Edmonton Happenings

Edmonton's summer fair and festival, K-Days, started off with a taste of country on its first 3 days with the first ever K-days Rodeo and 3 days of Country Music all included with entry to the fair.

The first show on Friday night, put together 2 country acts JoJo Mason, and Uncle Kracker.

JoJo Mason Performs at K-days on Day 1

JoJo Mason, a Canadian Country music artist from Regina, Saskatchewan, and a true Canadian boy, pursuing a career in Hockey, when that dream came to a screeching halt when an injury to his back,  killing everything he had dreamed about in his future. In a strange turn of events, when JoJo walked into a Christmas party with a bottle of good ole' moonshine.  That bottle would later be the subject of one of his co-writes with Dan Swiminer, had it not the idea of becoming a singer would not have come up and Dan wouldn't have considered JoJo as a country artist.


Fast forward, 4 years and JoJo has 4 top twenty singles, in 2017 he has been nominated for the CCMA rising star award.  They say things happen for a reason and JoJo Mason shows that that couldn't be more true, when he looks back.  It has been a trip as he would say but he hasn't reached the final destination and I can guarantee you that he has only just passed the first station.  His show could have easily been the headliner as he put it all out there.




 Uncle Kracker

Uncle Kracker at K-days in Edmonton

Friday night Artist number 2 was Uncle Kracker, a former rapper and disc spinner with a little

Uncle Kracker at K-days

unknown named "Kid Rock" and his band "Twisted Brown Trucker", it wasn't until after his second album was released and a meeting with the legendary Kenny Chesney and the opportunity to appear on a single by Kenny "when the sun goes down".   It wasn't until 2009 that he would have his first solo single hit the country charts "Smile" breaking top 10 in September 2009.

Having been out of the spotlight since his last album in 2012, Uncle Kracker appears to be reinvigorating his career with a big tour and the hint of some new songs in the making.  Although I would say his show wasn't of the same excitement as that of JoJo.



Saturday July 22nd Day-2

Saturday brings some of the biggest Canadian country music artists to the stage, TEBEY and Cold Creek County.  Both are eating up the Canadian Country Music charts, and nominated for their fair share of Canadian Country Music awards.

TEBEY
Tebey is not only a country singer but a very prolific song writer, having written for artists such as Big N Rich, One Direction, FLO RIDA and co-writes for artists such as Celine Dion, Back Street Boys,  Beyonce and Danity Kane.

Tebey is nominated for 2 2017 Country Music of Ontario awards, Male artist of the year and Fan's Choice.

Tebey

Tebey

Tebey

 Tebey put on a great show covering not only his own recorded music but also those songs he also wrote.  Tebey is definitely going to leave a mark on the industry.  He is certainly not done putting it all out there and his ability to portray the songs on stage, he made the start of the night enjoyable and surprising.

Cold Creek County

Josh Lester

Brandon Scott

Justin Lester

Trevor MacLeod

If you haven't heard them, then you have missed out on a great experience, these guys are exuberant on stage and put it all out there.  When you consider that they have really only been around the country music scene for 4 years, they have already made there mark having toured with Dallas Smith, Emerson Drive, Kira Isabella, and Jason Blaine.

They are the next sensation to nail it in country music and don't be surprised if they cross the border and make it big their as well, they are the future of Canadian Country music and they certainly know how to put on a show.

Doug Oliver

 The show is interactive and keeps you on your toes, all the while wanting you to get on the dance floor and kick up the the boots.


Tebey's Facebook page
Cold Creek County Webpage Facebook
JoJo Mason Webpage facebook
Uncle Kracker Web Page Facebook