Lakewind Sound Studios is an award winning studio in Canada. Artists to have their work recorded at the studio include,
Gordie Sampson
Gordon Francis Sampson (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia.
Beginning his career as a performer on his hometown island of Cape Breton, both in bands and on his own, Sampson has gone on to ...
with ''Stones'' in 1998,
Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle (; born December 9, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. A phonetic spelling of her first name (which is Irish) also serves as the title of her 2003 album. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian band Shaye from 2003â ...
with ''Davnet'' in 2003,
The Cottars
The Cottars are a Canadian Celtic musical group from Cape Breton Island formed in 2000. The group's current members are Ciarán MacGillivray, Fiona MacGillivray, Bruce Timmins, and Claire Pettit.
History
The Cottars were founded in late 2000 wh ...
with ''
Made in Cape Breton'' in 2002 and ''
On Fire'' in 2004.
Background
The genesis of the studio goes back to when Fred Lavery and
Gordie Sampson
Gordon Francis Sampson (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia.
Beginning his career as a performer on his hometown island of Cape Breton, both in bands and on his own, Sampson has gone on to ...
were performing together. Being accomplished songwriters and passionate about music, they wanted to get their music further afield. This resulted in the formation of Lakewind Sound Studios. The studio has won 9
ECMA
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’s and 5
MIANS Studio of the Year Awards.
An article on the Government of Nova Scotia wesbite dated December 7, 2006 reports that the studio had won in succession seven East Coast Music Awards in the Studio of the Year category. They had also won multiple Music Industry Association of Nova Scotia Awards. In 2021, they were nominees in the Studio of the Year category.
Mike Shephered who has worked as an engineer at the studio has also played an important part in Cape Bretton fiddle recording development.
Prior to opening the studio, Fred Lavery was in a Nova Scotia group called Road who released three singles. They had a regional hit with "Song for Noel" in 1978.
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References
External links
Discogs: Lakewind Sound
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Recording studios in Canada