Shane Chisholm
February 21st, 2012 | Comments (0)
3 time CCMA Award winner Shane Chisholm has become a tour de force, performing around the globe sharing his passion for music and the ungentle art of show business, Be it BMX style acrobatic tricks on the Upright Gas Tank Bass to Chanting anthems back and forth with an unsuspecting audience Shane will have you at your attention from the beginning till the end.As well as writing, producing and performing Claresholm Alberta’s Shane Chisholm has been crafting his own musical instruments, his latest addition to his collection “Tank” an Upright Bass crafted from a Chevy Astro gas tank won CCMA Special Instrument of the Year 2010.
Shane’s most honorable experience was touring in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan in support our Canadian Forces.
Some Career highlights were being welcomed into Ole Publishing family with a single song publishing deal which was won at the 2009 CCMA awards and was also nominated along side of Corb Lund for CCMA Roots Artist three years running.
Chisholm’s Hitchhiking Buddha CD was distributed by Fontana North a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, nominated for Country Recording of the Year through the Western Canadian Music Awards and for Album Design of the Year from the Canadian Country Music Awards.
Shane profiled in The American Publication “Country Weekly Magazine” and received a 4 Star review in The UK’s Maverick Magazine
The sophomore release titled “No one came” will officially be released in Jan 2012.
Codie Prevost
February 14th, 2012 | Comments (2)
Hold onto your seats, it’s about to “Get Loud”. This two-time S.C.M.A. ‘Fans Choice Entertainer of the Year’ will deliver a performance guaranteed to knock your socks off. Building on the momentum from his first two award winning albums “The Road Ahead” (2005) and “Spin 6-PAK Vol. I” (2008), Codie Prevost has just launched his highly anticipated third album, “Get Loud”. An exciting change for Prevost this time around was having the opportunity to work with one of Canada’s top producers, Tom McKillip in Vancouver, who captured his unique style and sound. The lead off single/video “Rolling Back To You” climbed to the top 30 on the BDS chart and the video got heavy rotation on CMT. The 2nd single/video “Standing Still” has just been released to CMT/radio and is gaining momentum. With Main Stage performances at the Craven Country Fest, Manitoulin Country Fest, the Havelock Country Jamboree & Dauphin Countryfest already under his belt, 2011 promises to be an exciting year. Named “Countries newest sensation” by ET Canada Prevost has been invited to perform at Prairie Scene in Ottawa and will be making his European debut with a performance in France at the Country Bike Festival in Tours as part of the Canadian Country Music Night. His live performances consistently captivate his audiences, treating them to upbeat and feel-good singles like “Rolling Back To You”, “Next Weekend”, “Not Just The Beer Talkin” & “Spin”, named “Country Song of the Year” at the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards to sincere ballads including “Call Me When You Get There”, and the infamous tear jerker “I’m Okay”. Gracing the stage with boundless energy and passion, and conveyed with a genuine and non-assuming presence, Codie Prevost has been a much sought-after act ever since he kick started his music career in 2005. So amp up your 2011 by checking out Codie Prevost and his “GET LOUD TOUR”!!!!
Jo Hikk
February 7th, 2012 | Comments (0)
Jo Hikk is a Canadian country music group founded in Calgary, Alberta. This four-piece band is composed of brothers Kelly Sitter (lead vocals, bass guitar) and Kenny Sitter (guitar, ganjo, vocals), Al Doell (drums, vocals) and Don Jorgensen (keyboards, mandolin). Their first album, Ride, was re-released in early 2009. The first single, “Closer”, was originally recorded by Thrasher Shiver in 1996 and was a single for Susan Ashton in 1999. It was followed by “Pimp My Tractor.” Jo Hikk’s third single, “Sweet City Woman”, was previously a hit for several other artists, including The Stampeders, Johnny Carver and Ray Griff.
Jo Hikk’s second album, The Game, was released in August 2010. A music video was shot on location in Toronto with Warren P. Sonoda for the first single, “The Big Spoon”.
Aaron Pritchett
January 31st, 2012 | Comments (0)
Aaron Pritchett (born August 2, 1970 Terrace, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian country music singer. He was born in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Pritchett got his start as a DJ at Rooster’s Country Cabaret bar in Pitt Meadows, BC, and played in a house band performing cover tunes. Pritchett co-writes much of his own material and he eventually put together some independently produced songs and released a couple of CDs. Since 2002, local radio station JRfm has picked up Pritchett’s songs. His exposure has also grown with a number of videos getting airplay on CMT Canada.
He is signed to 604 Records, production company of Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger.
Pritchett most recently toured Western Canada with Toby Keith and fellow 604 Record artist Jessie Farrell this fall to promote his album, Thankful, which was released on September 9, 2008. He also released His newest album “In the Drivers Seat” on November 9th 2010 with Decibel Records.
Sean Hogan
January 25th, 2012 | Comments (0)
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Indefatigable, compelling, evocative, persuasive, all ways to describe the career, voice and music of Sean Hogan. It’s been more than 15 years since his self-titled debut album, “Sean Hogan”. With a current total now of 5 albums released in Canada and within a few months his 6th full length album; Sean’s challenge at his shows has been a good problem to have, asking himself “what won’t he play in a typical 75 to 90 minute show”? In his homeland of Canada, Hogan has more than once been called the “dark horse” contender, and it’s a title Sean has grown comfortable with. The new album “Phoenix” was delayed by several months when Hogan in August of 2011 was diagnosed with a form or neck or oral pharyngeal cancer which was masked in his right tonsil after a double bout of tonsillitis in the spring and then after feeling an energy dropout in mid summer Hogan sought out further medical specialist’s examination and upon being given the dire straits diagnosis he prepared for a rigours of radiation and chemo treatment in mid October which ended in late November. Hogan however is back and feeling better every day. This is a curable cancer says Hogan, and “I’m not gonna spend the next few years looking over my shoulder”. Now with EMI Canada distribution visa vi 306 Records Sean’s newest collection is set for release by mid March. Hogan says his new album is heavily influenced by the soul injected music he has enjoyed his whole life and Hogan jokes I could have called this album “Soul-dier On!” after what I’ve recently been through! – likely to please fans, and industry alike and quite possibly joining his critically acclaimed previous releases in setting a new fresh point of departure for his stylistically divergent multi genre inflected sound. In May of 2011 Hogan received yet another top 10 hit in Canada with the official first single from Phoenix called “Travel Plans”. To think Hogan at first questioned whether to include this playful and charming track wondering if it might seem to whimsical for radio. He’s glad he stuck to his guns once again. [read more]
