ECMA, Music/Musique NB, MusicNL, Music NS, Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative & Music PEI
Present the Canadian Music. East Coast Style. Spotlight at the 2021 Folk Alliance International Conference
The East Coast Music Association (ECMA), Music/Musique NB, Music Newfoundland and Labrador, Music Nova Scotia, the Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative (CBMIC), and Music Prince Edward Island are pleased to be presenting the Canadian Music. East Coast Style. Spotlight Showcase at the 2021 Folk Alliance International Folk Unlocked from February 22 - 26.
In place of an in-person conference this year, Folk Unlocked, will offer a five-day virtual event for the entire international folk community to come together in a series of engaging conference panels, showcases, peer group meetings, networking, and mentorship sessions.
This year, the collective are excited to present two Canadian Music. East Coast Style. Spotlight Showcases featuring pre-recorded live performances from some of Atlantic Canada's finest emerging talent.
Featured artists include, Les Fireflies, Kylie Fox, Christine Melanson (NB), Ian Foster & Nancy Hynes, Jeff Pittman, Rum Ragged (NL), Jennah Barry, Terra Spencer, Villages (NS), Inn Echo, Shane Pendergast and Atlantic String Machine (PE).
The Spotlight Showcases will take place Tuesday, February 23 and Wednesday, February 24 from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (CT)/ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm (EST) - these sets are truly amazing and not to be missed!
Long a source of inspiration for music industry professionals, FAI is providing fan access to the Folk Unlocked showcases with over eight hundred hours of performances from artists from all fifty states in the U.S. and over 30 countries. Programming will be interactive, whether live-streamed or pre-recorded and recordings will be available for later viewing, allowing folks from around the globe to tune in when they can! Access to these showcases will be granted to donors to a newly-launched fund to help folk artists and industry professionals in financial need called The Village Fund. For more information on Folk Unlocked visit https://folk.org.
For a full showcasing schedule, visit www.ecma.com.