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Friday, 22 December 2023 10:42

Dean Brody

Multi-platinum, iconic Canadian artist Dean Brody is celebrating the biggest years of his career. No country artist has owned the Canadian “Live” stage more than Dean in recent years with three national arena tours (2 breaking national ticket sale records), an acoustic national tour and as the only Canadian country artist to hold a 7-year residency at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage. 

Not one to ever slow down, Brody has been busy setting records and marking major career milestones. 2021 saw the acclaimed artist land his sixth and seventh number ones at Canadian country radio on back-to-back duets with his history-making track “Boys” feat. country music’s fastest rising star Mickey Guyton and “More Drinkin’ Than Fishin’” with labelmate Jade Eagleson. He also secured his 18th CCMA Award, landing the “Top Selling Canadian Single” with his #1 track feat. The Reklaws, “Can’t Help Myself.” He kicked off 2022 by earning a JUNO Awards nomination for Country Album of the Year and securing his first TRIPLE-PLATINUM single with “Bring Down The House,” making him only the second artist in Canadian history to ever achieve this status on a single. He also landed his eighth #1 with his single “Where’d You Learn How to Do That.” Brody celebrated these moments with fans throughout the year with headlining stops across the country including Budweiser Stage (Toronto), Festival Country Lotbinière and Dauphin Country Fest, a 10-night residency at the Calgary Stampede as well as a show in his hometown of Fort Steele with the NHLPA.

A passionate storyteller and unmatched lyricist, Dean has risen and continues to remain at the top of the Canadian country landscape with an impressive 34 Top-10 singles (including 8 #1’s), 18 CCMA Awards, 2 JUNOs, more than 425+ million global streams and numerous gold and platinum certified singles (including 1 triple platinum and 3 double platinum). Only Shania Twain has more Canadian streams than Dean when looking at Canadian country artists “lifetime” results.

While a consistently celebrated entertainer, Dean also dedicates a large part of his life to philanthropic efforts through his charity, The Dean Brody Foundation.  To continue his foundations’ mission, Dean has recently entered into a partnership with International Justice Mission (IJM), a global organization that shares the core values and goals of The Dean Brody Foundation. Working together to prevent violence and exploitation before it happens, the multi-year partnership with IJM will provide Dean the opportunity to work as an IJM Canada Ambassador and highlight his decade-long fight for justice on a global scale.

Multiple award-winning, Montreal-based Singer/Songwriter Dawn Tyler Watson has earned her place among the International Blues elite. Her fiery stage presence and soul-stirring performances have garnered her national and worldwide recognition.

With two recent Maple Blues Awards; Songwriter of the Year, and Best Album/Producer, she was also nominated by the Blues Foundation in Memphis for a 2020 Blues Music Award for Vocalist of the Year alongside greats like Curtis Salgado & Mavis Staples. Her latest record “Mad Love,” was awarded the 2020 JUNO award for Blues Album of the Year!

Add this to the six MBA’s she already has, the nine Quebec Lys Blues Awards, a Screaming Jay Hawkins Award for Live Performance, a Blues Blast Music Award for Female Vocalist of the year, and you’ve got a decorated and consummate performer

Since hooking up with a 7-piece killer band fronted by award-winning guitarist Ben Racine, Watson’s star has been on the rise. Taking home the coveted first-place prize at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2017, she’s been spinning magical moments on stage and sharing her expressive voice across four continents with shows that truly move the spirit.

With a sound that’s infused with Jazz, Soul, Rock, and Gospel, Watson pushes the boundaries of traditional Blues into a whole new dimension.

Friday, 31 March 2023 16:45

RedFox

RedFox was formed when folk duo Jono Townsend and Tim Loten relocated to Montreal and joined up with vocalist/fiddle virtuoso Daphnee Vandal. After months of honing their sound and rehearsing in apartment living rooms, the band had a vision, but was having difficulty finding their missing piece. They were determined and it was time to expand. Hoping to achieve a broader, more dynamic sound, the trio reached out to experienced metal drummer and long-time university friend Neumann to join on drums, as well as prog-rock bassist Sam Robinson to complete the outfit. Their sound was transformed into the ambient high-energy experience that we come to know as RedFox, who retain their acoustic roots while also exploring and blending more electric sounds. The group can trace their influences back to bands such as Phoebe Bridgers, Half Moon Run, and Radiohead.

Since its birth, the band has put forth two EPs, one single and a full-length album entitled Stranger Love. The first self-titled EP features "Calling Out", a high energy single juxtaposed with a much more vulnerable side of the band in a track called "A Song for the Little Ones". The second, Recovery, released in 2019 which features "Breaking Down", "Hurry Up" and finishes with their powerful and emotional track "Stay". Their single "Better Now" was released in February 2020 on all online platforms, with an accompanying music video that was filmed in the iconic Brockville railway tunnel. With support from the Canada Council for the Arts, RedFox released their first debut full-length album in October 2021, and have been looking forward to bringing it overseas to the United Kingdom for the first time in June 2023!

Friday, 31 March 2023 16:29

Eddy and the Stingrays

Formed in 1980, Eddy and the Stingrays celebrate their 43rd consecutive year in 2023, a milestone anniversary for a band billed as "Canada's Top 50's and 60's Rock And Roll Attraction"!!

But these 4 guys bring so much more than just that to stages all over Ontario, Quebec, Alberta as well as Mexico, Dominican Republic and Jamaica, also mixing in a non-stop repertoire that includes hits and show-stoppers from the 70's, 80's and beyond!!

With a combination of costumes, choreography and a never-ending abundance of energy, they literally stop at nothing to bring fans "Entertainment with a capital E" with their infectious energy !! Fairs, Festivals, Corporate events, Resorts and more, you name it, and they've been there, done that, leaving in their wake an ever-growing fan base, both old and new !!

Fun,Fun,Fun is what's in store at every Eddy and the Stingrays show, where it's shoulder to shoulder on the dance floor !! With the band's trademark "Pink" themed stage attire and matching seafoam green guitars, the second they hit the stage, it's a non-stop "party" for young and old alike !!

So, as Eddy says, "Let's Do This" !!

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