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Kensington native Rose Cousins gets Juno nod

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Rose Cousins is headlining Sunday's concert at St. Mary's Church.

Published on February 19, 2013; Published on February 19, 2013
Nancy MacPhee

Nominated in Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo category

SUMMERSIDE — Kensington native, singer/songwriter Rose Cousins, has been nominated for a Juno award.

Topics :: Kensington , Nova Scotia , Halifax

The nominations were announced this morning.

Cousins’ latest effort, “We Have Made A Spark”, has been nominated in the category of Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo.

“We Have Made A Spark” follows Cousins’ two multi-award-winning albums, “The Send Off” (2009) and “If You Were For Me” (2006).

Cousins has won several awards so far in her musical career, including the 2012 Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year and several East Coast Music Awards, Music P.E.I. awards and Nova Scotia Music Awards.

Cousins lives in Halifax, N.S.

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Linda C

- February 19, 2013 at 17:46:54

Rose is not a native of Kensington, she grew up in Park Corner, about 12 km from Kensington

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