By Staff
May 4, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
Burlington’s Oh Geronimo has advanced in CBC Music’s Searchlight contest.
The national competition which now has a field of 25.
There were about 2,000 hopefuls when Searchlight 2016 opened earlier this year.
There are 23 regions in total, each with a finalist. Oh Geronimo wins the Hamilton region.
Voting for the national round closes Monday, May 9 at 2:59 p.m.
The field is then trimmed from 25 to four.
Searchlight’s judging panel of Maestro Fresh Wes, Sarah Blackwood and Dallas Smith, will decided the three finalists who will move forward.
The fourth finalist will be determined by popular vote.
There also is exposure on CBC Radio’s q and, for the first time, on CBC-TV in a live special when 2016’s four finalists compete before judges and fans.
The lads explain: Oh Geronimo is a project that provides an escape from the daily rigours of adult life. In order to fully express ourselves, we ignore all of the distractions and freefall into the moment. Although Oh Geronimo was created about 3 years ago, the project truly came to fruition in August 2015 with a line-up change and the release of a 7-inch record. After touring the East Coast of Canada, from Toronto to Newfoundland and back, we released our debut full-length album, ‘Sleep Rhythms’, in March 2016.
Oh Geronimo is excited to explore the many roads yet travelled.
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