Nova Scotia was really hard to limit to only 3 artists. Why? Halifax is one of the best places in Canada and has a great music scene. Allot of the east coast musicians I love got their start here (and even some I didn't). The maritimes is too spread out for most musicians to try to make it on their own so most move to Halifax to try to make a go of it. Jill Barber for one now lives in BC, grew up in Ontario but made a name of herself in Halifax. There are plenty of more examples and I will talk about them shortly once I gross the ferry into PEI and then back across the bridge to NB. However there is still one more Nova Scotian I want to talk about, Matt Mays and yes the first time I saw him was at Harvest. He is a good east coaster that loves it here and talks allot about it in his music. I've seen him quite a few times and have never been dissapointed. If you get a chance to see him play I am sure you won't be either. He plays some pretty heavy rock but also recently plays allot of his tunes acoustic as can be bought and previewed here: http://goo.gl/LpnOp I strongly recommend downloading it. I just did and it is deadly. Check out this version of Cocaine Cowgirl and compare the two: http://goo.gl/pQuo8 Which one do you like better? There's a good chance that he'll be playing the latter version when he opens up for Metallica in July !! Thanks for stopping by and I will leave you with this little ditty.
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