Lakewind Sound Studios Ltd.

04/01/2026

Congrats Morgan and team!

A Juno Masterpiece Made in Cape Breton!
Huge congratulations to Morgan Toney on winning the 2026 JUNO Award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year for Heal the Divide!

This win is a testament to the incredible talent right here in our backyard. A massive shoutout to the team at Lakewind Sound Studios Ltd., including the legendary Mike "Sheppy" Shepherd, whose engineering brought this 'Mi’kmaltic' sound to life. We also want to recognize the brilliant Keith Mullins for his vital contributions to Morgan's career and this project.

From Unama’ki / Cape Breton Island to the national stage—congrats to the whole team!

05/02/2025

Check out the Point Aconi drone views on the new single/video from Dàimh as part of their single track series. We recorded, mixed and filmed this in one session with this amazing UK group and a little help from DreaLily.

Check out the track series on Bandcamp - https://daimh.bandcamp.com/track/c-ta-m-r
Also available to stream on all platforms

Destination Cape Breton

During the summer of 2024 we flew to Cape Breton for a few days to take part in KitchenFest. In between gigs, we visited Lakewind Studios in Point Aconi to r...

07/08/2024

Great day in the studio Friday with Dave Gunning and Dane Pedersen. We don’t have photo evidence of it but it was excellent. Here’s a great track I worked on from 2007 featuring the man of a thousand songs - Ron Hynes and the amazing Jamie Robinson

Lakewind Sound Studios Ltd.

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07/06/2024

What a day!

There were so many amazing acts! It was truly difficult to make a choice.

The coolest thing of all was hearing all the original songs!

The talent was outstanding.

Thank you to all the contestants!!!!

The Coast 89.7

06/13/2024

Beverly Glenn-Copeland's ‘The Ones Ahead’ recorded at Lakewind by Mike Shep has been nominated for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.

It is on the long list of 40 of the best Canadian albums of the year!

Congrats Beverly Glenn Copeland!

05/15/2024

Hello CBMIC Artists!

My name is Johnny James, and I am the Conference Coordinator for the National Campus and Community Radio Conference being held from June 11th -14th in Sydney, NS.

I am putting the call out for local Cape Breton musicians and artists to come and perform for our attendees during our evening social events! I'm looking for around 10-12 artists across the four days!

We have secured Factor funding alongside other grants to put on this programming and our attendees are staff and volunteers from independent radio stations across Canada, so it would be a great opportunity to network and get your music into the hands of hosts and programmers and played in new parts of the country!

Here are the dates we are looking to fill:

Tuesday, June 11th @ Island Folk Cider House from 7pm-10pm
Looking for 2 or 3 solo/acoustic/singer-songwriter acts.

Wednesday, June 12th @ Venue TBD from 7pm-10pm
Looking for 2-3 acts of any kind.

Thursday, June 13th @ Eltuek Arts Centre from 7pm - 10pm
Looking for 2-3 acts, preferably full bands.

Friday, June 14th @ Membertou Trade and Convention Centre from 7pm - 10pm for our Awards Gala
Looking for 2-3 acts of any kind.

If you are a CBMIC member and perform mostly original music and are interested in taking part, please email me at ([email protected]) and let us know which days you may be interested along with details on your performance costs by May 20th!

Regardless if you can perform or not, I would like to extend an open invitation to our conference session on our Earshot Distribution Platform on June 14th @ The Membertou Trade & Convention Centre from 1:30-2:30pm AST. It is an incredible program and platform that has been developed to make getting your music in the hands of stations from coast-to-coast easier than ever!

If you have any questions at all, again, you can reach me at [email protected]!

Thanks!
Johnny

05/15/2024

Check out this great opportunity from Smokey Sessions! Cape Smokey. Message for more info.

ATTENTION MUSICIANS AGES 25 AND UNDER!!!!

CAPE SMOKEY is excited to announce that we are now working in partnership with LAKEWIND SOUND STUDIOS, the premier recording studio in Atlantic Canada for our SMOKEY SESSIONS: RISING STARS concert, July 1, 2024.

As originally advertised, we will have a contest for the High School musicians of Cape Breton, the prize being a $1,000 bursary.

Our partnership with LAKEWIND SOUND STUDIOS now allows us to add an exciting new category to the event for all musicians ages 25 and under. The winner will have the opportunity to record a completed single at LAKEWIND SOUND STUDIOS and we will help launch the recording on all streaming channels!

As an added bonus, the winner s of both categories will have the opportunity to perform at SMOKEY SESSIONS: SUMMER’S END BASH, featuring Elyse Aeryn, August 31, 2024.

CAPE SMOKEY and LAKEWIND SOUND STUDIOS are excited to offer these wonderful opportunities to the young musicians of our island. The SMOKEY SESSIONS: RISING STARS concert is a free CANADA DAY event for all to enjoy, so come out and enjoy some of the finest young talent Cape Breton has to offer.

Send all video submissions and enquiries to [email protected]

Cape Smokey
Lakewind Sound Studios Ltd.
Elyse Aeryn

05/15/2024

Hello Inverness County! CBMIC is pleased to announce, that will be holding an information session on Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 to outline our 2024 Product Development Program. This is a funding program available to assist Cape Breton artists looking to recording new music for release as part of their artist development plans for the next 2 years. We will provide an outline of the program workings, eligibility, the funding process, and timelines. We will aim to start the session at 6:15 once people are settled, and will do Q&A at the end.
Session location and info in image below. Hope to see you there!