Lynn Miles

Mae Moore is no stranger to accolades for her work as a solo artist. She was a major label success story, scoring nine top-forty hits, two Juno nominations and two SOCAN Awards for commercial radio airplay. As an indie artist, she has most recently garnered two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations for Solo Artist of…

Festival goers love the enormous, whimsical puppets that make an appearance at the Fresh Beats Rhythm Parade and various events during the Festival weekend. Monika Wildemann, Artistic Director of Wee Giant Theatre, specializes in puppets that energize spaces and creative activities for youth, Wildemann creates puppets, props and costumes (all made from recycled materials) to…

This ‘homegrown’ talent is sure to get your feet tapping and dancing if there’s room. From Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, the Kickin’ Mule Blues Band recreates authentic blues tracks from both Chicago and West Coast Jump Blues Sound; sounds that were once popularized by artists like Hollywood Fats, William Clarke, amongst others. Guitar, bass, harmonica,…

Meaghan is a rising star from Hunter River, PEI. This 22 year old has already released two albums, with the most recent one, “Chasin’ Lonely Again,” picking up the 2011 ECMA Country Album of the Year award. Her first album, “Changing Things” picked up four Music PEI awards, and received a couple of ECMA nominations…

“Ilannaat”, an Inuktitut term describing good friends, is the new Throat-singing duet of Kerri Tattuinee and Kathleen Merritt. The two are indeed good friends, who grew up in the tiny Arctic community of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Since the age of seven, they have been inspired to learn the art of Inuit throat-singing; an ancient practice…

Angie Oriana Jenkins began her journey as a belly dancer while living on the west coast of Canada where she lived for about 15 years. She studied with various teachers and was part of a belly dance troupe on Salt Spring Island. Originally from New Brunswick, Angie heeded the call to come back home, returning…