, entitled BLUE SKY DAY by Thom Swift who has a rich and soulful voice, insightful writing and casual wit, who delivers a distinctive blend of roots, blues, folk, country and rag style.
He warms the audiences everywhere he performs. He draws inspiration from finger-style master Mississippi, John Hurt, the essential songwriting of Tom Waits and Emmy Lou Harris, the melodies of jazz great Charlie Haden and his father's operatic voice. The CD contains 12 tracks and 11 were composed by Thom Swift. Musicians on the CD are: Thom, Geoff Arsenault, Brian Bourne, Chris Corrigan, Bill Stevenson, JP Cormier and Matt Anderson. For more information regarding to Thom's music, go to www.thomswift.com
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JD CLARKE
JD Clarke is an exciting country music artist from Elmsdale, Nova Scotia who was nominated for an ECMA 2010 award for country recording of the year. The CD was called, SATISFIED. This award was won by The Divorcees from Moncton. The CD was originally released in 2008, and had much success with it as it had 6 releases from the album. JD was born in West Gore, N.S. and began singing at a very young age. He has travelled across the country performing at various festivals and events. All 13 songs were written or co-written by JD. Many musicians took part in the music on this CD and varied from song to song. For more information regarding to this fine CD, refer to JD'S websitte: www.jdclarke.ca
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THREE SHEET
Three Sheet from Halifax, Nova Scotia, raised eyebrows at ECMA 2010 with their Hip/Hop music. They has a stunning showcase during the week-end and performed on the Gala Stage of the Awards Ceremony. The band consists of,
Expedyte, lead vocals- EMC, beatbox and vocals- Ryan O'Quinn, lead/rhythm guitar-Kevin Tilley, bass navigator and Vanessa Furlong, harmonic vocals. Born through kitchen jams with wooden spoons for drumsticks, beat boxing, free styling and improvised guitar playing, it didn't take long before they started making noise around Halifax. This self-titled CD THREE SHEET, was nominated for the Rap/Hip Hop Single track Recording of the year. The band timing, lyrics and performance is something to contend with, and the audiences cry for more.
For more information regrding the band, refer to their website:
myspace.com/threesheeet
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MATTHEW HORNELL & THE DIAMOND MINDS
Matthew Hornell and The Diamond Minds, hail from St. John's, Newfoundland. They find themselves among the many gems to emerge from the rich and diverse music of St. John's. There is something distinctively different about this folk-roots ensemble that legitimizes their name.The diverse musical backgrounds of members--some long and some much shorter--lend to a raw, earthy sound accompanied by an honest naivety in Hornell's lyrics that is hard to come by these days. All 9 songs on the CD were written by Matthew Hornell. Band members are: Matthew Hornell, vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion-Joshua Bourden, drums, keyboard-Johnathan Bungay, mandolin, electric guitar-Paddy Byrne, bass guitar. High ratings from Atlantic Seabreeze. For more information regarding the band go to their website: www.matthewhornell.com
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ROSE COUSINS
Rose Cousins, an international Nova Scotia recording singer/songwriter recently released her 5th album entitled, THE SEND OFF. An amazing album and Rose wrote 10 of the 12 songs on the CD. Rose has travelled the world in the past 5 years and amazes the audience where ever she performs. By the end of every show, Rose has you feeling something, intimate vocals and warm guitar convey a passionate honesty that leaves you feeling like each song of her songs could somehow belong to you. Her style is beautifully captured in her latest release , The Send Off and her first album,If You Were For Me. Rose recently performed for the ECMA 2010 international delegates and performed on the ECMA awards show. For more information regarding Rose and her music, refer to her website:
www.rosecousins.com
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