by JamesM | Jun 28, 2024 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
Where saltwater folk meets flower power country you’ll find Shiretown, a cosmically inspired trio with roots deep in Nova Scotia’s music scene. Bandmates Jess Favaro, Greg Favaro, and Betsy MacDonald groove with three-part harmonies, lush guitars, and heartfelt...
by JamesM | Jun 28, 2024 | Promos
CALLIE MCCULLOUGH SOARS WITH CELTIC-INSPIRED FOLK SONG “GREAT BIG SKY” With a nod to her Celtic roots, Stratford, Ontario singer/songwriter Callie McCullough plants a firm foot in the folk realm with her new single “Great Big Sky,” an ethereal...
by JamesM | Jun 28, 2024 | Festivals & Events
DJ SNAKE, TIËSTO, GIMS, ZEDD, LOUD LUXURY, SUBTRONICS, IDRIS ELBA, WOOLI AND MORE! îLESONIQ presented by Bell, Canada’s premiere dance music festival, celebrates nine years of moving the masses with a non-stop party featuring many of the world’s top DJs and...
by JamesM | Jun 27, 2024 | Festivals & Events, Zoomies
Willie Stratton has proven time and again that he can dive into any of rock ‘n’ roll’s various iterations — heartsick blues, twanged-up country, hip-shaking rockabilly, groovy surf, anything and everything in between — and emerge, again, as a maestro of the style. His...
by JamesM | Jun 27, 2024 | Promos
Runes For One More: Zep Revival Act MR. JIMMY Summons The Spirit Of ’73 In Toronto For 3 August Nights Sometimes the song really does remain the same—all the way down to the last wildly bent guitar note and subtle rustle of a satin jacket against a 1959 Les...
by | Jun 27, 2024 | Passport
SantanaJune 27, 2024Bud Stage, Toronto, ONCanadian Beats Passport Latin rock legend Carlos Santana and his band stopped by The Budweiser Stage on his Oneness Tour. Their set was mastery on display, drawing from his vast catalogue of music that included his work from...
by | Jun 27, 2024 | Promos
Newfoundland Duo ARTACH Put A Black Metal Tinge On Industrial w/ New Video “Frozen Factory”. New EP “Sgrios” Out July 2024 From the frost-bitten depths of Newfoundland, Canada, black metal duo ARTACH return this summer to present their...
by | Jun 26, 2024 | Passport, Uncategorized
Snoop Dogg, Warren G, DJ Quick, Merkules Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC June 25, 2024 Canadian Beats Passport On Tuesday night, Snoop Dogg hit Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, for the last date of his Cali To Canada Tour. He delivered a night filled with West Coast...
by | Jun 26, 2024 | Promos
LEIF VOLLEBEKK SHARES POIGNANT BALLAD, “SOUTHERN STAR” Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leif Vollebekk reveals “Southern Star” a poignant ballad as his second single, including backing vocals by Australian singer-songwriter Angie McMahon and steel...
by | Jun 26, 2024 | Festivals & Events
Featuring Shania Twain, The Beaches & Loud LuxuryJune 15, 2024Stanley Cup Finals I held off writing this review hoping to be able to boast about the Edmonton Oilers’ ferocious comeback to win the Stanley Cup, but as fate would have it, we lost an incredibly...