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Donnie Campbell


Cape Breton Musician, Host & Entertainer
celticserenade@bellaliant.et
Receved The Unsung Hero Award in 2020 (Canadian Folk Music Awards)
Last Date Changed: Sunday, December 5, 2021

ASDonnieCampbellCDShot.gif ASDonnieCampbell2020FolkMusicUnsungHero.jpg Meet Donnie Campbell: Born in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Donnie has been singing to audiences for over 30 years; from a small crowd in kitchen parties to standing room only at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay. He has worked with Cape Breton musicians like Natalie Master, Ashley MacIssac and Carl MacKenzie, and was one of the original members of the maritime Folk group- Miller�s Jug. He has hosted a Cape Breton radio program called Celtic Serenade for 47 years and was instrumental in popularizing the music of the Rankins, The Barra MacNeils and other great Cape Breton artists. (coastalair.ca) Every Sunday evening 5-8 pm.

Donnie won The Unsung Hero Award in 2020 from The Canadian Folk Music Awards amd and The Stompin' Tom Music Award from ECMA in 2019.

In 1996 he was honoured by his peers at the Cape Breton professional Musicians Association for his on-going promotion of Cape Breton talent. He�s been hailed by radio listeners, live audiences and other peformers for his quietly effective way of making us sit up and take notice of the talent on Cape Breton Island. Donnie has picked the perfect mix that makes it impossible to pigeon hole his music.

His long awaited first CD has now been released, and is a gem in every respect. The CD is entitled, Music To Me , and is a collection of songs that music lovers will cherish and play over & over again. Its very difficult to choose one favourite song over another, but two major cuts from the CD really stand out: Summer of My Dreams and Fisherman�s Farewell . Other song titles are: Music To Me-Waters of Iona-Leader of The Band-Molly Bawn-Darling Ailie-Mountains of Mourne-Ballad of the Saint Anne�s Reel-Mary of the Wild Moor and You�ll be Home Again. Donnie has surrounded himself with some of the east coast�s finest musicians:Fred Lavery-Gordie Sampson-Al Bennett-Pat Chafe-Barb Stetter-Gordie Levatte-Laurel Martell & Winnie Chafe.Donnie�s daughter, Anne Louise and son Stephen helps out as well on the CD.

For further info. regarding this CD contact:

Donnie Campbell

3 Davenport Road,

Sydney, Nova Scotia,

B1P 2R2

(by john gavin)

 


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