Naemanson's original post in this thread mentioned the group was from
the Canadian Maritimes. The singer said that it IS a soft c, which
surprised me; because many of us pronounce it with a hard c. That's one
of the signs some of us point out that someone is likely from outside the area, because the hard "c" is rarely heard by locals. When somebody does pronounce it with a soft c; we find that they're usually from away. That's more so in Nova Scotia, at least.