Island Echoes
with Wendy Bergfeldt

Wendy learns the traditions of Appalachia from two of the world's experts at Celtic Colours 2011.

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He's a Cape Bretoner, but he's been cut from a plaid of a very different color.

Join Wendy as she explores the hues, pigments and tones of John Campbelljohn.

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Taylor Burton is a 18 year old singer/songwriter from Sydney Nova Scotia. He was the winner of the regional library's songwriters competition, and the 2nd place winner of the Next Big Thing Talent Search back in May of 2010. He recorded his first single "Let's Talk About Now" with ECMA winning engineer Jamie Foulds. The song was chosen as a producers pick on the East Coast Countdown, and appeared on 94.9 The Cape's Best Songs of 2010 List. He is currently working with a small band that features; Fiddler Erica MacNeil, and Percussionist Dylan Krszwda.
 
On November 15th Taylor is hosting his debut concert to raise funds to produce his first studio album to be released in 2012.

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Hailing from Creignish, Inverness County, Ashley MacIsaac now lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Since the early 1990s, Ashley has made numerous albums which run the gamut from traditional Cape Breton fiddle music, to boundary busting rock'n'roll-styled fiddle arrangements, to fronting a full on rock band as lead singer.

Ashley's career has taken him all over the world. performed at Carnegie Hall six times, opened for Sting at a May Day concert in Rome, Italy and played in Australia, Mexico, China and all over North America and Europe. Aside from countless live performances over the years, Ashley has appeared in several movies, and has had several documentaries made on his life.

Ashley's new album, Crossover, was released earlier this year. During Celtic Colours, Ashley will be performing with piano-player Barbara MacDonald Magone.

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On September 26th in Iona there was a very special screening of 'The Fiddler's Reel' at the Highland Village.

It's Marc Almon's newest creation and he stopped in to tell us all about it.

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However.

Unlike so many of those 'going down the road' stories from Cape Breton, this one takes a decidedly happy turn.

RyLee Madison and husband Clay Krasner talk about the new album 'Where Does the Time Go"

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Cape Breton author (and great friend of the show) Lynn Coady has recently released a new book, and every time she does she joins us for a chat. Many of the stories taking place right here in Cape Breton.

She is regarded as one of the best writers of her generation and yesterday the rest of the country finally acknowledged that by adding her to the long list for the prestigious Giller Prize.

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Two-Hundred Eighty-two notes.

That's how many Lucy MacNeil put to paper when she composed a tune for fiddler Michael Anthony MacLean.

Those 282 notes will bring the people who want to learn more about the island's celtic arts and their studies closer together.

It's part of a major study by the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society, and it's called the Treasures of Youth Fund.

It's a fundraiser AND and awareness raiser and it's what we're talking about this weekend at the Sunday concert of the Cape Breton Fiddlers Association.

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Musician Eric Angus Whyte has been out of the Country for a while, living in Ireland.

He came home for a summer vacation and dropped by the studio to share his good news.