
Jon Hines 
Other / Cape Breton Indie
Jon Hines is a singer-songwriter, blues and jazz guitar musician writing songs about love, loss, travel, nature and life. Having the opportunity to showcase his talent and songwriting abilities for international touring acts, Jon has toured across Canada after the release of his first full length album, “Wild Things Roam”. Touring is part of the journey, and having the opportunity to see this great country is a privilege. Most recently, traveling from west coast to east coast via train, using the opportunity to work on writing and pictures, video blogging. Jon was asked to showcase his new album “Wild Things Roam” on Halifax’s morning show CTV. Shortly after he released his album, Jon released a new single titled, “Everybody Knows Umbrellas Cost More in The Rain” where he was asked to perform again on CTV morning show. Opening with acts, Jesse Roper, Daniel Champagne and Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies. Jon had a song featured in an international songwriting competition, with out of 19,000 song entries worldwide it advanced into the semi finals.
Jon was selected as an official artist for “Black Mountain Thumb Picks” based out of Vancouver BC. “BMP” asked Jon to make a video for the announcement, the video streamed 300k times worldwide.
2017 ISC semi finalist
2018 ISC semi finalist
2020 ECMA showcasing artist
2020 selected as a Black Mountain Picks Artist