PORT HAWKESBURY: After 50 years of preserving and promoting traditional Cape Breton style music through fiddle, guitar, piano, singers, and step dancers, the Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Association is still going strong today.
In February,...
SYDNEY: Organizers of the Celtic Colours International Festival announced that the award-winning, internationally-acclaimed event will be returning to communities all over Cape Breton Island this October.
The 27th Celtic Colours International Festival will present...
MONTREAL, PQ: There will be a local screening of a new French-language documentary chronicling a secret order with a connection to the Strait area.
On March 26 at 3 p.m., Centre La Picasse in...
ARICHAT: A new book is examining traditional medicines and procedures.
Gabriel LeBlanc’s third French language book Les remédies acadiens de mon Isle Madame was officially released during a book launch late in January at...
HALIFAX: Three fabulous guitarists Daniel MacNeil, Scott Macmillan, and Emma Rush will be performing a mix of classical, flamenco, jazz, original compositions, and Celtic music on a Musique Royale concert tour next month.
The...
ANTIGONISH: Andrea Boyd says there’s no better time to return home.
For the first time since the 2019 season, Festival Antigonish will be back to their regular ways filling seats this summer inside the...
HALIFAX: An effort to bring world class jazz to audiences outside the Halifax Regional Municipality is coming to the Strait area.
As part of the Halifax Jazz Fest (HJF) Community Series initiative, the Taurey...
YELLOWKNIFE, N.T.: For Stephen Richardson, who grew up in Grand River and didn’t pick up a guitar until his twenties, he says it’s almost mind boggling to have been nominated for a JUNO Award once, let alone...
ANTIGONISH: The founder of a local music festival says being able to announce the third installment of performers for their downtown Antigonish summer concert is nothing short of sweet.
Ray Mattie, the founder and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Taylor Linloff’s journey of self-discovery has taken them into the literary world.
Released last week on Amazon, Heirloom Seeds was written and self-published by the Port Hawkesbury resident. Broken down into 17...