10 results for tag: East Coast
Indie-folk artist Daniel James McFadyen continues to evolve with his latest single, Landmine, the first release from his anticipated 2025 album. Known for his interactive shows, Daniel’s tours across Canada have sold out iconic venues, including Toronto’s Great Hall and Halifax’s Marquee Ballroom. With Landmine ...
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Rube & Rake is an award-winning folk music duo based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Josh Sandu and Andrew Laite, natives of Canada’s West Coast and
East Coast respectively, sing about a 21st century Canadian experience, unconfined by a single region or musical style. Their original songs reflect on the nature ...
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With over 15 Canadian Folk Music,
East Coast Music, and Music Nova Scotia awards and nominations, the JUNO-nominated powerhouse duo Cassie and Maggie MacDonald have emerged as an unstoppable force on the global folk stage. Unleashing a magnetic energy, they seamlessly weave their deep Celtic heritage with contemporary ...
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Back of the Bus offers a mix of classic and contemporary music with Scottish, Irish, and
East Coast roots. Known for solid vocals, sweetly blended harmonies, and authentic Celtic and maritime sounds, Back of the Bus also has a well-developed sense of fun. The band includes Jim Walls, Emma Wood, Anna Bekolay, Kathi Davis-Lepage, ...
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Lucy MacNeil has performed with the Barra MacNeils for 37 years along the way absorbing the traditions of Cape Breton music and dance that has become the foundation of her creative pursuits. In 2015 Lucy was one of the artists in residence for the Celtic Colours International Music Festival in Cape Breton. In 2014 and 2017 ...
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A modern indie folk trio from Newfoundland, the Once have collected a trio of Canadian Folk Music Awards, numerous ECMA awards, and was named Artist of the Year by the Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council. They have earned not one, but two JUNO nominations for Roots Album of the Year and continue to take their music ...
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United by a deep love of folk music and a passion for creating new arrangements, Miscellany of Folk brings a fresh perspective to the genre. The trio features celebrated Newfoundland multi-instrumentalist Billy Sutton, Irish accordion maestro Benny McCarthy, and Irish vocal powerhouse and guitarist Eddie Costello. These ...
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Named after a small town in Nova Scotia that is the hub of Celtic culture in Canada, West of Mabou returns to perform lively dance music steeped in the rich traditions of Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle and pipe tunes. The band combines the talents of Scott Benson (fiddle), Roberta Wallace (fiddle), Alex Rasmussen (pipes/whis...
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Back of the Bus began in the rear of a bus on a pipe band trip, where the late evenings were filled with songs and fun. Today the band offers classic and contemporary Celtic and folk music with Scottish, Irish, and
East Coast roots. Known for solid vocals, sweetly blended harmonies, and authentic Celtic and maritime sounds, ...
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There’s no other band around like Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys. With a slight bend of his knee and guided by the sharp cuts of his fiddle, Gordie will launch into a song, the whole time his famous crazy legs shaking and twisting with a laughing disregard for the laws of physics. The Rhythm Boys are all-star pickers ...
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