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 Cape Breton Live
IN CONCERT
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Join the Cape
Breton Live band on July 19th for the closing concert of the
week-long Whycocomagh Summer Festival.
The Cape Breton
Live band is:
- Howie MacDonald (fiddle, piano)
- Brenda Stubbert (fiddle, piano)
- Wendy MacIsaac (fiddle, piano)
- Kenneth MacKenzie (highland pipes)
- Kate Quinn (vocals)
- Patrick Gillis (guitar)
- Cheryl Smith (percussion)
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue:
Whycocomagh Education Centre (Whycocomagh, Cape Breton)
Tickets: $10 | Children 5-12 years: $3.00 | Children
under 5 years: Free
Information: 902-756-2617 or
email
the festival
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June 2009
Cape Breton Live: Take 01 now available on
iTunes worldwide.
 CAPE BRETON LIVE: TAKE
01
Compilation CD featuring 13 live
tracks from various shows
(Released: June 2006)
Track
listing & sound clips
Physical copies out of print
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'Natalie
MacMaster & Friends' TV Special reairing June 16th
Tuesday,
June 16 at 9:00 pm ET (Bravo TV Canada)
A special concert, filmed in front of a live audience,
showcasing Natalie's exceptional talents and her
genre-crossing collaborations. Featuring the Cape Breton
Live band; Andrea Beaton, Glenn Graham, Howie MacDonald,
Troy MacGillivray, Cheryl Smith as well as singers Buddy
MacDonald and Kate Quinn. Recorded live at the Rose Theatre,
Brampton, Ontario (2006).
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June 12, 2009
Michael Hall
releasing first fiddle music recording
Over the past few years Michael Hall has made his mark on
the world of Cape Breton fiddle music. Unlike so many of
today’s young players, he didn’t grow up on this island
surrounded by friends, neighbours and relatives who played.
Originally from New Brunswick, he spent a lot of time
playing the accordion while growing up, but even there the
influence of the Cape Breton music seeped into his mind and
soul and he was hooked.... [Read More]
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June 5, 2009
Donald Angus has to make A-list of Island greats
DAN MACDONALD, The Cape Breton Post
When you
list the prominent fiddlers this island has produced over
the years, you quickly come up with an A-list, the best of
the best, agreed by all to be the top figures in their
field. High on that list will be the name of
Donald Angus Beaton.
Over the
years he was a blacksmith, a taxi driver and the mail
driver. He married Elizabeth MacEachern — a noted pianist in
her own right — and together they raised a family of nine,
all of whom played fiddle, piano or danced. Donald Angus is
likely best known as the fiddler who personified the Mabou
Coal Mines style.
Renowned
for a driving style and great lift, Donald Angus was
considered the perfect player for dancing, attracting large
crowds. And he and Elizabeth played for a lot of dances,
concerts and house parties in a career that spanned a
half-century.
The new CD
on Donald Angus and Elizabeth Beaton, Live at the House, was
taped in the 1970s, on a Sunday afternoon when Fr. John
Angus Rankin and Collie Beaton had arrived for a visit. The
CD gives us nine cuts consisting of jigs, strathspeys and
reels. It’s only 48 minutes of playing, but this is all
typical Donald Angus.
Last week
I received a second item commemorating the man and his
music. It’s a musical documentary DVD called Donald Angus
Beaton: His Life & Music. In it are some prime examples of
his playing skills, along with pictures and film clips taken
at various times in his career. For those who may not have
known him personally, this is an insight into his life and
music. For those of us who had the chance to hear him often,
this is a DVD full of memories.
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May 16, 2009
Blas
festival’s ‘Scots Embassy’ to strengthen links with
Canadians
Innovations to forge Highland ties with Nova Scotia’s Celtic
Colours event - The Blas
festival launched its programme yesterday and declared it
was to have its own “Scottish Embassy” which will strengthen
its links with the Celtic Colours International Festival in
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The programme for the September
festival was revealed at Glen Ord Distillery in
Ross-shire... [Read More]
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March
19, 2009
The Irish are Coming!
Bridging the Atlantic with Culture and Music
As preparations continue for the thirteenth annual Celtic
Colours
International Festival, organizers are excited to announce
that this
year's festival will focus on the strong ties and influence
of Irish
music and culture. Over the past 12 years, the Festival has
offered a
wide range of music from Celtic nations around the world...
[Read More]
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March
13, 2009
The East Coast Music Awards original TV broadcast is now
available online
at:
http://www.cbc.ca/eastcoastmusic/
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February
20, 2009
Cape Breton To Host ECMA 2010
HALIFAX —
The annual East Coast Music Awards has announced that Cape
Breton will play host to the event in 2010.
The East
Coast Music Association confirms the awards gala, festival
and conference will be held in Sydney from March 4 to March
7, 2010.
Ian
McNeil, chairman of the event, says Cape Breton’s bid
received strong support from key local businesses, the Cape
Breton Regional Municipality and Enterprise Cape Breton
Corporation.
Meanwhile,
the 21st ECMA awards show and conference will be held
February 26-March 1, 2009 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
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February 5, 2009
We are coming back!
Thanks to Marc
Paquette at SOCAN, we have worked out a tariff that will allow us to pay
a reasonable fee to SOCAN to stay online. In the next
week we will be getting the shows back online so stay
tuned...
We still intend
to make the shows available at no charge to all but will be
relying on your donations to keep us afloat. So if you
listen, please donate what you can, when you can!
Thanks for
all your support and for the many emails we received while
we were 'offline'.
~ The Cape Breton Live Crew
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