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Cindy Scott

CD: This Northern Girl

Song: I Will Carry You

Label: Homestead Records

Producers: Barry Allen and Gordie Matthews

This Northern Girl is the first professional recording released by Cindy Scott, and it earned her nominations for a 2002 Prairie Music Award for outstanding Aboriginal recording, as well as nominations in the Best Songwriter and Best Female Artist categories at the 2002 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.

Scott has a beautiful voice, and nothing gets in the way of enjoying the sound of it on this CD.

Scott had a hand in writing all the songs featured on This Northern Girl, and she delivers them in an intimate way that makes the listener feel she is opening herself up and sharing bits and pieces of her life with them. The style of Scott's songs varies throughout the CD, as she moves from country to folk.

All in all, This Northern Girl is a very enjoyable listen, and grows more enjoyable with each playing. If this first CD is any indication, we'll probably be hearing a lot more from Cindy Scott in the future.