If there\'s any romance left in the old State Highways. If there\'s still a story out on the Trans Canada. If there\'s a legend to be found in a cluttered bookstore, a crowded cafe. If there\'s any power left in a folk song, Canadian performing songwriter Carmel Mikol is out to find it. Her debut album \"In My Bones\" was nominated for three 2011 East Coast Music Awards and the title track took first place in the folk category of the Great American Song Contest. She tours extensively across the US and Canada and has been welcomed into the inner circle of Canadian folk, sharing the stage with David France, Connie Kaldor, Matt Andersen and David Myles.

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Amelia Curran
With the release of Hunter, Hunter, Canada\'s Amelia Curran journeyed both home and further afield than ever before. In front of an adoring hometown crowd in St. John\'s, Newfoundland, Amelia received her first Juno Award (Canadian version of a Grammy) for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year in April 2010. The album and artist also received a total of 13 other awards including a Canadian Folk Music Award, a USA Songwriting Award, and -a place on the 2010 Polaris Long List. A folk festival favourite, Hunter, Hunter has solidified Amelia\'s reputation as an heir to Leonard Cohen\'s songwriting throne.

Rich in metaphor, language and instrumentation, Hunter, Hunter speaks to unrequited longing, the notion of belonging and reflections on love both lost and found. \"It\'s Hunter, Hunter, not Hunter, Gatherer, if that makes sense,\" she says. \"It conveys a kind of haunting - a vibe of necessary cruelty to dig down to the deeper meanings of being alive day by day.\" From acoustic numbers to full band tracks, Curran grapples with notions of self, memory, forgiveness and desire. \"There is a reason matters of the heart have been the subject for artists for centuries. -It is uncontrollable and owns us. -Even to give up on love is to break one\'s own heart, which in itself is a precious part of love.\"

\"A voice as warm as an old Hudson\'s Bay blanket\" - Halifax Chronicle Herald