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Jeffrey Wright – The Journey to the Big Stage The Purple Hill Country Opry is located just 2 miles North of Hwy #2 on Purple Hill Road, near Thorndale, Ontario. Opry shows are on the first Sunday of every month, featuring great Canadian talent from Country Music Hall of Famers and Top Recording Artists, to Juno Award winners and [...] Adrian V Date:26 September 2026 . Across The Tracks 00:00:00 Ar...

Mike Haggith w/ Brandan Glew & Elly McWatters – Under A Moonlit Sky Under A Moonlit Sky is Mike Haggith’s 53rd canon solo release, and first-ever full-length, full band live album. Recorded at the Sault Downtown Plaza in Sault Ste Marie on the evening of September 25, 2025, the band’s set was comprised entirely of original material, largely sourced from Haggith’s four 2020s-era [...

Ray Bonneville – On The Blind Side while the old man who would need forgiving  trampled what love there might’ve been I was telling myself I would come away clean  what was it I just couldn’t see on the blind side on the blind side what couldn’t I see on the blind side On The Blind Side [...] Adrian V Date:9 September 2026 . Across The Tracks 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 the...

Ray Bonneville Ray Bonneville has taken a long and imaginative path in a remarkable music career that has taken him all over North America and Europe. Playing in his signature style and voice, Ray’s impressive catalogue reflects a keen eye for interesting characters and the common struggles we all face in everyday [...] Adrian V Date:1 September 2026 . Across The Tracks 00:00:00 Arts & Enter...

Barry Keane of the Lightfoot Band Barry Keane is a drummer/percussionist and toured with Gordon Lightfoot for over 47 years. He was born in Philadelphia, PA and currently lives in Unionville, Ontario, Canada. Barry is a former record executive and has been a studio musician for the past 55 years. His recording studio credits include such [...] Adrian V Date:25 August 2026 . Across The Tracks 00:00...

John Allaire – On Summer ’26 Stay-Cation Canadian Tour Playing an average of 150+ shows per year around the world, John Allaire is easily one of Canada’s top independent road warriors. In fact, he recently celebrated his 3,000th career show with a series of sold out concerts in 2024. John has won many awards, including the Americana Songwriters’ Association award [...] Adrian V Date:13 August...

Kyle McKey – The eMTee’s and Before Kyle McKey riffs on a career that has spanned over 20 years already. From his very early start in The Family Band, with his father Fred and brother Dean, to his solo work fresh out of Korah Collegiate’s outstanding music program, Kyle laid a solid foundation. Veteran local players saw [...] Adrian V Date:13 August 2026 . Across The Tracks 00:00:00 Arts & E...

Matthew James – Good Talk Matthew James is a Sault Ste. Marie-based songwriter and musician, originally from Uxbridge, Ontario. Good Talk is a work that took a few years to arrive at, a 4-song EP that is officially Matthew’s first release. His lyrical sensibility and style has been meticulously crafted through theatrical story-telling, as well [...] Adrian V Date:6 August 2026 . Across The T...

Wax Mannequin – The Red Brain Visit: waxmannequin.bandcamp.com Wax Mannequin is the stage name of Chris Adeney, a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. His style has been described as “a hybrid of Bruce Cockburn and Frank Zappa”, “Tom Waits and Type O Negative jamming on the early Beatles catalogue”, and “Rheostatics via Savatage”. Carl Wilson of The [...] Adri...

Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets – Sault Ste. Marie and the Last of the True Believers Kevin Bowe is a writer/producer/mixer/musician from Minneapolis. He has written songs on 3 platinum records and 2 Grammy winning albums working with Courtney Hadwin, Jonah Marais, Quinn Sullivan, Johnny Lang, The Replacements, Etta James, Joe Cocker, Paul Westerberg, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 3 Dog Night, Lynyrd Sky...

Brandon Agnew – Night Shadows > Volume 1 Brandon Agnew is a Niagara based musician who released his first EP in 2010, NOLA. Since then, two full-length albums have been issued, Mave’s Variety and Aquarius Moon. And in 2026, Night Shadows – Volume 1, a collection of ten songs cut in Agnew’s signature blues’n’jazz fusion. Brandon leads two [...] Adrian V Date:2 July 202...

Willie Johnston of Those Lights – Future Memories Willie Johnston fronts the North Bay, Ontario based rock trio, Those Lights. The current band members are Jared Dorkis on bass, Dave White on drums and Willie Johnston on guitar and vocals. The band plays straight ahead rock’n’roll that fits shoulder to shoulder alongside the classic sound of the genre’s [...] Adrian V Date:28 Jun...

Trevor Tchir – What Fools Endure What Fools Endure is the sixth album from Canadian singer-songwriter Trevor Tchir, a tasty blend of folk, rock, blues, and country, delivered with both humour and gravitas. Several of the songs explore what fools endure in matters of the heart, including “Hope,” “Too Much To Lose,” “Drumheller,” and “Favourite Dreams,” [...] Adrian V Date:25 June 2026 . Across The...

Zach Bury – Live At Odd Fellows Zach Bury hit the stage on a Saturday night in January 2026 to a sold-out performance at the Oddfellows Hall in his hometown of Ste. Catharines, Ontario. Already a fixture in the live Niagara region music scene, the young, emerging artist took this occasion to get his music professionally recorded [...] Adrian V Date:20 June 2026 . Across The Tracks 00:00:00 Arts &...

Tom Wilson – Tehohåhake (Two Roads) Tom Wilson Tehohåhake (Two Roads) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, famed storyteller and visual artist. In his memoir, Beautiful Scars, published by Penguin/Random House, Wilson reveals the impact of discovering his indigenous heritage. Musically, Wilson is best known for his work with Blackie & The Rodeo Kings and Lee Harvey [...] Adrian V Date:17 June 2...

JW-JONES – Everything Now Billboard Top 10 Blues Artist, 2020 IBC Winner, and JUNO Nominee, Canadian singer/guitaristJW-Jones is known for his high-energy shows! After winning “Best Guitarist” at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Jonesstarted working on his 12th release ‘Everything Now’, an all-original project with special guestJimmie Vaughan, and production by Gordie...

James Gordon – Emergency Climate Musical Visit: jamesgordon.ca In 2024 for this podcast, James Gordon, spoke in depth about his insightful 2020 album and project, Emergency Climate Musical. A long-time environmentalist, social commentator and concerned man of action, James Gordon continues to record and release important messages through great folk songs. James Gordon’s Emergency Climate Mus...

Sandra Bouza – The Stage Is The World Most of the music we listen to never really gets under our skin. As pleasant and catchy as it may be, it skims along the surface, like a stone skipping across water. Every now and then, if we are really lucky, we encounter an artist like Sandra Bouza who gets [...] Adrian V Date:22 April 2026 . Across The Tracks 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBor...

Kim Churchill – Shows The Joy In The Work “…I’ve been living in the back of a camper van playing gigs and chasing this crazy dream. I grew up in a small town on the east coast of Australia called Merimbula. We’re mainly known for Surfing, Oysters and Whale Watching. I started busking at local farmers markets when I [...] Adrian V Date:10 April 2026 . Across The Tracks 00:00:00 Arts & E...