Music PEI Exchange

Music PEI’s Artist Exchange Program, established in 2012, pairs artists from England, Wales, Sweden, and Denmark with PEI artists to collaborate, co-write and showcase. After an open call for artists by Music PEI in Canada and English Folk Expo in Greater Manchester, the selected artists for the 2024 exchange are Robbie Cavanagh (England) and Lawrence Maxwell (Canada).

Songwriter and artist Robbie Cavanagh released his third record Tough Love in 2023. Since then, he’s toured prolifically as a headline artist and opened multiple times for The Wood Brothers. His performances include The Long Road Festival, British Country Music Festival, Celtic Connections, Cambridge Folk Festival, and Folk Alliance International.

PEI singer-songwriter Lawrence Maxwell’s third album, Ballad of Miles, was nominated for seven Music PEI Awards in 2023. In 2024, Maxwell received the Music PEI Entertainer of the Year Award. His songs have been played on Sirius XM’s Top of the Country, Country Hits Radio UK, and CBC’s Q. He has performed across Canada, showcased at Americana UK in London, and made his European debut at the Tønder Festival in Denmark in 2023.

After time spent together writing and recording in PEI and Manchester, Cavanagh and Maxwell will debut their collaboration in September 2024 at Showcase PEI and in March 2025 at English Folk Expo.