Còig is a

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folk music group from

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."Re-Còig-nition for Cape Breton band"
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'', February 6, 2018. The group consists of Darren McMullen on guitar, mandolin, mandola, banjo, bouzouki, whistles, flute and vocals; Rachel Davis on fiddle, viola and vocals; Jason Roach on piano and Chrissy Crowley on fiddle and viola.

History

Còig was formed in 2010 to perform at the

Celtic Colours Celtic Colours International Festival is a Celtic music festival held annually in October in communities on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. First held in 1997, the festival has featured musicians from the Celtic world and attracted visi ...

festival. The band, which at that time included fiddler Colin Grant, released its debut album ''Five'' in 2014. The album, which included new arrangements and instrumentation of traditional music, won the award for Traditional Album of the Year at the 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards. They followed up in 2015 with ''Carols'', an album of Christmas music. Còig released the album ''Rove'' in 2017. It received nominations for Traditional Album of the Year at the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards and Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the

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. That year the band performed at the East Coast Music Awards ceremony. Also that year, fiddler Colin Grant left the group. In 2017, and again in 2018, the band once again performed at the Celtic Colours Festival. In 2018, the band was named Roots/traditional recording of the year at the East Coast Music Awards.

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*{{official, https://www.coig.ca/ Canadian folk music groups Musical groups from Nova Scotia Musical groups established in 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award winners 2010 establishments in Nova Scotia