Hometown Heroes (feat. Dean Brody)

Raised on their family farm in rural Ontario, The Reklaws, made up of sibling duo Jenna and Stuart Walker, signed their first major record deal with Universal Music in 2017. Their second single “Long Live the Night” kicked off what would become a massive 2018. Beyond rapidly achieving platinum-certification, the single would become the most-streamed domestic song of all Canadian country artists released in 2018, win the 2019 CCMA for top-selling Canadian single of the year and it was selected as the theme song for the Canadian Football League’s (“CFL”) Thursday Night Football for the 2018 & 2019 seasons. The momentum continued to build with the release of their debut EP, “Feels Like That”, which was awarded the 2019 CCMA for Album of the year. The title single, “Feels Like That” was also the Reklaws first #1 at Canadian Country Radio and is certified Gold in Canada. 2019 was nothing short of a humbling year for the duo; completing their first national tour with Dean Brody and Dallas Smith, earning their first JUNO nomination for “Country Album of The Year”, releasing their first full-length album and receiving their 3rd Gold Single for “I Do Too.” This year the duo released a single, "Can't Help Myself” with their long-time country music hero, Dean Brody along with the hit single, “Where I’m From”. They were also nominated for Group of the Year at the 2020 JUNO Awards marking the first time in over 20-years that a Country group was included in the category. The duo reached another career milestone when their debut album Freshman Year was certified GOLD on the one year anniversary of its release. Most recently The Reklaws were nominated for four Canadian Country Music Awards including the prestigious Entertainer of The Year award. Up next the duo is set to release their second full-length album, Sophomore Year, on October 16, 2020. There’s no doubt that The Reklaws, who have garnered over 125 million streams to date, are poised to be Country’s next superstars.

Since his debut single “Brothers” hit the US Top-40 back in 2008, Dean has become one of the most beloved Canadian country artists of his generation. Dean has risen and continues to remain at the top of the Canadian country landscape with an impressive 26 Top-10 singles (including 4 #1s), 17 CCMA Awards, 2 JUNOs, more than 160 million global streams and numerous gold and platinum (including 1 double platinum) certified singles. Only Shania Twain has more Canadian streams than Dean when looking at Canadian country artists' “lifetime” results. No country artist has owned the Canadian “Live” stage more than Dean in the past 5 years with three national arena tours (2 breaking ticket sale records), an acoustic national tour as well as headlining the biggest festival and venue stages. In 2019, Dean signed with a new management team (Starseed Entertainment) and launched his own independent label “Scurvy Dog Music”. The label’s first single “Can’t Help Myself” (Dean and The Reklaws) not only hit #1 at Canadian country radio but it became the most spun single in a one-week period in the country format in the history of the Nielsen BDS era (25 years, including US acts). It is also the most-streamed Canadian country song in Canada released in 2020 to date. His latest single “Canadian Summer” is already becoming a fan’s favourite. On top of all this trailblazing on an artist and label level, Dean also created and launched his own signature Canadian-sourced lager “Hucklejack” in the late spring of 2020, securing a rare placement on the Ontario LCBO shelves, a testament to the strength of his starpower and music brand.