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East Coast Music Hour: Some favourites from the past year

Host Bill Roach shares some of his favourite songs from the past year. Grab your earbuds, headphones and sit back and enjoy a varied selection of tunes from the East Coast Music Hour from 2022.

Sit back and listen to some of the best of ECMH from 2022

Six men playing instruments (mostly guitars and fiddles) standing near a guardrail on a highway overlooking the Bras d'Or Lakes in Cape Breton.
The 2nd Generation (featuring Morgan Toney and Keith Mullins) released a song called Kina’mu, which means “teach them” in the Mi’kmaw language. (2nd Generation)
There is plenty of good music that has come out of the East Coast during the past year. 


Host Bill Roach shares some of his favourite songs from 2022. Grab your earbuds or headphones and sit back and enjoy a selection of tunes from the East Coast Music Hour from an amazing year of music-making.

Six album covers of East Coast musicians including Neon Dreams, aquakultre, Pearly Gates, Sherry Ryan, Jah'Mila and Silver Wolf Band.

Top Row:

  • Little Dance - Neon Dreams
  • Don't Trip - aquakultre
  • There's A Black Hole (Where Your Heart Should Be) - Pearly Gates

Second Row:

  • Sparrow - Sherry Ryan
  • Back Home - Jah'Mila
  • Geese and the Wind - Silver Wolf Band
Six musicians and their album covers or performance photos incuding Jessica Rhaye, Stephen Hero, Raymond Sewell, Nico Paulo, Tim Chaisson and Tara MacLean and Kelly McMichael.
(Album, song art and musicians photos from musicians' websites)

Top Row:
  • Sunshine Baby - Jessica Rhaye and the Ramshackle Parade
  • 40 Foot Limo (clean edit) - Stephen Hero (from N.B.)
  • Sweet Maggie - Raymond Sewell for The Story and the Song

Second Row:

  • Now or Never - Nico Paulo
  • Empty Street - Tim Chaisson and Tara MacLean for The Story and the Song
  • Out the Window - Kelly McMichael

Photos from artists sites and CBC.