George Canyon News

Members of the band the Barenaked Ladies arrive on the red carpet for the JUNO Awards in Vancouver, Sunday, March 29, 2009.

The first thing a Canadian country musician admitted during his interview with The Citizen is that he wears his heart on his sleeve, and for him, music has always been a sincere expression of that.

There is plenty of excitement brewing for the upcoming country concert featuring American superstar Alan Jackson.

All George Canyon wanted to be when he was a youngster was a pilot. He dreamed of it, he longed for it - and, at age 14, the dream came to an end when his doctor told him the juvenile diabetes he had just been diagnosed with meant he'd never be in charge in the cockpit.

Erica Sutherland holds on to the George Canyon trophy for the top fundraiser for the Pictou County Walk to Cure Diabetes.

Damn the recession, it's full steam ahead for a series of country music acts heading to Red Deer.

Canadian country star George Canyon will hit the stage at the King's Wharf Theatre next week as part of his "What I Do" tour.

Canada's best and brightest country stars will be converging on Vancouver tonight, bringing their cowboy boots, oversized belt buckles, sequined shirts and old-fashioned, no-nonsense charm to GM Place for the 2009 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

Summer fun doesn't really have to end. September is jammed with choices and colour, familiar faces and new ones, too.

Vancouver is hosting this yeara s Country Music Week from Sept. 10 to 13 featuring four days of showcases, seminars, industry events, musical performances and the star-studded CCMA Awards.

" When Randy Travis stepped onto the stage and into the spotlight at the Havelock Jamboree Saturday night he was greeted with a roar of appreciation from the more than 12,000 music fans filling the show field in front of the twin stages.

George Canyon likes the fact he'll be in for something different when he headlines Broadleaf Guest Ranch's inaugural Country Music Festival this weekend.

BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 080908 CCMA Awards night in Winnipeg. Johnny Reid.

Even when Victoria Banks was pursuing a zoology degree at the University of Toronto in the '90s, she was thinking about country music.

Johnny Reid performs at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Regina in September 2007.

By 15, he was invited to play gigs with bands but had to have his parents sign permission slips because he was too young to be in a bar.

Well-established acts including Calgary singer George Canyon and Manitoba band Doc Walker are among the nominees for this year's Canadian Country Music Association Fans' Choice Award.

Most women would be over-the-moon after meeting some of the hottest country music artists in the world, but for Vernona s Michelle Loughery, ita s all in a daya s work.

After 17 years of bringing the world's biggest country music stars to the heart of British Columbia's ranching community, organizers of the Merritt Mountain Music Festival say the show could be coming to an end.

The big crowds were back again at the 17th Merritt Mountain Music Festival and it started with an all Canadian line-up Thursday evening.