In this episode I chat with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia’s Mo Kenney.

Now, I say Dartmouth because that’s where Mo lives and that’s where I met them, but as you’ll hear in our chat, Mo is actually from, as they put it, somewhere just outside of Nowhere, Nova Scotia.

Something they made abundantly clear by the title of their most recent album, their 5th, From Nowhere.

Before moving to the big bad city at 11, and learning to play the guitar at the Conservatory (at Long & McQuade not the Royal Conservatory, which was, you know, what I thought), Mo lived in the country where their best friend didn't live across the street, he lived across the field. Mo’s beloved childhood pet was, in fact, not a dog, it was a goat, named Nicky.

Since then Mo has become one of Canada’s finest songwriters. They have picked up a couple pocketfuls of awards along the way, including several Nova Scotia Music Awards, some East Coast Music Awards, a Canadian Folk Music Award, a SOCAN Songwriter Award and a Juno Award nomination - among others.

I’m such a big fan of Mo’s and, I hope, if this is somehow your introduction to them, that you will be too.

mokenney.com

@mookenney

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When We Wake with Andrew Shaver is written, hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Shaver. The weekly radio broadcast is syndicated across Canada.

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