Nancy Laberge is a diverse folk singer/songwriter with a top spot on Canada’s musical horizon.

Just trying to write songs that I'm proud of and my teenager thinks are cool.

“When snow falls in hell you’ll come around you’ll put the bottle down.”

With one line you are introduced to the simple, elegant music of PEI singer & songwriter, Scott MacKay. MacKay’s country-ish songs are standouts, riddled with one-liners that sparkle like rhinestones on a Nudie suit.

Scott MacKay was raised in a house that straddles the line between city and country, with farmland in the back and a view of the city lights in front. If a place has any influence on an artist, then this may be where MacKay began to develop his attraction to contrast. Since the release of MacKay’s most recent offering “Twin” he has been dedicating much of his time on writing, and in doing so has found himself creating songs that are very much antithetical to what he has done in the past. Songs that do not evoke teardrops but rather smiles. Songs that make you think while wearing a grin.

Musically he has reached back into the era of Classic Country music and has borrowed stylings from the artists he admires such as Hank Williams, Walt Whitman, & Shel Silverstein.

“MacKay has a vibrato, thanks to his affinity for crooner vocalists, which gives him even more of an antique feel, like he just stepped out of a bus straight from the 1940's.” - Bob Mersereau - CBC - East Coast Music.

Having been a finalist in the Aspiring Canadian Writer’s Contest, a Semi-Finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, and being nominated for both Folk Recording of the Year and Male Artist of the Year at the Calgary Music Awards has made MacKay an artist to watch. 

“If you are looking for a performer to provide an unforgettable evening of song, stories, laughter and impeccable musicianship, Scott MacKay is the artist for you.” - Rhea March – Artist Development Specialist – March Music & The School of Song. (schoolofsong.com) 

Achievements: 

Added to Official Spotify Playlist: Southern Gothic 
Calgary Music Awards Nominee for Roots/Folk Recording of the Year & Male Artist of the Year
International Songwriting Competition Semi-Finalist
Aspiring Canadian Writer's Contest Finalist
Calgary Folk Festival Songwriting Competition Finalist
PEI Song Search Finalist
Calgary CBC Searchlight Finalist

MusicYYC highlights local music in Calgary Alberta Canada area. 

Im all about that growl
I like weird glitchy things

E-mail me at: 

aoakamusic@gmail.com

Feel free to remix any of my tracks, none of them are signed to any label, neither i am lol
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For Mark Times, the song reigns. With a writing process as equally influenced by Hemingway as Springsteen and a sound that is a half shot country and two shots folk, Times is pouring out musings on why heartbreak is the same in rural Alberta as it is in Rome and why you shouldn’t throw glass in stone houses. 2015 saw the songwriter dubbed the Calgary Folk Fest’s “Untapped Newcomer,” perform at Canadian Country Music Week in Halifax, and placed in the top ten in the CBC’s search for Canada’s best campus band. With the debut EP Long to Live slated for release in early 2016, keep an ear out for this songsmith; his tank is full and those Canadian highways are unraveling like that Neil Young cassette that got stuck in your grandma’s 1989 Chevy Celebrity.  

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