GroundSwell Music

GroundSwell Music is a Halifax-based music company with a focus on East Coast Canadian artists. The company offers a number of services including record label, artist management and event/festival production. GroundSwell is led by Ian McKinnon, a professional musician (a founding member of Rawlins Cross) with a strong business focus committed to developing the international recording and performing careers for its tight-knit roster of artist clients. In November 2014 Ian McKinnon won Music Nova Scotia awards for Manager of the Year and Industry Professional of the Year. GroundSwell also won the ECMA Company of the Year award in 2012 and is currently nominated as ECMA Management Company of the Year for 2015. McKinnon currently sits on the Board of Directors for Music Nova Scotia and is an active member of CIMA and ECMA. GroundSwell’s current core artist roster includes: The Stanfields, Rawlins Cross, The Town Heroes and Like a Motorcycle.