Awards show brings music fans, artists, industry to Hamilton for all things country
For nine-year-old Jo-Hannah Atchison, the 2023 Canadian Country Music Association CCMA) awards on Saturday night will be her first big concert.The Atchisons travelled to Hamilton from their home in Brantford, Ont., a day before the awards so Jo-Hannah could yodel at The Big Country Breakfast, a musician showcase at Stonewalls Restaurant Friday."She can stop a crowd just with the first note and we are incredibly proud of her," Jo-Hannah's mother Samantha told CBC Hamilton.For Jo-Hannah, who is blind, music "is her soul, it's her joy," Samantha added. Saturday will be Jo-Hannah Atchison's first 'big […]