-winning rapper Classified boasts over 25 million views of his videos on Youtube, has recorded fruitful collaborations with a number of the most respected figures in hip hop culture including Snoop Dogg, Raekwon, Brother Ali, Joe Budden, RA The Rugged Man, Atmosphere and DJ Premier, and consistently sells out his own headlining tours. Classified also holds the distinction of having recorded... Read More

IAN THOMAS: ORCHESTAL PROJECT HELD IN CZECH

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IAN THOMAS: ORCHESTAL PROJECT HELD IN CZECH
By Keith Sharp In June 2014, Ian Thomas donated his musical archives to his alma mater, Hamilton’s McMaster University. In appreciation of Thomas’s donation, Hamilton saxophonist Darcy Hepner staged a concert in which a couple of Thomas’s key compositions were performed by a small orchestral string section.  The response was so positive that Thomas, Hepner (whose father Lee, founded the... Read More

Studio Bell Open For Business

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Studio Bell Open For Business
Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre (NMC), is ready to welcome the world as the country’s first national cultural institution dedicated to celebrating music in Canada. Studio Bell, designed by Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture, is a new state-of-the-art institution in the heart of Calgary’s East Village. Encompassing 160,000-square-feet of new construction, the building’s design was inspired by the... Read More

2016 MusiCounts Fred Sherratt Award Recipients Announced

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2016 MusiCounts Fred Sherratt Award Recipients Announced
Toronto, ON – MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), hosted an intimate tour in Toronto yesterday to fête the 2016 Fred Sherratt Award recipients who exhibit extraordinary talent, leadership, prowess and potential in the music industry. This year’s celebrations included a visit to Universal Music Canada; a tour of the SOCAN offices, the... Read More

ROAD HAMMERS: CREATING A FESTIVAL FEVER!‏

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ROAD HAMMERS: CREATING A FESTIVAL FEVER!‏
By Keith Sharp  Check out this summer’s Country music concert festival schedule and you will no doubt see the name of Hamilton Ontario’s Road Hammers featured on the majority of key event programs. From Swift Current’s Frontier Days July 1st until the Country Fest in Murillo Ontario August 19th, Messer’s Jason McCoy (guitar/vocals), Clayton Bellamy (guitar/vocals) and bassist Chris Byrne... Read More

Peterborough MusicFest Celebrates 30 Years Of Free Music

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Peterborough MusicFest Celebrates 30 Years Of Free Music
By Keith Sharp Considering the Peterborough Musicfest will be celebrating 30 years of free music when the festival launches its 2016 season Saturday June 25th with a performance by former local Millbrook resident Serena Ryder, you’d think a virtual army of people would be involved in staging this 19-concert extravaganza which runs every Wednesday and Saturday at this city’s scenic... Read More