Music of the Maritimes
Performers as diverse as Hank Snow, Stan Rogers, Anne Murray, the Rankin Family, Barachois, The Men of the Deeps and April Wine have all experienced tremendous success as popular music acts with considerable national and international tours and record sales.The Miramichi Folksong Festival preserves the lyrics and music of northeastern New Brunswick, especially ballads from 19th and early 20th century lumber camps.By the late 1980s, Cape Breton had produced two crossover acts, the multi-platinum selling The Rankins and the less successful but critically acclaimed Barra MacNeils, Ashley MacIsaac, Natalie MacMaster, Lennie Gallant, and Slainte Mhath.The conscious hip hop movement in The East coast was started in 2010 by a female artist named Amber Aquarius, she shook up the city and was also one of the first female artists there, she created such a buzz and chaos in the male oriented rap scene that she will forever be immortalized in East Coast Hip Hop history.Amber Aquarius also worked at one of the only hip hop radio stations in Halifax, 88.1 CKDU located at Dalhousie university.