Small Of My Heart

“SMALL OF MY HEART” Songwriters Circle is a concert series that will be touring the East Coast of Canada in the spring of 2024, hosted in engaging venues, celebrating our award-winning women and non-binary artists and musicians, and advancing their place and position within the Canadian music industry.

“It’s more than a concert. It’s a movement.”

Our “in-the-round“ series creates a memorable fan experience of incredible songwriting, harmonies, musicianship and storytelling of real, resilient and unique journeys, including some fun and horrifying road experiences and stories that helped create their celebrated music.

Each show and evening will include three award-winning and headlining singer-songwriters who will share their well crafted songs and stories, making you feel like you were sitting alongside the artists in your own living room. There will be loads of laughs and likely a few tears as well, as that is exactly what artists do when they get together.

No night will be the same. That is the beauty of our unique concert series.

Saturday, May 25

7:30pm / Doors 6:30pm

The Stage at St Andrew's

Corner of Coburg & Robie, Kjipuktuk / Halifax

LISA MACISAAC is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who originally hails from Cape Breton, NS. She began her on stage career at the age of 10, followed by years of playing traditional Scottish fiddle, and joined a multitude of folk artists on tour as a side musician and vocalist as a teen, including the late Bruce Guthro. She was credited on numerous albums and television soundtracks before forming the highly acclaimed, JUNO & ECMA nominated, Canadian Folk Award and John Lennon Songwriting Grand Prize award winning duo, “Madison Violet”, with her bandmate, Brenley MacEachern. The duo has toured relentlessly across the globe for over 20 years, gaining lifelong fans along the way, with their stunning harmonies, incredible musicianship and heartfelt lyrics. Lisa was nominated (along with her bandmate, Brenley) for “Producer(s) of the Year”, at the 2023 “Canadian Folk Music Awards”, “Contemporary Album of the Year” and “Single of the Year”. 2023 ECMA nominations for Madison Violet included “TD Fans’ Choice Entertainer of the Year”, Folk Recording of the Year”, “Songwriter of the Year”, and “Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year”.

Facebook @madisonviolet/ Instagram @madisonviolet / Twitter @madisonviolet

HEATHER RANKIN is a singer, songwriter, actor, and member of the 6X JUNO Award winning band “The Rankin Family”. As a solo artist she has released two multi-ECMA nominated albums, A Fine Line and Imagine. She has taken her solo show to venues across the country, including headlining the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, hosting Songwriters’ Circles at ECMA Week and the Nova Scotia SummerFest, and performing with the Cape Breton Orchestra at Celtic Colours, with Symphony NS, and the Calgary Philharmonic. In 2018 she teamed up with Nova Scotian powerhouses Bette MacDonald, Lucy MacNeil, and Jenn Sheppard to create Island Girls: two unique comedic and musical salutes to Cape Breton which have played to sold-out crowds throughout the last three years. In 2017 Heather was named a Canada 150 Ambassador and she took part in the Canada C3 Expedition on Leg 2 between Montréal and Baie Comeau, where she co-wrote the song “River of Nations” with Alex Cuba and Andrea Menard. She has recorded and performed with many artists including The Chieftains, Johnny Reid, and Carly Simon.

Facebook @heatherrankinmusic / Instagram @heatherrankinmusic / Twitter @heatherrankin

IRISH MYTHEN was born in Ireland and now resides in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Canada.

"This Island creates music and musicians, art and artists. I found a shift to take things more seriously when I moved here." And she did just that.

Her latest release, Little Bones, gained her recognition around the globe, including a 2020 JUNO nomination for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year, seven Music PEI 2020 nominations and two wins — Touring Artist of the Year and Roots Contemporary Recording of the Year, and a Canadian Folk Music Nomination for Solo Artist of the Year. Her previous self-titled album, Irish Mythen, garnered awards and nominations from Music PEI, East Coast Music Association, Folk Alliance International and SOCAN. Write-ups in Australian Guitar Magazine, Rollingstone and a plethora of other print and online media world wide have helped plant Irish firmly on the map of Must-See Artists. Irish's live performances are a thing of raw power, emotion and a connection with her audience that just has to be seen to be believed.

Facebook @irishmythenmusic / Instagram @irishmythen / Twitter @irishmythen

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