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LINDSAY ELL FINDS HER “SWEET SPOT” WITH NEW SINGLE

Published

4 years ago

March 27, 2023

Just Announced as Direct Support for Darius Rucker at Southern Fried Circuit Charity Event and Appalachian Summer Festival & for Maren Morris at Iowa State Fair

Lindsay Ell is back with “Sweet Spot” – her first single of 2023. The song comes as Ell returned this week to host Canada’s Got Talent, Citytv’s most-viewed original series in over a decade. It also follows Ell’s recent performances in the UK and EU with the Zac Brown Band for C2C: Country to Country – Europe’s biggest country music festival – and just ahead of her joining Shania Twain as her Special Guest on her North American Queen of Me Tour. Confidently pushing her into her next chapter of music, “Sweet Spot” delivers an upbeat reminder that the rollercoaster of life eventually leads everyone to exactly where they need to be — their very own sweet spot.

“Growing up, I learned how to ‘ride the wave’ of life most successfully by floating in the middle of the highs and lows but now I think that both pain and success give us beautiful perspectives on how to learn from our experiences and be grateful for what we have,” said Ell. “The sweet spot is something you can only find when you’ve been on both sides of it and that wouldn’t be possible without the constant ping-pong of life. I hope this song brings some levity — and a little dance party — to those currently making their way through these unpredictable highs and lows.”

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Available everywhere today, “Sweet Spot” marks the beginning of a new chapter for Ell. Kicking off 2023 with a Canadian Screen Award nomination for her work on Season One of Canada’s Got Talent (Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition) and the massive C2C shows in Glasgow, Dublin and London, the three-time CCMA Award-winning artist is looking forward to joining the Queen of country music, Shania Twain, next month. In addition, Ell was just announced as direct support for Darius Rucker on July 28th for his Southern Fried Circuit charity show in Anderson, S.C. as well as his show Appalachian Summer Festival show on July 29th and on August 17th Ell joins Maren Morris at the Iowa State Fair. Confirmed tour dates are below with more live shows and music on the horizon!

Confirmed Tour Dates
April 1 @ Band in The Sand in Vermilion, Canada
April 15 @ Helena Amphitheatre (Old Town Live) in Helena, AL
April 28 @ Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, WA^
April 29 @ Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA^
May 2 & 3 @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena (Rogers Arena) in Vancouver, BC^
May 5 & 6 @ Rogers Place in Edmonton, AB^
May 9 & 10 @ Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB^
May 12 @ SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, SK^
May 14 @ Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Canada^
June 10 @ Black Diamond Music & Arts Festival in Nelsonville, OH
June 17 @ SOM Festival in Burlington, Canada
June 20 @ FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Canada^
June 21 @ Budweiser Gardens in London, ON^
June 23 & 24 @ Budweiser Stage in Toronto, ON^
July 28 @ William A. Floyd Amp in Anderson, SC+
July 29 @ Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, NC+
August 13 @ TidalWave Music Festival in Atlantic City, NJ
August 17 @ Iowa State Fair (w/ Maren Morris) in Des Moines, IA
September 14 @ Washington State Fair (Zac Brown Band) in Puyallup, WA
^Supporting Shania Twain
+Supporting Darius Rucker

ABOUT LINDSAY ELL
Named “one of the most exciting and talented young artists in country music” (Forbes), Lindsay Ell is a triple threat: accomplished musician, unique vocalist, and awe-inspiring songwriter. A 2023 Canadian Screen Award nominee (Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition), Ell is GOLD-certified with two #1 Canadian singles, a U.S. #1 and has shared the stage with Shania Twain, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban, among many others. About to head out on tour with Shania Twain (April/May/June 2023), the award-winning performer will spend 2023 travelling to the US, UK, and Germany and touring across North America, all while releasing new music.

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Jasmine Kara Owns the Night at the Triad for FENIX Rising

Published

2 weeks ago

September 25, 2026

Jimmy Star

Some performers sing to an audience. Jasmine Kara took hers by the hand and never let go. Headlining FENIX Rising at the Triad Theater, Kara delivered the kind of performance that reminds a room why live music still matters, a set so charged with charisma that by the end of the night there was no longer any line between the stage and the seats. The Triad belonged to her, and everyone in it knew it.

From the moment she stepped into the light, Kara carried herself like a superstar who had been waiting her whole life for exactly this room. There was no easing in, no cautious warm-up. She met the audience head-on, locking eyes with the crowd, drawing them into every lyric, and turning an intimate theater into an arena-sized experience without ever losing the closeness that makes the Triad so special.

Then she did what headliners dream of and few dare to attempt. Kara left the stage behind and took the show directly to the people, dancing on the tables as the room erupted around her. Drinks were lifted out of harm’s way, phones shot into the air, and the audience rose to its feet as she moved through the theater, singing inches from faces that could hardly believe their luck. It was reckless, joyful, and utterly magnetic, the kind of moment that turns a concert into a story people will be telling for years.

What set the performance apart was not simply the spectacle but the connection behind it. Kara engaged with her audience at every turn, feeding off their energy and giving it back tenfold. She did not perform at the crowd so much as with it, and the room answered in kind, cheering, clapping, and dancing along until the Triad felt less like a venue and more like a celebration she had personally invited everyone to attend.

FENIX Rising, the live performance series developed under FENIX360, exists to give independent artists a stage worthy of their talent. Jasmine Kara took that stage, and the tables, and the entire room, and made it unmistakably her own. If this was a glimpse of where she is headed, the rooms are about to get much bigger, and the audiences inside them had better be ready to dance.

Photo Credit: Max Flores