Aging Disgracefully is not your average blues duo—they're a defiant force rewriting the soundtrack of growing older. Made up ofKaren Pyra(Park Corner, PEI) andMike Elliott(Shelburne, NS), they deliver blues-inspired music with lyrical storytelling that embraces experience, challenges convention, and leaves audiences rethinking everything they thought they knew about aging.Their latest album,Shatter the Mirror, is a sonic statement—unapologetic and unfiltered. Each track dives into themes of resilience, reinvention, and the everyday absurdities of life. From the sly, laughter-laced lyrics ...


Park Corner, PE

For most of his life, Andrew has been playing drums. He's played all-ages punk shows, opening for bands like Eric's Trip and Fugazi, in a 20 piece swing orchestra playing all over Atlantic Canada, and everything in between - bringing his unique mixture of influences wherever he goes. 


Fredericton, NB

Angelo Spinazzola is a Cape Breton Island born singer/songwriter, mult-instrumentalist who has been performing for over 40 years. His style is rootsy, bluesy and worldly. He is an ECMA award winner as well as a multiple Music NS award winner. With 9 albums to his credit he is still; very active in the music scene as both a solo artist and a backing musician.


Baddeck, NS

Aubin pi la S.C.B. (Sea Can Band) is an Acadian rock n’ roll band from Abram-Village, Prince Edward Island. The band was named one of the seven Acadian acts to watch out for in 2024 in a featured Bandcamp article. They released their first album Yousque l'hell in 2022 and were ranked the #1 band on Sirius XM #166 for the Spring Quarter of that year. Originally formed in Iqaluit (Nunavut) in 2019, the group is now Maritime-based and composed of Riel Gallant (vocals, guitar), Robbie Gallant (guitar), Shane Arsenault (drums, vocals), and Dawson Arsenault (bass). Their live show is loud, funny, ...


Wellington Station, PE

Pasadena, NL

MA École Normale Alfred Cortot, Paris, France 2924 North Tetagouche Rd Bathurst NB 506-545-8993 johnboulayroots@gmail.com


Bathurst, NB

Music has always been a part of 18-year-old Caragh Kennedy’s life. Born into a musical family, she was learning piano from her father and grandmother by the age of three. Guitar came at eight, and by twelve she was writing songs. Growing up in Inverness, Cape Breton, the young singer-songwriter was surrounded by kitchen parties, Scottish music, and a palpable love for song. “It shaped me into who I am today. I feel I can be my ultimate self when playing, creating, or listening to music. It grounds me, and allows me to feel comfort,” she says. Her first EP, The Other Side, touches on themes of ...


Inverness, NS

Thirteen-year-old vocalist and cellist Lavinia Colepaugh is carving out her own sound, with a voice that’s instantly striking —sweetly classical on the surface yet edged with modern attitude. Her natural vibrato recalls the storybook clarity of Snow White, but with a twist of Amy Winehouse’s soulful bite. Still early in her journey, Lavinia performs with an energy that balances emerging confidence with bold curiosity, delivering vocals that stop audiences mid-conversation and cello lines that weave raw emotion into every song. Whether bowed or sung, her sound is both delicate and defiant, ...


Riverview, NB

Chuck BoudreauHost, East Coast Rising101.5 The Hawk609 Church Street,Suite 201,Port Hawkesbury, NSB9A 2X4 www.1015thehawk.comchuck.1015thehawk@gmail.com


Arichat, NS

As a musician Connor comes armed with a lot of tools in his belt--yes, he has the ability to shred with the best of them, but when needed, he can maturely play in the moment too, giving whatever is required of him.His seasoned tastes and sense of subtlety betray someone of only 24 years of age, but Connor comes across as wise, both in his demeanor and his guitar playing, which he has been doing since he was old enough to hold one. Stylistically, whether it’s capturing the fire and passion of a Stevie Ray Vaughan solo or the nuanced, creative impulses of Jerry Garcia, his two primary ...


Fredericton, NB