NSMW2010-Artists-H-O

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Hawp

Listen now to Hawp - The Fisherman Boy

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A swirling reverie of Scots, Irish & original song; Irish dance; flute; whistles; fiddle; guitar; bouzouki; and piano; HAWP is an ensemble that combines ancient traditions with modern approaches creating a sound truly representative of Celtic culture in the 21st century.

Ian Sherwood

Listen now to Ian Sherwood - What Am I Doing Here

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Award winning songwriter, Ian Sherwood mixes catchy melodies and heart-breaking stories with intricate guitar loops, saxophones and pop/rock/jazz grooves to create music that has been described as “Traditional singer/songwriter style at it’s essence.” *. His live show can make you weep for goats, sing to Jesus and hop a boxcar to the Yukon.

In-Flight Safety

Listen now to In-Flight Safety - Actors

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Following their award-winning debut, The Coast is Clear, In-Flight Safety recently released, We Are an Empire, My Dear (Night Danger, 2009). Produced by Laurence Currie (Wintersleep, Sloan), the album offers twelve tracks of sweeping soundscapes shaped by angular guitars, driving rhythms and soaring melodies.

Jason MacDonald

Listen now to Jason MacDonald - Midnight Train

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Jason MacDonald’s passion for music plays out in a driving acoustic fashion with energy, wonderful storytelling and a warm personality that connects immediately with his audience. With nominations for Nova Scotia Folk Artist of the Year and Best Pop Recording by the East Coast Music Awards and most recently a 2009 Top Honours in the Indie International Songwriters Contest plus an Indpendent Singer-Songwriters Assoc. (ISSA) nomination under his belt, Jason is about to add another chapter to the rich musical heritage of his Cape Breton home.

Jay Smith

Listen now to Jay Smith - Romantic Fool

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Jay Smith is an award-winning songwriter and guitar based in Halifax, NS. Jay writes well crafted pop rock songs with catchy melodies. His band has been described as 'Roy Orbison' meets the 'Ramones'.

Jenn Grant

Listen now to Jenn Grant - Heartbreaker

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Halifax’s Jenn Grant writes emotive and captivating songs. With two full-length albums to her credit, Jenn has made a name for herself amongst the press and her peers. Her music has already been featured on hit TV shows Grey’s Anatomy and Mercy, and she’s earned Polaris Prize long list and East Coast Music award nominations, penned collaborative works with fellow East coast artists Buck 65 and Joel Plaskett, played during Grammy Week in LA, performed with Symphony Nova Scotia and and has toured with Hayden, The Weakerthans and Great Lake Swimmers.

Jenocide

Listen now to Jenocide - Transmission

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She prays to Blondie. She rides lasers. And she's gonna make you sweat. She's the bad girl on the block who plays electro pop. And she'll make you rock like an aftershock - With her swirling keyboards, shredding synths, powerful beats and roaring but sweet vocals, Jenocide is not your average east coast girl with keytar…what? Her debut album "Machines to Make Us Wet" (2009), peaked in the top 10 of Canada's national earshot! charts with multiple #1's in various cities, and was selected as one of The Best Releases of 2009 (The Coast, Halifax, NS). 50 Canadian shows later, her follow-up album "Edge of Day" (tentative) will be released early fall 2010.

John Campbelljohn

Listen now to John Campbelljohn - Knocked Down

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John Campbelljohn has 8 releases under his belt and, as you’d expect, he’s learned a thing or two about doing it right. He’s got the awards to prove it. And, lest you think he might be weighed down under the burden of his many accomplishments as one of Canada’s most prominent blues artists, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Such honors as “Slide Guitarist of the Year” and “Blues Artist of the Year” aren’t taken lightly in a country revered for its blues practitioners. Plus, Campbelljohn would rather keep stretching his personal boundaries than ever use such honors as excuses to sit around on his laurels.

Jon Bryant

Listen now to Jon Bryant - Deaf

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Since releasing his debut album and receiving Nation-wide exposure through itunes, Jon Bryant has been touring relentlessly throughout North America. A Singer/songwriter at heart, Jon's music is beautiful in its melancholy, strength and character conveyed through nicely contrasting styles. His live set is sure to hit spiritual highs and sweet, somber lows.

Jon McKiel

Listen now to Jon McKiel - Motion Picture

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From this retrained chant, the pacing thud of drums and guitar breaks into squeals of distortion. It’s a short-lived collapse into chaos that punctuates the aptly titled, “Fist Fight,” before it returns to a sure-footed build.The moment is a telling one. Coming from the pop-rock leanings of his debut album, The Nature of Things (Wednesday Records, 2008), Jon McKiel has taken a decided step aside on his sophomore effort, Tonka Warcloud. The experimental nature of the album ranges from hushed minimalism to crashing dissonance. The combined result is McKiel delivering what the National Post calls, “a new sound that showcases harmonies and surprising beauty powering through a heavy sludge.”

Kayo

Listen now to Kayo - Tonight

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Music is what feelings sound like; and every once in a while, you come across someone who’s feelings speak fluently. These unlikely phenoms sometimes come from the most unlikely places. Kayo (Kayo Guevarra) is no exception to that rule. One life, One Love, One Music, One People; One is the slogan that St Lucian born, Filbert ‘Kayo’ Salton atones to. Born into a loving family of five in a semi dangerous part of St Lucia, Kayo has been honing his talent from the age of 12. Often considered a ‘golden child’ to music in the Caribbean, his style is a unique one, fusing a raspy, edgy yet melodic voice with intensely potent lyrics and a hint of Caribbean flavor.

Kelly Sloan

Listen now to Kelly Sloan - Hurricane

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Singer-songwriter, Kelly Sloan sings with an old soul in a clear, honest voice. Her songs conjure memories of old classics, feeling familiar while remaining original & current. Kelly’s upcoming, soul-infused album will follow her successful debut, Always Changes. Her engaging live show continues to impress at festivals, cafes, bars & halls.

Kev Corbett

Listen now to Kev Corbett - That's All Gone

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Kev Corbett is one of the best of Eastern Canada’s bumper crop of fine young songwriters. His new album, ‘Son of a Rudderless Boat’ features 10 acoustic-flavored tracks that both engage and entertain, with zinger lyrics and a sound that borrows from classic folk, bluegrass, blues and jazz, without getting too cozy with any of those descriptors.

Kim Dunn

Listen now to Kim Dunn - Backroads of Heaven

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Born and raised in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, on beautiful Cape Breton Island, he has worked with the who’s who of East coast artists including, Rita MacNeil, Bruce Guthro, Matt Minglewood, Jimmy Rankin, Lennie Gallant, David Myles, Jill Barber, Dave Gunning, George Canyon, and continues to do so. With an ECMA to his credit, recipient of the first MUSICIAN SPECIAL ACHEIVEMENT AWARD, Dunn has garnered much respect and demand for his abilities as sideman, and has producing, writing, and arranging credits as well.

Kim Wempe

Listen now to Kim Wempe - Chameleon

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Kim Wempe, Atlantic Canada's ECMA winning Galaxie Rising Star, is a vocal powerhouse. A 2009 International Songwriting Contest semi-finalist and Music Nova Scotia Award winner, Wempe is set to make waves from the Atlantic coast clear across the country with the release of her third record titled Painting with Tides this fall on GroundSwell/Warner.

Last Call Chernobyl

Listen now to Last Call Chernobyl - Song

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Hailing from the center of musical activity in Nova Scotia, Halifax based Last Call Chernobyl is a group of young men who have come together from various backgrounds to pursue a shared passion of metal music.

Though many bands are lost in the currents of the modern music business, Last Call Chernobyl is as tenacious as it is hard working. With patience, perseverance and always the perfection of its musical craft Last Call Chernobyl is set to try and make its mark in the modern day music scene.

Laura Merrimen

Listen now to Laura Merrimen - Too Many Nights

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Laura Merrimen’s debut “Love Letter for Lonely Hunters” has earned international acclaim. With her smoky voice and heartworn songs, Laura delivers Americana-infused country music that combines vintage arrangements with undertones of folky roots-rock. Laura has recently shared the stage with Cuff the Duke, Elliot Brood, and The Deep Dark Woods.

Marko Simmonds

Listen now to Marko Simmonds - Dance With Me

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MARKO SIMMONDS “The new Expression in Music” has become the new face of Halifax’s thriving Jazz/R&B community. With his all-star band of East Coast musicians and a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Marko has shown himself an accomplished music producer, singer/songwriter and proficient piano player, making new music for your heart and soul, taking the Jazz/R&B Scene by storm.

Molly Thomason

Listen now to Molly Thomason - Summer Rain

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Molly Thomason’s award nominated debut CD (2009)Through the Static has provided several ECC top ten singles, including #1’s. She was a semi finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. Her song People Lie was selected to be a Viewfinders (Atlantic Film Festival) video. Favorite venues: The Carleton, Metro Centre (Halifax for Haiti), New Glasgow Riverfront Jubilee, and Stanfest.

Morgan MacDonald

Listen now to Morgan MacDonald - More Than Just The Stars

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No stranger to the stage, Morgan has played music for years in bars and halls around the Maritimes in a number of bands, but it's his new efforts as a singer/songwriter that have audiences captivated and industry professionals taking notice. His sincere and creative lyrics, strong vocals, multiple guitar styles, and varied influences make his music hard to describe but easy to listen to.

Myles Deck And The Fuzz

Listen now to Myles Deck And The Fuzz - Holy Roller

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Rock 'n' roll refuses to stay dead in the hearts of four young men from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Once the epicenter of Canadian indie rock, the coastal city is now a ruinous musical landscape in the grips of lawlessness. Out of the chaos come the enforcers, lead by the Ayatollah of rock 'n' rolla, Myles Deck and the Fuzz. Since 2006, the Fuzz has been writing two minute-or-less rock ‘n’ roll epics and laying waste to human race, one sick riff at a time.

Norma MacDonald

Listen now to Norma MacDonald - Long Shot

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Norma MacDonald is a singer-songwriter and avid biology nerd. She was raised on AM country stations and Willie Nelson cassettes in her hometown of New Waterford, Cape Breton, but has made her home in Halifax, NS for the last number of years. On her sophomore recording, the forest for the trees, Norma manages to seamlessly meld her innate old-school country sensibilities with contemporary influences without losing a drop of authenticity.

Obsydian

Listen now to Obsydian - Seeds Of Desecration

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Obsydian is a metal band based out of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. Since starting, the members have done everything they can to expand their fan base, from playing house shows, to having the opportunity to play with internationally known acts such as Misery Index. During the summer of 2009, Obsydian recorded their first album, "The Grotesque Presage", and it has become the main focus as it has been released.

Orchid's Curse

Listen now to Orchid's Curse - The Workhorse

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Drawing influences from life and death, the spectrum of human emotions and the ideas of man Orchid’s Curse is a band that writes songs which are a delicate balance of harmony and melody with the assaulting nature of metal. With this deep scope of influences to their music Orchid’s Curse creates an intense and brutal music that at the same time sparks the imagination of the brain. All of this culminates in a progressive aggressive sound that assaults both the mind and aural senses.

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