July 2024
Artist I
- Aaron Comeau ($2,000)
- Absolute Losers ($2,000)
- Aubin Pi La S.C.B ($2,000)
- BraedenV ($500)
- C.Ruth ($1,500)
- Carlie Howell ($2,000)
- Emilea May ($2,000)
- Hikado ($2,000)
- Liftkit ($2,000)
- Norter ($2,000)
Artist II
- Lawrence Maxwell ($3,500)
Artist III
- Inn Echo ($2,000)
- Tara MacLean ($8,000)
- The East Pointers ($8,000)
- Two Hours Traffic ($4,000)
- Whitney Rose ($4,000)
Music Business Development Fund
No Applicants
October 2023
Emerging Music Program
Hit The Coast ($2,000)
Luka Hall & Shane Pendergast ($2,000)
Pearly Gates ($2,000)
Tiffany Liu ($2,000)
TNA ($1,500)
Export Development Program
Brandon Howard Roy ($3,000)
INN ECHO ($3,000)
Rick Sparkes ($3,000)
Scott MacKay ($3,000)
Sirène Et Matelot ($3,000)
The Burning Hell ($3,000)
Music Industry Professional Development Program
Faye Williams Wood ($1,500)
Career Investment Program
Dennis Ellsworth ($8,000)
Sarah Hagen ($8,000)
April 2023
Emerging Music Program
Abi ($1,500)
Brooke MacArthur ($2,000)
Heather ($2,000)
Joce Reyome ($2,000)
Kierrah ($2,000)
Export Development Program
Brandon Howard Roy ($3,000)
Gordie MacKeeman ($3,000)
Inn Echo ($3,000)
Liam Corcoran ($3,000)
Noah Malcolm ($3,000)
Tara MacLean ($3,000)
Music Industry Professional Development Program
Main St Music Library (Aaron Comeau) ($1,500)
Career Investment Program
Catherine MacLellan ($8,000)
Dylan Menzie ($8,000)
October 2022
Emerging Music Program
Common Cross ($1,000.00)
Guïza ($1,000.00)
Jeffrey Morris($1,000.00)
Magnolia ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Alicia Toner ($2,500.00)
Dennis Ellsworth ($2,500.00)
Inn Echo ($2,500.00)
Lawrence Maxwell ($2,500.00)
Lennie Gallant ($2,500.00)
Nadia ($2,500.00)
Tara MacLean ($2,500.00)
Music Industry Professional Development Program
Matt Halvorson ($1,500.00)
Career Investment Program
Logan Richard ($10,000.00)
The Burning Hell ($10,000.00)
April 2022
Emerging Music Program
Abi ($1,000.00)
Heather ($1,000.00)
Hit The Coast ($1,000.00)
Justyn Thyme ($1,000.00)
Nolan Compton ($1,000.00)
Pearly Gates ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Aaron Comeau ($2,500.00)
Alicia Toner ($2,500.00)
Brandon Howard Roy ($2,500.00)
Rachel Beck ($2,500.00)
Sarah Hagen ($2,500.00)
Scott MacKay ($2,500.00)
Music Industry Professional Development Program
Rich Knox ($1,500.00)
Career Investment Program
Andrew Waite ($10,000.00)
Sirene et Matelot ($10,000.00)
October 2021
Emerging Music Program
Absolute Losers ($1,000.00)
Justyn Thyme ($1,000.00)
Sid-A ($1,000.00)
Mat Hannah ($1,000.00)
C. Ruth ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Logan Richard ($2,500.00)
Dennis Ellsworth ($2,500.00)
Inn Echo ($2,500.00)
Andrew Waite ($2,500.00)
Vishtèn ($2,500.00)
Gordie MacKeeman ($2,500.00)
Music Industry Professional Development Program
Career Investment Program
KINLEY ($10,000.00)
April 2021
Emerging Music Program
Nikkie Gallant ($1,000.00)
Aaron Comeau ($1,000.00)
Frantic Shadow ($1,000.00)
Nadia ($1,000.00)
Noah Malcolm ($1,000.00)
Liah Clayton ($1,000.00)
Club Rat ($1,000.00)
Justyn Thyme ($1,000.00)
Sarah Eddie (Sasha’s Ambulance) ($1,000.00)
Arsenal Mills ($1,000.00)
Nicolas Riel ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Brandon Howard Roy ($2,500.00)
Scott MacKay ($2,500.00)
Lawrence Maxwell ($2,500.00)
Andrew Waite ($2,500.00)
Irish Mythen ($2,500.00)
The East Pointers ($2,500.00)
Music Industry Professional Development Program
Richard Knox ($1,500.00)
Career Investment Program
Alicia Toner ($10,000.00)
Ramzoid ($10,000.00)
October 2020
Emerging Music Program
Shane Pendergast ($1,000.00)
Cameron Ross ($1,000.00)
Good Neighbour ($1,000.00)
Brielle Ansems ($1,000.00)
Vince the Messenger ($1,000.00)
Jenna Marie Gallant ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Cory Gallant ($2,500.00)
Sarah Hagen ($2,500.00)
Andrew Waite ($2,500.00)
Logan Richard ($2,500.00)
Scott MacKay ($2,500.00)
The Burning Hell ($2,500.00)
Brooke MacArthur ($2,500.00)
Music Industry Professional Development Program
Adam Gallant ($650.00)
Career Investment Program
Catherine MacLellan ($10,000.00)
Tara MacLean ($10,000.00)
April 2020
Emerging Music Program
Scott MacKay ($1,000.00)
Brandon Howard Roy ($1,000.00)
Rick Sparkes ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Cory Gallant ($2,500.00)
Lennie Gallant ($2,500.00)
Andrew Waite ($2,500.00)
Career Investment Program
Kinley ($10,000.00)
October 2019
Emerging Music Program
Kevin Ryan ($1,000.00)
Moment of Eclipse ($1,000.00)
Logan Richard ($1,000.00)
Brielle Ansems ($1,000.00)
Little Cities ($1,000.00)
Black is the Color ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Inn Echo ($2,500.00)
Kinley Dowling ($2,500.00)
Atlantic String Machine ($2,500.00)
Lennie Gallant ($2,500.00)
The Buring Hell ($2,500.00)
Dylan Menzie ($2,500.00)
Sorrey ($2,500.00)
Career Investment Program
Dennis Ellsworth ($10,000.00)
Rachel Beck ($10,000.00)
April 2019
Emerging Music Program
Nolan Compton ($1,000.00)
The Pine ($1,000.00)
Skullkid and the Giants ($1,000.00)
Little Cities ($1,000.00)
Inn Echo ($1,000.00)
Kevin Ryan ($1,000.00)
LXVNDR ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Sarah Hagan ($2,500.00)
Alicia Toner ($2,500.00)
Kinley Dowling ($2,500.00)
Rachel Beck ($2,500.00)
Dennis Ellsworth ($2,500.00)
Lennie Gallant ($2,500.00)
Career Investment Program
Vishten ($10,000.00)
Andrew Waite ($10,000.00)
October 2018
Emerging Music Program
Louise Arsenault Trio ($1,000.00)
Cory Gallant ($1,000.00)
Lightyearlong ($1,000.00)
Nikkie Gallant ($1,000.00)
Alicia Toner ($1,000.00)
Coy ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Vishtèn ($2,200.00)
Russell Louder ($2,200.00)
KINLEY ($2,200.00)
Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys ($2,500.00)
The Burning Hell ($2,500.00)
Lennie Gallant ($2,500.00)
Andrew Waite ($2,500.00)
Career Investment Program
The East Pointers ($10,000.00)
Catherine MacLellan ($10,000.00)
April 2018
Emerging Music Program
Amanda Jackson Band ($1,000.00)
Stabbing Joy ($1,000.00)
Anya ($1,000.00)
Jenni & The Hummingbird ($1,000.00)
Ben Aitken ($1,000.00)
Soft Logic ($1,000.00)
Tacky Fish ($930.00)
Export Development Program
Catherine MacLellan ($2,200.00)
Dennis Ellsworth ($2,200.00)
Sorrey ($2,200.00)
Andrew Waite & the Firm ($2,200.00)
The Burning Hell ($2,200.00)
Vishtèn ($2,200.00)
Kinley ($2,200.00)
Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys ($2,200.00)
Career Investment Program
Irish Mythen ($10,000.00)
Rachel Beck ($10,000.00)
October 2017
Emerging Music Program
Rachel Beck ($1,000.00)
Stabbing Joy ($1,000.00)
Anya ($1,000.00)
Jenni & The Hummingbird ($1,000.00)
Evan Allan ($1,000.00)
Fluffy Little Cowboys ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Catherine MacLellan ($2,200.00)
Dennis Ellsworth ($2,200.00)
The Royal North ($2,200.00)
Richard Wood & Gordon Belsher ($2,200.00)
The Burning Hell ($2,200.00)
Nudie ($2,200.00)
Kinley ($2,200.00)
Career Investment Program
Paper Lions ($10,000.00)
Atlantic String Machine ($10,000.00)
April 2017
Emerging Music Program
Salt Licks ($1,000.00)
Logan Richards ($1,000.00)
Josh Carter ($1,000.00)
Atlantic String Machine ($1,000.00)
Max & Brandon ($940.00)
Ultrasuede ($927.75)
Export Development Program
Vishtèn ($2,200.00)
The Beck Sisters ($2,200.00)
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin ($2,200.00)
Paper Lions ($2,200.00)
KINLEY ($2,200.00)
Colin Buchanan ($2,200.00)
Andrew Waite ($2,200.00)
Dennis Ellsworth Services ($1,552.25)
Career Investment Program
Dylan Menzie ($10,000.00)
Meaghan Blanchard ($8,580.00)
November 2016
Emerging Music Program
Winter Jazz Quartet ($1,000.00)
Nick VanOuwerkerk ($1,000.00)
Fluffy Little Cowboys ($1,000.00)
Lonely Kid ($1,000.00)
Gadelle ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin ($2,200.00)
Vishtèn ($2,200.00)
Dylan Menzie ($2,200.00)
Paper Lions ($2,200.00)
Gardiner MacNeill ($810.00)
KGS Management Services ($1,390.00)
Career Investment Program
Irish Mythen ($10,000.00)
The East Pointers ($10,000.00)
April 2016
Emerging Music Program
KINLEY ($1,000.00)
Andrew Waite & the Firm ($1,000.00)
Lo-Paradiso ($1,000.00)
Mercy, Please! ($1,000.00)
Banner Year ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Richard Wood & Gordon Belsher ($2,200.00)
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin ($2,200.00)
Dylan Menzie ($2,200.00)
Irish Mythen ($2,200.00)
Nudie ($2,200.00)
KGS Management Services ($1,107.00)
Career Investment Program
Ashley Condon ($10,000.00)
Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys ($10,000.00)
October 2015
Emerging Music Program
Andrew Waite and the Firm ($1,000.00)
Cavy ($1,000.00)
SORREY ($1,000.00)
The Atlantic String Machine ($1,000.00)
War Horses ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Ashley Condon ($2,200.00)
Dylan Menzie ($2,200.00)
Irish Mythen ($2,200.00)
Meaghan Blanchard ($2,200.00)
Nudie ($2,200.00)
Career Investment Program
Dennis Ellsworth ($10,000.00)
Vishtèn ($10,000.00)
April 2015
Emerging Music Program
Cameleon Productions ($1,200.00)
Spencer Soloduka and the Tearaways ($1,200.00)
Pipe Dreams ($1,200.00)
Whaleskin ($1,200.00)
Emilee Sorrey ($720.00)
Andrew Waite and The Firm ($480.00)
Export Development Program
Irish Mythen ($2,600.00)
Nudie ($2,600.00)
Dennis Ellsworth ($2,600.00)
Racoon Bandit ($1495.00)
Meaghan Blanchard ($1,250.00)
Coyote ($960.00)
Career Investment Program
Paper Lions ($12,000.00)
The East Pointers ($12,000.00)
October 2014
Emerging Music Program
Confederation Entertainment Inc. ($1,200.00)
Larque ($1,200.00)
Lonely Kid ($1,176.00)
Spencer Soloduka & The Tearaways ($1,200.00)
The Count & The Cuban Cocktail ($1,200.00)
Export Development Program
Dennis Ellsworth ($2,600.00)
Irish Mythen ($2,600.00)
Richard Wood & Gordon Belsher ($2,340.00)
Teresa Doyle ($2,600.00)
The East Pointers ($2,600.00)
Career Investment Program
Catherine MacLellan ($8,000.00)
Gordie Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys ($8,000.00)
Ten Strings and A Goat Skin ($8,000.00)
April 2014
Emerging Music Program
Wildcat ($1,200.00)
Whaleskin ($1,200.00)
Nathan Gill ($1,200.00)
Kelley Mooney ($1,200.00)
Atta Boy! ($1,075.80)
Export Development Program
Catherine MacLellan ($2,600.00)
Cynthia MacLeod ($2,600.00)
Death Valley Driver ($2,600.00)
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin ($2,600.00)
The Meds ($2,600.00)
Career Investment Program
Tim Chaisson ($12,000.00)
Coyote ($12,000.00)
October 2013
Emerging Music Program
Emilee Sorrey ($1,200.00)
Banokkburn ($1,060.00)
Dylan Menzie ($1,200.00)
Death Valley Driver ($1,200.00)
Cameleon Productions ($1,200.00 – Music Industry Person)
Export Development Program
The Meds ($2,600.00)
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin ($2,600.00)
Teresa Doyle ($2,600.00)
Luck Productions ($1,000.40 – Music Industry Person)
Career Investment Program
Paper Lions ($12,000.00)
Nudie ($12,000.00)
April 2013
Emerging Music Program
Arrows in the Air ($1,200.00)
Death Valley Driver ($1,200.00)
The Meds ($1,200.00)
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin ($1,200.00)
Tian Wigmore ($1,200.00)
Export Development Program
Catherine MacLellan ($2,600.00)
Coyote ($2,600.00)
Fountain Pop Records – Mike Carver ($2,600.00)
Paper Lions ($2,600.00)
Two Hours Traffic ($2,600.00)
Career Investment Program
Dennis Ellsworth ($12,000.00)
Meaghan Blanchard ($12,000.00)
October 2012
Emerging Music Program
Banner Year ($1,500)
Coyote ($1,500)
Kelley Mooney ($1,500)
Max Keenlyside ($1,500)
The Meds ($1,500)
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin ($1,500)
Export Development Program
Dennis Ellsworth ($3,000)
English Words ($1,992.02)
Luck Productions ($2,412.90)
Meaghan Blanchard ($3,000)
North Lakes ($3,000)
Two Hours Traffic ($1,728)
Career Investment Program
Ashley Condon ($16,000)
Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys ($16,000)
April 2012
Emerging Music Program
Scott MacKay ($1,500)
Katie McGarry ($1,500)
Colour Code ($1,500)
Ten Strings & A Goat Skin ($1,500)
Milks & Rectangles ($1,243.76)
Richard MacLeod ($878.12)
English Words ($878.12)
Export Development Program
Gordie MacKeeman And His Rhythm Boys ($3,000)
Meaghan Blanchard ($3,000)
Dennis Ellsworth ($3,000)
North Lakes ($2,715.65)
Boxer The Horse ($1,458.17)
Nudie & Turks ($3,000)
October 2011
Emerging Music Program
Arrows in the Air ($1,500.00)
Boxer the Horse ($1,500.00)
Caroline Bernard ($1,500.00)
Colour Code ($1,500.00)
Coyote ($1,500.00)
Katie McGarry ($1,500.00)
North Lakes ($1,500.00)
Ward MacDonald ($1,500.00)
Export Development Program
Ashley Condon ($3,000.00)
Dennis Ellsworth ($3,000.00)
Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys ($3,000.00)
Meaghan Blanchard ($3,000.00)
Racoon Bandit ($3,000.00)
Career Investment Program
Paper Lions ($16,000.00)
Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold ($16,000.00)
April 2011
New Emerging Music Program
Arrows in the Air ($1,500)
Glen Strickey ($1,500)
Gordie McKeeman and His Rhythm Boys ($1,500)
Justin Simard ($1,500)
Katie McGarry ($1,500)
Kelley Mooney ($1,500)
Money in the Banana Stand ($1,500)
North Lakes ($1,500.00)
The Fuel ($1,500)
Whitney Rose ($1,500)
New Export Development Program
Bear River Road Music ($2,525.00)
Haunted Hearts ($2,930)
Meaghan Blanchard ($3,000)
Nudie and the Turks ($3,000)
Paper Lions ($3,000)
Tim Chaisson & Morning Fold ($3,000)
The Danks ($3,000)
October 2010
New Emerging Music Program
Arrows in the Air ($1,500)
Glen Strickey ($1,500)
Gordie McKeeman and His Rhythm Boys ($1,500)
Justin Simard ($1,500)
Katie McGarry ($1,500)
Kelley Mooney ($1,500)
Money in the Banana Stand ($1,500)
North Lakes ($1,500.00)
The Fuel ($1,500)
Whitney Rose ($1,500)
New Export Development Program
Bear River Road Music ($2,525.00)
Haunted Hearts ($2,930)
Meaghan Blanchard ($3,000)
Nudie and the Turks ($3,000)
Paper Lions ($3,000)
Tim Chaisson & Morning Fold ($3,000)
The Danks ($3,000)
April 2010
Targeted Demo Program
Cynthia MacLeod ($1,000)
Andrew Melzer ($1,000)
Kelley Mooney ($1,000)
Haunted Hearts ($1,000)
Nikkie Gallant ($1,000)
Corey Doucette ($1,000)
The Meds ($1,000)
Ward MacDonald ($1,000)
Emerging Music Program
English Words ($3,000)
Vishtèn ($3,000)
Richard Wood ($3,000)
Paper Lions ($3,000)
Two Hours Traffic ($3,000)
John Connolly ($3,000)
Meaghan Blanchard ($3,000)
Grass Mountain Hobos ($3,000)
Haunted Hearts ($,1600)
The Danks ($1,200)
Boxer The Horse ($1,200)
Export Development Program
Catherine MacLellan ($21,000)
October 2009
Targeted Demo Program
Milks & Rectangles ($1,000)
The Death Avengers ($1,000)
Native Gumbo ($1,000)
The Express ($1,000)
Waif & The Spade ($1,000)
Jamie MacSwain ($1,000)
Emerging Music Program
The Danks ($4,000)
Vishtèn ($2,080)
Chas Guay ($2,440)
Boxer The Horse ($1,320.40)
Richard Wood ($4,000)
Fugato ($2,160)
Colette Cheverie ($4,000)
Grass Mountain Hobos ($4,000)
Export Development Program
Please note: There was no Export Development Grant for this round of funding. Two Export Development Grants will be made available (1 per round) in 2010.
April 2009
Targeted Demo Program
Matt Gill ($1,000.00)
Alli Walker ($1,000.00)
The Sidewalks ($1,000.00)
Joey Kitson ($1,000.00)
Battery Point ($,1,000.00)
Rhythm Rules ($1,000.00)
The North Lakes ($1,000.00)
Slung ($1,000.00)
Emerging Music Program
Loud Machine ($4,000.00)
Battery Point ($3,000.00)
Chas Guay ($4,000.00)
Meaghan Blanchard ($3,100.00)
John Connolly ($3,272.00)
Nathan Wiley ($3,000.00)
Dan Currie Band ($3,227.00)
Industry Professional
Sandbar Music ($401.60)
Export Development Program
Nudie & The Turks ($21,000.00 over three years)
Teresa Doyle ($21,000.00 over three years)
September 2008
Emerging Music Program
Meaghan Blanchard ($4,000.00)
Roy Johnstone ($3,000.00)
John Connolly ($4,000.00)
Dan Currie & What Happened Tomorrow ($4,000.00)
Nikkie Gallant ($2,080.00)
Pat Deighan & The Orb Weavers ($4,000.00)
Nudie & The Turks ($4,000.00)
Saddle River String Band ($3000.00)
Boxer The Horse ($615.00)
Battery Point ($4,000.00)
Industry Professionals in Emerging Music Program
Many Lives Publishing ($4,000.00)
Adam Gallant ($4,000.00)
Panda Digital ($2,717.00)
Targeted Demo Program
Donald Younie ($577.00)
The Robots ($1,000.00)
New Royalty ($1,000.00)
John Oliver ($517.00)
Bryson Guptill ($587.00)
Glencoe Road ($610.00)
Diesel ($537.00)
The Wynnes ($1,000.00)
Drea MacDonald ($1,000.00)
Andrew Murray ($1,000.00)
Nikkie ($1,000.00)
Dennis Ellsworth ($1,000.00)
Roy Johnston ($1,000.00)
Export Development Program
Gadelle ($21,000.00 over 3 years)
May 2008
Emerging Music Program
Dead Airwaves ($2,000.00)
Teresa Doyle ($4,000.00)
Nudie & The Turks ($4,000.00)
Battery Point ($4,000.00)
Pat Deighan & The Orb Weavers ($3,728.00)
Dan Currie & What Happened Tomorrow ($2,960.00)
Smothered in Hugs ($1,972.00)
Industry Professionals in Emerging Music Program
Panda Digital ($4,000.00)
Sandbar Music Group Inc ($3,532.00)
Targeted Demo Program
The Meds ($1,000.00)
Chris Corrigan ($1,000.00)
Disco Rockin Llamas ($1,000.00)
Syracuse Me ($1,000.00)
Stephen Pate ($560.00)
Ted Simmons ($680.00)
Chas Guay ($680.00)
Dave Wigmore ($700.00)
Ian MacDonald ($1,000.00)
Glen Strickey Quartet ($730.00)
January 2008
Export Development Program
Vishtèn ($21,000.00 over 3 years)
Two Hours Traffic ($21,000.00 over 3 years)
Paper Lions ($21,000.00 over 3 years)
Tim Chaisson and Morning Fold ($21,000.00 over 3 years)
Emerging Music Program
John Connolly ($3,700.00)
Nudie & the Turks ($4,000.00)
Edge ($500.00)
Saddle River String Band ($4,000.00)
Pat Deighan and the Orb Weavers ($3,286.00)
Dan Currie and What Happened Tomorrow ($2,689.00)
Nikkie ($4,000.00)
Smothered In Hugs ($3,323.00)
Nathan Wiley ($3,410.00)
Industry Professionals in Emerging Music Program
Sandbar Music Group Inc ($2,243.00)
Panda Digital ($1,000.00)
Many Lives Publishing ($2,612.00)
Targeted Demo Program
Collette Cheverie ($1,000.00)
Gadelle ($1,000.00)
Bryson Guptill ($1,000.00)
Chuck & Albert ($1,000.00)
Christian Gallant ($1,000.00)
Anastasia DesRoches ($1,000.00)
Meaghan Blanchard ($1,000.00)
The Mystery System ($1,000.00)
Trinity Bradshaw ($1,000.00)
Jace Patkai ($1,000.00)