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Nova Scotia Music Week: Spotlight on Eskasoni singer Christina Googoo and Mi’kmaq rapper Gearl

ESKASONI — Nova Scotia Music Week, running Thursday until Sunday, will have a hearty dose of Eskasoni talent this year, ...
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3 credits short of a degree, he left NSCAD for a music career. The school is now honouring him

When Andrew Scott decided to chase a career in music and give up his studies, it was only going to be temporary. "I'm not ...
Tucson Weekly

Celtic Music, Nova Scotia-Style

Canadians Cassie and Maggie MacDonald play fiddle and piano, an instrument combo that strikes American lovers of Celtic music as “odd,” says Cassie, speaking from her home in Halifax. “But it’s a ...
The Globe and Mail

Aquakultre’s 1783 album delves into enduring ties in Black Nova Scotia

On his coming album 1783, Dartmouth-based musician Aquakultre (a.k.a. Lance Sampson) uses a dizzying array of culturally and geographically relevant musical styles to write a multifaceted history of ...
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Music from Nova Scotia: Bagpipes, Cape Breton Music recorded at Gaelic MOD, St. Ann's Gaelic College, CBI [sound recording]

Recorded in: Baddeck (N.S.), Cape Breton Island (N.S.), Canada, Nova Scotia, August 8, 1953. Baddeck (N.S.) ...