Photos by: Orest Dorosh – The second and final day of the 2016 CMT Music Fest featured performances by Juno Award-winning heartland rock singer-songwriter Tom Cochrane, who is best known for his hits “Life Is a Highway”, “Lunatic Fringe”, “Human Race”, and “I Wish You Well”, and who released his newest album, Take it Home, his first new material since 2006, … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Summerfest 2016 in Milwaukee on July 8th featured performances by Denver-based pop-rock band The Fray, who released their fourth album, Helios, on February 25th, 2014 via Epic, which spawned the singles “Love Don’t Die”, “Hurricane”, and “Break Your Plans”, California-based indie rock band Young The Giant, who will release their third album, Home of the Strange, … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – South African alt-rock band Kongos, who released their third album, Egomaniac, on June 10th, 2016 via Epic, which followed up their 2012 album, Lunatic, which was a re-issued on February 25th, 2014, and which featured the singles “I’m Only Joking”, “Come With Me Now”, and “I Want to Know”, performed at the Velvet … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Indie pop singer-songwriter Phoebe Ryan, who released her debut EP, Mine, on June 9th, 2015 via Columbia, which contains two previously released songs, “Mine” and “Dead”, and the first song she released as an artist, “Ignition/Do You”, a mashup of R. Kelly’s “Ignition” and Miguel’s “Do You…”, performed at the Drake Hotel in … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Day one of the 2016 CMT Music Fest featured performances by country music singer-songwriter Andrew Hyatt, who released his debut EP, Never Back Down, on September 25th, 2015, country music duo Brothers Osborne, who released their debut album, Pawn Shop, on January 15th, 2016 via EMI Nashville, which included the singles “Rum”, “Stay a Little … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Summerfest 2016 in Milwaukee on July 6th featured performances by alt-rock band Garbage, who released their sixth album, Strange Little Birds, on June 10th, 2016, which followed up their 2012 album, Not Your Kind of People, which marked the return of the band after a seven-year hiatus, German pop/folk/rock duo Milky Chance, who released their debut … Continue reading
Photos by: Janine Wong – LA-based indie folk quintet Lord Huron, who released their second album, Strange Trails, on April 7th, 2015 via Iamsound, which followed up their 2012 debut LP, Lonesome Dreams, and which debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 23, and Folk Albums at No. 1, and No. 10 on the Top Album Sales chart, performed at … Continue reading
Photos by: Brandon Newfield – Grammy-winning alt rock band Weezer, who released their tenth album, The White Album, on April 1st, 2016 via Atlantic, which followed up their 2014 album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, performed at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last night with Las Vegas-based pop-punk trio Panic! At The Disco, who released their fifth album, Death … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@AngelMarchini) – R&B/Soul singer-songwriter Maxwell, who released his fifth album, BlackSUMMERS’night, on July 1st, 2016 via Columbia, which featured the single “Lake by the Ocean”, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Justin Roth – Swedish indie pop/rock band Peter Bjorn And John, who released their seventh album, Breakin’ Point, on June 10th, 2016 via INGRID/Warner Sweden/Kobalt, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night.