Mike McKenna Jr.

Singer-songwriter Mike McKenna Jr. is an award-winning artist from Cape Breton Island; with a raspy and soulful voice, his warm folk and Americana tones decorate powerful songs laden with captivating storytelling. Born in the coal mining town of Glace Bay and raised along the Mira River, Mike's songwriting aesthetic points heavily to his roots growing up in Eastern Cape Breton. Over the course of 4 studio albums, including his latest record ‘Smokey Mountain High’, he brings us the nostalgia of his home through dreamy narratives and true stories about life and death in Nova Scotia’s coastal, working-class communities. In recent years Mike’s music has earned him an East Coast Music Award, along with additional nominations from the Canadian Folk Music Awards and the Music Nova Scotia Awards. His songs have twice landed him a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition (I.S.C.), and his newest single ‘Grassfire’ continues to receive national airplay on CBC Radio and considerable international airplay on SiriusXM’s North Americana.