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April 27, 2008
Singer
looking forward to sharing her Gaelic culture with
Islanders. Mary Jane Lamond to give workshops and perform at
the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown.
Mary Jane Lamond burst onto the music scene as the
hypnotic Gaelic voice behind Ashley MacIsaac’s hit song
Sleepy Maggie in 1995. Thirteen years, four CDs and
countless concerts later, she has become one of the
best-known Gaelic singers in the world...
[Read
article]
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April 10, 2008
Keys To Success: Local pianist Dougie
MacPhee to be invested as member of the Order of Canada
today
Dougie MacPhee modestly calls his life as a pianist a
"sideline career." Renowned in Celtic music circles, MacPhee
is viewed as Cape Breton’s foremost piano soloist. This
morning, he will receive one of his biggest honours when
Gov.-Gen. Michaëlle Jean invests him as a member...
[Read
article]
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February 25, 2008
East Coast Music Awards
Congratulations
to Troy MacGillivray, winner of the East Coast Music
Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" for his latest
release 'Live at The Music Room' and to Kimberley Fraser
for winning the ECMA for 'Roots/Traditional Album of the
Year' for her latest recording 'Falling On New Ground'. A
big congrats also goes out to The Celtic Colours
International Festival for winning "Festival of the
year" again.
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February 7, 2008
New
Cape Breton Live CD!
 A belated happy
new year to you all! Although we haven't had an opportunity
to post any new shows in the last little while, we have been
busy working on the second Cape Breton Live compilation CD
"Take 02".
14 live tracks
were chosen from various shows featuring artists such as
Buddy MacMaster, Wendy MacIsaac, Kinnon Beaton, Ian
MacDougall, Jerry Holland and more... The CD will be ready for release
April 30th. You can pre-order
your copy now for delivery as soon as they come in!
 'Take
02' Track
listing & sound clips
ORDER
CD
($20 CAD)
New Radio Shows
We have received
so many emails asking when we might have be putting up some
new shows. A lack of money and a proper audio server have
been our biggest obstacles. We are very
pleased to have recently received some funding from Odyssey Records
of Illinois to produce a few more shows. We will be working
on those in the next little while so stay tuned for some new
shows in the near future...
Our streaming
server has been experiencing ongoing problems and this has caused
a delay in producing any new shows. We hope to be able to
find a better solution shortly. If anyone out there
has a streaming server and would like to help us out, we
would love to hear from you!
Thanks to you
all for your continued support. We hope you enjoy the new
album!
Cheers,
The Cape Breton Live crew
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January 19,
2008
'Natalie MacMaster & Friends' on Bravo! TV Tonight
A repeat broadcast of the Cape Breton Live concert
filmed at The Rose Theatre in Brampton, Ontario in November 2006.
Featuring Natalie MacMaster with musical friends:
Andrea Beaton, Troy
MacGillivray, Glenn Graham, Howie MacDonald, Cheryl Smith, Buddy
MacDonald, Kate Quinn and Bob Quinn.
Bravo! TV Canada, 7:00pm ET
| Bravo Website
Portions of this concert can be heard on Cape Breton Live
here
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News: December
14, 2007
By Dan MacDonald, The Cape Breton Post
 The
Celtic music world received another blow this past week with
the passing of Mary Jessie MacDonald, aged 78. Born and raised in New
Waterford, with roots deep in Mabou Coal Mines, she was
revered by fiddlers and music fans in general.
She lived and worked most of her life in the Boston area,
where she built up a much deserved reputation as a pianist
with a wonderful touch, an impressive command of the
keyboard and a vast knowledge of the tunes.
Her performances on her visits to Cape Breton were much
anticipated and getting the chance to sit in on a session
where she was playing was a special occasion indeed. Celtic
music was much stronger by her presence and much saddened by
her passing.
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November 8, 2007
Cape Breton ranks 10th
on best islands list
By The
Canadian Press
SYDNEY —
Cape Breton Island has caught the attention of National
Geographic Traveler magazine again, tying for 10th in the
publication's world's best islands rankings. It shares the
honour with Corsica (France).
A total of
111 islands and archipelagos were ranked in six categories
including environmental and ecological quality and cultural
integrity.
The
Destinations Rated feature examined islands as appealing
places that are often prone to tourism overkill. With 100
being the best score for avoiding that danger, Cape Breton
scored 75.
Cape
Breton is no stranger to tourism accolades from the
magazine. It placed second on a scorecard of more than 100
of the worlds greatest destinations in 2004.
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November 4, 2007
Now playing: Cape Breton Live in Concert
 We
have a long awaited new show online today! 'Cape
Breton Live in Concert' was recorded last November at the
Rose Theatre in Brampton, Ontario and features special guest
Natalie MacMaster.
Listen to the show.
We hope to
have more new shows for you in the coming months from the
Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton. As
always we hope you will support the artists by buying
recordings from the online store and
a donation to Cape Breton Live is
always appreciated too!
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October 28, 2007
Canada’s
first Gaelic-language short film is set to make its European
premiere next month. Faire Chaluim Mhic Leoid (The Wake of
Calum MacLeod) - an eight-minute, short film shot in Cape
Breton in the spring of 2006...
[Read
article]
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October 25, 2007
Two new CDs
added to the online store...
Kinnon & Andrea Beaton (released 2007) and
Troy MacGillivray: Live At The Music Room (2007)
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August 19, 2007
Multi-ECMA
nominee to release new CD Sunday
at The Celtic Music Interpretive Centre
Multi-ECMA nominee Glenn Graham will be releasing his fifth
recording, Decade: A Compilation, at the Celtic Music
Interpretive Centre in Judique, Today...
[Read
article]
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August 2, 2007
Gaelic Heritage Interpretive
Centre expected
to be completed by September
The Gaelic Heritage Interpretive Centre, in the Great
Hall of the Clans Museum at the Gaelic College, is expected
to be complete by September....
[Read
article]
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July 31, 2007
John Allan
Cameron inducted into Canadian
Country Music Hall of Fame
A Pickering, Ontario musician known as the 'Godfather of
Celtic Music' will be inducted posthumously into the
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame next...
[Read
article]
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 Failte
- Airs and Waltzes
This second CD in the Failte series, Airs and Waltzes, again
produced by the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre and its
musical director, Kinnon Beaton, is an impressive selection
of airs and waltzes previously recorded by many of Cape
Breton’s signature Celtic musicians...
[Read
article]
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June 9, 2007
MacDonald delivers lark of the
dance
Cape Breton musician fiddles with comedy in latest stage
show.... Heeeeeere’s Howie! Acclaimed Cape Breton
fiddler Howie MacDonald is putting his comedy hat on again
for his new stage show The Dance Last Night...
[Read
article]
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June 6, 2007
Want to
know what happened at The Dance Last Night?
A popular album released 10 years ago by fiddler Howie
MacDonald will be brought to life on a stage near you in the
coming weeks...
[Read
article]
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May 7, 2007
Live
music show promotes island
Last fall the production Cape Breton Live, the show that
promotes our magnificent island and its culture, toured
Quebec and Ontario to sold-out audiences and to great
acclaim. They played 15 concerts...
[Read
article]
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May 3, 2007
Cape
Breton Live across the country
If you are a fiddle fan you know how hard it is to find a
good set on tunes on the radio, except for certain times
during the week. One way around this is to tune in to Cape
Breton Live, a website radio station that has a wonderful
collection of shows, usually about an hour long, that can be
listened to at you leisure...
[Read
article]
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May 3, 2007
Musicians rally round the
flag
Time, energy and emotional commitments by local artists
continue to be added to a celebration of Cape Breton culture
that is now doubling as a show of support for Canada’s
troops in Afghanistan...
[Read
article]
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April 25, 2007
 Donald Angus "Donnie"
MacDonald
It is with great sadness that we, the family, announce the
passing of "Donnie Dougald" on Monday, April 23, 2007, in
Strait Richmond Hospital.
Donnie was
a well-known fiddler and tradition bearer, who played for
many family and friends at weddings, dances and ceilidhs
over the years. He was a proud member of the Cape Breton
Fiddlers Association since its formation and of St. Mary of
the Angels Parish in Glendale. He retired from the Georgia
Pacific Gypsum Company in Sugar Camp, yet remained active,
tending to the family homestead in Queensville, until his
death.
Donnie was
a man who was greatly loved by young and old, he has left us
with a legacy of culture, fond memories, and our cherished
"Donnie Dougald stories"; he will be greatly missed.
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Listen to Cape Breton Live show#
33
Recorded at Donnie's house in June 2005 with
Ian MacDougall, Mac Morin, Shelly
Campbell,
Sandy MacDonald and Johnny MacDonald.
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April 16, 2007
Traditional music sessions are all-ages shows.
Younger musicians mingle easily
Perhaps the most important aspect of the Thursday night
traditional music sessions at Rollie’s Wharf in North Sydney
is the fact that it is an opportunity for these wonderful
Celtic musical traditions to be passed on ... [Read
article]
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March 23, 2007
Fraser on new ground:
Cape Breton fiddler enters into jazz territory on latest CD
Twenty-four-year-old Cape Breton fiddler Kimberley Fraser’s
second CD, Falling on New Ground, might well have been
called "breaking new ground." ... [Read
article]
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February 9, 2007
Molly Rankin joins the family
business.
Daughter of the late John Morris showcasing her
skills with her uncle Jimmy and aunts Heather, Cookie and
Raylene. Fans of the Rankin Family will get glimpse of the
next generation when the talent-rich Cape Breton clan
returns to a hometown stage Friday... [Read
article]
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February 2, 2007
Grammy nominations cap off stellar year
for Cape Breton's Gordie Sampson
It's been a year of surprises for Canadian songwriter Gordie
Sampson, whose massive country hit, "Jesus Take the Wheel,"
has opened the door to a string of superstar collaborations
and a shot at one of music's most sought-after prizes... [Read
article]
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January 24, 2007
Bittersweet reunion for
Rankin Family
The Rankin Family has not toured together in eight
years, but it feels so natural to be back out there, it
might as well have been yesterday for Jimmy Rankin.... [Read
article]
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December 18,
2006
Members of Cape Breton Live
entertained residents at Macassa Lodge Seniors home in
Hamilton Ontario on November
23, 2006. Pictured here are group members Howie MacDonald, Glenn
Graham, Buddy MacDonald and Andrea Beaton.
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November 29,
2006
News From Cape
Breton Live...
Cape Breton Live
would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the
listeners and all the musicians who have played on the show
over the last year and a half. Our last show will air this
Monday and we will then be taking an extended break.
Within the next
couple of weeks, we will be putting all of the past shows
from the last year and a half back on the website in the
Past Shows page.
We hope you have
enjoyed the show and hope that you will still visit us to
listen to all of the past shows, browse the photo gallery
and the online store.
A big thanks
also to everyone who came out to see us on the Cape Breton
Live tour through Quebec and
Ontario. The tour was a great success and we are already
working on another tour for spring. Photos from the tour
will be posted shortly in the photo
gallery.
Also stay tuned
for news about the broadcast date for the Bravo! TV special
which was taped at our show at the Rose Theatre in Brampton,
Ontario with Natalie MacMaster.
Best wishes and
happy holidays to you all...
- The Cape Breton Live crew
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November 23,
2006
There’s a
kitchen party in heaven.
He was
known as the Godfather of Celtic Music, the King of Cape
Breton Music, the Minstrel of Cranberry Lane and the Lord of
the Dance. But most people just called him John Allan, or if
you’re a true Cape Bretoner...
[Read
article]
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November 16,
2006
Aeolian Hall to become Cape
Breton kitchen party
If Buddy MacDonald has anything to say about it, there's
going to be a Cape Breton kitchen party at Aeolian Hall Nov.
16... [Read
article]
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November 2006
Natalie
MacMaster & Donnell Leahy
proudly
present:
Visit the
TOUR page for more information about the show
including bios and photos on performing artists.
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October 22,
2006
Cameron collection comes home
Cape Breton University has acquired an important part of the
island’s cultural heritage with the donation of the John
Allan Cameron Papers Collection to the university’s Beaton
Institute...
[Read
article]
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October 16,
2006
Reunion for Rankin Family
The popular Cape Breton musical group the Rankin Family
are reuniting to record and perform for the first time since
they disbanded in 1999... [Read
article]
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October 12,
2006
Dignitaries, musicians pay tribute to master
Meet Dr. Buddy. That’s the new title for Cape
Breton fiddle legend Hugh A. "Buddy" MacMaster, who was made
an honorary Doctor of Letters by Cape Breton University on
Monday... [Read
article]
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September 30,
2006
Celtic Colours tickled pink
by nomination
With just days to go until the first performers hit the
Celtic Colours stage, the festival has been nominated for a
national tourism award... [Read
article]
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September 8, 2006
Cape Breton Cousins
The Blas Festival is now in its second year as an almost
Highland-wide celebration of Gaelic music, language and
culture. For this year's festival, organisers added events
in Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey to the existing list of
venues in Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Ross-shire,
Sutherland and Caithness...
[Read
article]
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September 6,
2006
Fiddling Legend Buddy
MacMaster to be
Honoured by Cape Breton University
Everyone is invited to a special
convocation at St. Andrew's Parish (Judique) beginning at
5:15 p.m. Monday, October 9 as Cape Breton University
confers an honorary Doctorate of Letters on the man widely
known as the Master Cape Breton fiddler, Hugh A. (Buddy)
MacMaster...
[Read
article]
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August 17, 2006
FolkWax Spotlight On Cape Breton Live Radio CD
Though there are plenty of star-class musicians on this
collection of live tracks from the Internet radio show Cape
Breton Live, the music and the interaction between the
musicians are the true stars.... [Read
article]
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August 5, 2006
If you can't stop them,
teach them
Square dancers in a Cape Breton community are growing sore
from tourists stepping on their toes, so they're setting up
lessons for the newcomers... [Read
article]
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August 2, 2006
Cape Breton: Nova Scotia's gem
Bali, Kauai and Maui often rank at the top of the
list when it comes to island paradises. Now half a million
readers of a leading travel magazine have added Cape Breton
to that list... [Read
article]
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July 27, 2006
Leahy PBS Special, New Live DVD & CD!
We are excited to announce the airing dates of the Leahy PBS
TV Special, and the release of both a new "Leahy Live DVD"
and "Live CD"... [Read
article]
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July 15, 2006
33,300 Tunes and
still writing...
Thirty years ago, fiddler John MacDougall thought he was
going crazy. Onstage at a concert in Broad Cove, N.S.,
strange music suddenly drowned out his own fiddle playing...
[Read
article]
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July 9, 2006
Starting next week, the weekly shows will be broadcast on
Monday nights at 8:00pm Atlantic time.
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June 28, 2006
10th annual Celtic Colours
Festival lineup announced.
The award-winning Celtic Colours International
Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a lineup that
features some audience favourites from the past nine
years...
[Read
article]
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June 05, 2006
CAPE
BRETON LIVE: TAKE 01
Live compilation CD
to be released June 20, 2006
A compilation CD
featuring 13 tracks from various Cape Breton Live shows is
set to be released on June 20th. The recording
includes tracks recorded live at square dances, concerts,
pubs and house parties and showcases some of the finest players in the Cape
Breton traditional style.
Featured
on the recording are: Kinnon & Betty Beaton, Andrea Beaton,
Natalie MacMaster, John Pellerin, Kenneth MacKenzie, Troy
MacGillivray, Shelly Campbell, Wendy MacIsaac, Jackie Dunn
MacIsaac, Kimberley Fraser, Brenda Stubbert, Dave MacIsaac,
Mary Jessie MacDonald, Theresa MacLellan, Glenn Graham,
Rodney MacDonald, Joel Chiasson, Kevin Dugas, Boyd MacNeil,
Cheryl Smith, Anita MacDonald and Paul MacDonald.
"It was
quite difficult to choose just 13 groups from all the
wonderful material we collected." says producer Cheryl
Smith. "We wish we could have featured everyone we have had
the pleasure of recording but we do hope to release future
albums with more material from the shows."
Cape Breton Live
is a joint venture of husband and wife team Natalie
MacMaster and Donnell Leahy and Cheryl Smith. The program began on August 28, 2005 with the intent of broadcasting 5
trial shows of live traditional music showcasing the talents of
Cape Breton musicians. The shows were so
well received worldwide that the program has now been online
for close to a year and has broadcast 37 shows to date.
The internet
radio program showcases artists both new and familiar,
exposing the traditional music of Cape Breton to audiences
around the globe. Recorded at popular music venues around
Nova Scotia – from halls, to pubs, to kitchens – the shows
capture the sights and sounds of the traditional Cape Breton
music scene.
"We are
aware of the strong attraction of Cape Breton music and
culture to people, as we are constantly being told by the
fans who frequent our shows,” says Natalie MacMaster. "It
excites people and stays with them long after they leave.
So, we thought, if you can’t get here in person... join us
on the Web."
And now, you can experience Cape Breton Live with the
upcoming CD.
The CD is
available online at:
www.capebretonlive.com and will be made available in
local stores shortly.
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BUY THE CD
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Track listing and sound clips
For press
information or radio play copies,
please contact:
Cheryl Smith, Producer
info@capebretonlive.com
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May 20, 2006
John Allan Cameron made
Celtic cool
Tribute being paid to ailing guitarist who gave
Maritimes' music to the world. John Allan Cameron's
trademark concert cry — "Are you with me?" — always gets a
roaring response...
[Read
article]
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May 08, 2006
N.S. crew set to release Gaelic short film
A Cape Breton film team is vying to create what may be
Canada's first-ever Gaelic production...
[Read
article]
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April 18, 2006
Music to the ears of Nova
Scotia
A premier who was once a professional fiddler? Rodney
MacDonald says a career in music is great training for
becoming a politician...
[Read
article]
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April 06, 2006
Nashville hires a new hit man
in Gordie Sampson
The Cape Breton songwriter is churning out singles for
the likes of Faith Hill....
[Read
article]
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April 01, 2006
Dancing along the Ceilidh
Trail
With Halifax hosting the Juno Awards this weekend, Cinda
Chavich explores Nova Scotia's Celtic roots - which run
deepest on music-mad Cape Breton Island... [Read
article]
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March 03, 2006
Article and Interview with
Fiddler and ECMA
nominee Glenn Graham
Recently, fiddler Glenn Graham
attended the swearing-in ceremony for Nova Scotia’s newest
premier, Rodney MacDonald. As cousins and former members of
the popular fiddling duo Rodney and Glenn, the two go way
back. Together, they recorded two albums and played
countless dances and festivals... [Read
article]
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February 28,
2006
East Coast Music Awards
 
Mays, El Torpedo Rock ECMAs
from The Halifax Herald
[Read
article]
ECMAs
Honours Those Behind The Scenes
from The Halifax Herald
[Read
article]
ECMA Honours Worker Bees
from The Cape Breton Post
[Read
article]
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January 30,
2006
New photos added from the New
Year's Day Party recording
[View Photos]
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March 6, 2006
East Coast Countdown's Jack
Bonaparte passes away
The Cape Breton Live crew extends its deepest sympathy
to Jack's family and friends on his passing.
[Read
article]
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February 18,
2006
Virtual Museum Exhibit on Gaelic
Culture
Explore the Gaelic Culture of Cape Breton Island. Take
this opportunity to go back in time to meet the Gaels of
Cape Breton and explore our ancient language and its vibrant
traditions of song, storytelling, music and dance.
Click here to enter the Virtual Museum of Canada
exhibit,
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February 13,
2006
Noted C.B. Scottish Pianist
Mourned
The life of a legendary Cape Breton pianist was
celebrated Saturday morning as family, friends and fellow
musicians gathered at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Sydney
River to remember Marie MacLellan.
[Read more]
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February 12,
2006
MacDonald To Call The Tune.
Tourism minister chosen premier-designate
Tourism Minister Rodney MacDonald was chosen as Nova
Scotia's 26th premier yesterday, winning a breathtakingly
close Progressive Conservative leadership convention...
[Read more]
CBC TV's Sophia Harris visits Mabou, Cape Breton where
MacDonald grew up, a community that is hometown proud.
Watch Video (Courtesy CBC. Real Player required)
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January 30,
2006
New photos added from the New
Year's Day Party recording
[View Photos]
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January 23,
2006
Congratulations to all East
Coast Music Award Nominees!
[Read more]
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January 22,
2006
Visit
CB Choices
to view a new set of travel photos and story on West Mabou
Beach Provincial Park. A different photologue is sent in
each month by Victor Maurice Faubert, who provides most of
the scenery photos used on our site.
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January 1,
2006
New section "On The Road"
A new section has been added to the website called "On The
Road". Fiddler Andrea Beaton takes us along on her travels
throughout Cape Breton and abroad to bring you informal
chats, interviews and tunes with...
Find out more...
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December 16,
2005
New Videos Added
New videos have been
added from the Celtic Colours International Festival
"Raising The Roof" Concert in Boisdale. Featuring Howie
MacDonald & Joel Chiasson, Nuala Kennedy & Brian Óheadhra,
Liz Doherty & Friends.
Watch the Videos
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December 15,
2005
ECMAs To Honour Fiddler
Buddy MacMaster
The East Coast Music
Association has chosen Buddy MacMaster, the legendary Cape
Breton fiddler, to receive its lifetime achievement award at
the upcoming....
[Read more]
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December 14,
2005
Piper Gordon Duncan Passes
Away
Gordon Duncan, one
of the world's most well known Celtic musicians, died
suddenly Wednesday morning, a young man, at his home in
Pitlochry, Scotland.
[Read more]
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DECEMBER 6, 2005
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy are proud to
announce the birth of their new baby girl, Mary Frances Rose
Leahy.
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