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Not just fiddling around: celtic music is only one facet of the Cape Breton scene
WHILE MOST HEADLINES ABOUT CAPE BRETON OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE FOCUSED ON THE decline of major industries, other segments of society have ......(Continue Reading) Makin' music: homemade music offers low-cost entertainment, creative adventure and friendships that last a lifetime - mother's music
Call it a jam, sing-around, song swap or hoot--or just a bunch of friends noodling in the kitchen--homemade music offers an unparalleled opportunity ......(Continue Reading)New Directions in Celtic Studies - Review
New Directions in Celtic Studies. Edited by Amy Hale and Philip Payton. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2000. x + 235 pp. 14.99 [pounds sterling] ......(Continue Reading)Folk Music
Before the twentieth century, a dichotomy prevailed between cultivated music, by educated, formally trained musicians and composers, ......(Continue Reading)Celtic music and the growth of the Feis movement in the Scottish highlands
Traditional music has been a part of Highland life for centuries, long before the current marketability of the term Celtic. In recent years, however, there has been a major revival of social and comm...(Continue Reading)
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