Leona Burkey

Versatile singer-songwriter/contemporary roots artist from Halifax/Cape Breton with a bell-clear voice, inventive guitar attack and seasoned, easy-going stage presence. Leona's penchant for spontaneously crafting shows as she goes charms and disarms audiences into a joyful musical conversation in the Cape Breton troubadour style. Dark horse Music NS/ECMA nominations for her last album “SITTING TIGHT”(2021) + noteworthy traction and early praise for her latest record “GROUNDRUSH” (released early ’23) have Leona relishing a breakthrough second chapter in a meandering music journey. “Leona Burkey's "Groundrush" is about to make mom-rock a thing...the album’s 10 tracks feel like signposts to carry with you, markers for the path you’ll soon be forging through uncharted territory as you map your own against-the current path”. Morgan Mullin, The Coast