Andy McLean

Broadcast Date – April 4, 2018

From May 2 – 6 2018 Halifax, Nova Scotia will be the place to be as stellar artists and industry folk gather to salute the best of the best on the Atlantic Canadian Music Scene and celebrate the 30th Annual East Coast Music Week. Every genre will be showcased – from the star-studded award show to the intimate songwriters’ circle – and every performance in between. It’s going to be 5 days jam-packed with everything from killer concerts, to one on one workshops, to meet and greet fan events and to make sure we get the full scoop on all the goings on – our guest today is the Executive Director of the east coast music association Andy McLean. We’re less than a month away so needless to say the man is beyond busy – so we headed to his bustling Halifax office for our chat and to play some nominated tunes too. Here’s my conversation with ECMA Executive Director – Andy McLean!

For all the details on the 30^th Annual East Coast Music Week visit ecma.com
For more on The East Pointers nominated album WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND click here we played the title track and it’s available on iTunes here
We played “Dream Catchers” by City Natives available on iTunes here
We played a track from Maureen Batt ECMA nominated album LADY OF THE LAKE available on iTunes here
We played “Waves” by Jason Benoit available on iTunes here
For tickets and for that crazy laminate thing click here
For a complete list of 2018 ECMA Award Nominees click here
For more on my first album RUMOURS by Fleetwood Mac click here
You can watch my first chat with Andy McLean at the 2015 ECMA in St.John’s by clicking here and for part 2 of our SABStv 2015 ECMA Special click here
To watch SABStv’s 25th Annual ECMA Week Special back in 2013 click here
For more on Alan Doyle click here. We played “Fall” from his album A WEEK AT THE WAREHOUSE available on iTunes here
For out podcast chat with Makayla Lynn click here
For more info on the Export Buyers program click here
For more on the regional music associations visit their sites musicnovascotia.ca musicnl.ca musicpei.com musicnb.org cbmic.ca
The Once will be releasing their new album TIME ENOUGH on Friday May 11 – we played their first single off the project called “Can’t Live Without You” available on iTunes here
For the complete schedule of 2018 ECMA Week click here
For volunteer applications click here
For more on Allister MacGillivray’s “Song for the Myra” click here and we played Anne Murray’s smash hit version which available on iTunes here
We played “Red Light” Ria Mae’s new album MY LOVE available on iTunes here
We played the title track to David Myles ECMA nominated album REAL LOVE available on iTunes here
We played “Hashtag Jigs” by Coig from their ECMA nominated ROVE available on iTunes here