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The song was written by Leon Dubinsky, a songwriter from Sydney, Nova Scotia, for a 1984 stage musical titled The Rise and Follies of Cape Breton, [2] as an anthem of resilience and hope at a time when Cape Breton Island was going through an economic crisis. [1]
A Cape Breton Ceilidh (1988), a historical and photographic look at Cape Breton's unique step-dancing and piano-playing traditions. The Nova Scotia Song Collection (1989). This anthology deals with the works of Hank Snow, Wilf Carter, Stan Rogers, Dr. Helen Creighton, etc. Diamonds In The Rough (Vols. 1 & 2), the story of The Men Of The Deeps ...
Còig is a Canadian folk music quartet from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. [1] The group consists of Darren McMullen (guitar, mandolin, mandola, tenor banjo, bouzouki, whistles, flute and vocals), Rachel Davis (fiddle, viola and vocals), Jason Roach (keyboards and piano) and Chrissy Crowley (fiddle and viola).
Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian fiddler, pianist, singer and songwriter from Cape Breton Island.He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at the Juno Awards of 1996, and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1997.
Sampson was born in 1971 to Francis Xavier Sampson (1946–2007) and Florence Ley. Sampson's only musical training as a child were piano lessons he took from his mother. He remembers being surrounded by fiddlers, who were very common in Cape Breton. Initially, he had no interest in fiddle music, but only wanted to be in a rock'n'roll band. [5]
The Rankin Family is the debut album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family.The album was originally self-released by the siblings in 1989. Featuring a mixture of Cape Breton fiddle tunes, Scottish Gaelic songs and English language songs, the album was re-issued by Capitol Records in 1992 and certified Platinum by the CRIA.
Rita MacNeil CM ONS (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island.Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she had hits on the country and adult contemporary charts throughout her career.
The tunes of other music origins (Irish, Canadian, French-Canadian, etc.) sound quite different when performed by Cape Breton players. The downbeat pulse is driven by the fiddler's heel into the floor. The pattern tends to be heel-and-toe on reels, the heel on strathspeys. Cape Breton fiddle music is influenced by the intonations of the Scots ...