I n this pandemic summer of tepid uncertainty, a time of in-betweenness as reopening plans unfold and vaccinations take effect, there is no better song to play on repeat than Breagh Isabel’s “Girlfriends.” The single, her debut as a solo artist, deals with another sort of tender not-knowing—a cinnamon-sweet story of first loves Isabel kept […]
Port Cities
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Best Folk Artist / Band
Gold Winner Port Cities Silver Winner Ben Caplan Bronze Winner Rose Cousins It’s the week of Port Cities’ pair of shows with Symphony Nova Scotia, and “we’re just trying on clothes right now to make sure we don’t look stupid,” says singer/guitarist/dimples Carleton Stone. “Not my favourite part.” Port Cities’ self-titled debut album came out […]
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Best Pop Artist / Band
Gold Winner Neon Dreams Silver Winner Port Cities Bronze Winner Rich Aucoin “We draw from so much,” says Adrian Morris, drummer for Top 40 juggernaut Neon Dreams. “At one point we were a hip hop group. Frank [Kadillac] draws from his father with reggae and dancehall. Me and Matt [Gats] draw from punk and rock. […]
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Your 2017 Music Nova Scotia award winners
A post shared by Port Cities (@port_cities) on Nov 5, 2017 at 5:39pm PST Another Nova Scotia Music Week has come to a close after a wild weather weekend in Truro, where the roving annual event is in the middle of a four-year stay. Harmerrific Port Cities walked away the biggest winners, with five of […]
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Ria Mae talks My Love
Halifax’s favourite pop star Ria Mae is fresh off a gold record (and two Best of Halifax golds!) for her major-label debut, but now is no time for slowing down. Her new EP My Love drops today, featuring six songs (plus a remix of “Bend”) co-written with a slate of CanCon stars like herself. On […]
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Port Cities cast off with new album
Breagh Mackinnon, Carleton Stone and Dylan Guthro have released their own solo albums, but tomorrow they will debut their first self-titled folk-pop album as Port Cities. As a solo musician, Stone says the pressure to hire the most talented touring musicians can often put you in close quarters with difficult personalities. The friends eventually started […]
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Best New Artist / Band
Gold Winner Hillsburn Silver Winner Mauno Bronze Winner Port Cities More on the Best new kids on the block, on page TK.