Award winning songwriter, Ian Sherwood, mixes catchy melodies and heart-breaking stories with intricate guitar loops, axophones and pop/rock/jazz grooves to create music that has been described as “Traditional singer/songwriter style at
it’s essence.” *.  Ian is equally at home in front of a large festival audience or a quiet house concert. His energetic stage show and honest presentation have quickly gained him recognition as a solid performer, lyricist and player and garnered him Music Nova Scotia’s 2008 and 2010 Musician of the Year award .
The release of his third CD, And Now The Fun Begins is generating a lot of buzz, including an East Coast Music
Association Award nomination for Male Solo Recording of the Year. Ian was nominated for two 2008 ECMA awards (Pop Album of the Year, CBC Galaxie Rising Star Album of the Year). His first album Ian Sherwood, earned Ian nominations for Music Nova Scotia’s Pop/Rock Recording of the Year, Toronto Independent Music Awards Best
out of Area Act, and was named Featured Album of the Week by CBC’s Radio One’s Freestyle. As a songwriter Ian made headway by landing in the semi-finals of the 2006 International Songwriting Competition and won the grand prize in the 2007 West Coast Songwriter’s Association based in California. 2011 shows no sign of slowing down for Ian.

Kim Wempe has a fight in her. It fuels her fierce passion, radiating the moment she steps on stage.

With the release of her new full-length album Painting With Tides (GroundSwell/Warner), Wempe channels that passion into a powerful collection of contemporary Canadian roots music.  The album comes on the heels of her 2010 East Coast Music Award for Rising Star of the Year. At the heart of the songs is always Wempe’s insightful lyrics and fearless voice sharing her stories with the raw and weighty tone her fans have come to love. It’s a voice that “…lets loose a powerful force pouring out her emotions with a style that has Janis Joplin written all over it,” writes Dan MacDonald of the Cape Breton Post.

Her  EP, “Where I Need To Be”, was awarded Folk Recording of the Year at the 2009 Nova Scotia Music Awards.  Her memorable performance at the 2010 East Coast Music Awards turned the heads and dropped the jaws of everyone in the room including the keynote speaker, BBC’s Bob Harris. After playing a full band set, she ended with a solo performance of her heart-wrenching song, Oh Heart. The song was later featured on the Showcase television series Crash and Burn and earned a semi-finalist spot in the International Songwriting Competition.

Mo Kenney is captivating audiences with songs enfolding thoughtful lyrics and an inviting and warm voice, accompanied by strong, compelling guitar work. She has opened for The Crash Test Dummies, Jill Barber and Steve Poltz, intriguing not only audiences, but the headlining artists themselves. In 2011, Mo is looking forward to having songs produced by Joel Plaskett.

Mo Kenney… an artist to watch.