Delta Barrington & Delta Halifax recently announced some of the amazing entertainment for their annual fundraiser, Raise A Little Hellp: Port Cities and Rose Cousins. This event raises funds for Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia, an organization focused on building stronger communities through the promotion of affordable homeownership.

Port Cities is eager to perform at Raise a Little Hellp. “We’re so excited to be a part of this year’s Raise a Little Hellp fundraiser with Delta Halifax. It’s an honor to share our music in support of Habitat for Humanity, an amazing organization that changes lives right here in Nova Scotia.”

“Delta Barrington and Delta Halifax are proud to continue our partnership with Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia and present our 7th annual, Raise a Little Hellp event,” said Stuart Jolliffe, General Manager, Delta Barrington and Delta Halifax. “Affordable housing is an important issue and we look forward to raising significant dollars through this unique and popular evening of music, food and drink.”

On Thursday, October 29th, Raise A Little Hellp will feature the best in Nova Scotia music, cuisine and beverage at the Delta Halifax Hotel. With food stations offering regional specialties, there will also be an extensive selection of locally produced wine and spirits. Each year, attendees delight in the silent auction items, including trips to some of Canada’s best travel destinations, concert tickets, music memorabilia, golf getaways, and more.

Tickets are now on sale at http://raisealittlehelp.deltahotelsmedia.com

About Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia
Its provincial roots established in 1992, Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia is a non-profit organization working towards a Nova Scotia where everyone has a safe and decent place to live. To date we have built 45 homes throughout the province to help low income working families achieve the goal of successful homeownership. An affiliate of Habitat for Humanity Canada, the organization forms part of the more than 63,000 volunteers every year and 65 affiliate organizations from coast to coast whose mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting homeownership as a means to break the cycle of poverty in Canada. For more information, please visit www.habitatns.ca

Catch Port Cities performing at The Union Street Cafe in Berwick, NS on Saturday, August 1st.

By Tiffany Thornton, Local Connections

Nova Scotia’s diverse music scene is filled with a dynamic mix of genres. From the sound of the fiddle, to folk inspired melodies, and on to the vibrant hip-hop scene, the province inspires many performers to root themselves here musically. It’s no surprise that Halifax’s latest emerging trio, Port Cities, consists of three of the province’s top singer/songwriters. Breagh MacKinnon, Carleton Stone and Dylan Guthro each bring a distinctive approach to the band’s music, which is reflected in their lyrically charged first single, “Sound of Your Voice”.

Sound of Your Voice was produced by Grammy Award Winner and Cape Bretoner Gordie Sampson, who runs a song camp for young musicians every summer in Ingonish. “One of the benefits of the song camp is that it introduces songwriters to each other that might not have normally had a chance to meet,” Sampson explains. “Port Cities is the ultimate example of this. The way their strengths integrate both as writers and performers is the rare stuff that makes great bands truly great.”

Q: You guys are all friends. Was that cultivated at Gordie’s Song Camp in Cape Breton?

Carleton Stone: I was part of Gordie Sampson’s song camp right from the first year in 2010. I got in at the cut-off age when I was 25. It was the same year that Mo Kenney and Molly Thomason were there. Dylan and Breagh came the following year. The process of all of us connecting and forming this trio seemed to happen really organically.

Q: You have all built established careers working with the likes of successful musicians like Classified, Tegan and Sara, Feist and David Myles. Who initiated the onset of forming “Port Cities”?

Breagh: Dylan did some stuff with Classified. I worked with David Myles, and Carleton had just finished his last record, which Dylan had recorded on. It just felt like a natural progression to where we are now. There was no real set plan.

Dylan: It was one night after a show we all just started jamming together to Carleton’s song, “Blood is Thicker Than water”. The harmonies and the blends just felt right. I thought, “We already perform in each other’s bands and we always hang out. We should just have one car, play one show and have one name.” We all wanted to do this.

Breagh: That is what spurred it on. The next day we were, like, “Are we actually going to do this?” After talking to Gordie who was really looking to sink his teeth into something new, we collectively decided to make it a priority and combine forces to collaborate on one project together, which is making this record.

Q: Gordie Sampson played an integral role in the inception of “Port Cities”, and he is producing the new album. You seem to all have a great rapport with him. Why do you think that is?

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