All The Best with Shauntay Grant
The final episode of All the Best aired on September 16, 2012.
Thursday April 12, 2012
House Concerts on All the Best
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
Over the next couple of weeks All the Best will feature two house concerts showcasing several Maritime singer/songwriters. The house concert setting is a unique venue that allows the artists and the audience to share a very special intimacy that you just can't experience in a big concert hall.
April 15th you can hear the talents of Norma MacDonald and Ian Sherwood and on April 22nd listen in for Erin Costelo, Molly Thomason and Ashley Condon.
Join Shauntay Grant Sunday afternoons at 4 p.m. on CBC Radio One for All the Best in the Maritimes.
Thursday April 5, 2012
All the Best celebrates National Poetry Month
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
April is National Poetry month and this week on All the Best host Shauntay Grant helps celebrate as she presents several Maritime poets, spoken word artists and hip hop rappers. From an event called Rhymes and Riffs we'll hear from Desiree Adams, Verena Rizg and hermit of the woods. And from another CBC East Coast session - the poetic stylings of Kyle Mckenna with his band The Caravan. Tune in Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. for All the Best in the Maritimes on CBC Radio One.Friday March 30, 2012
Ria Mae featured on All the Best
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
Thursday March 22, 2012
All the Best - Sunday March 25th, 2012
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
Friday March 16, 2012
Thom Swift and Rose Cousins on All the Best
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
This week Shauntay Grant features two of this regions' favourite singer/songwriters on All the Best. Thom Swift dropped by our Studio H to record a mix of original tunes including one inspired by a true Maritime love story. And we'll also feature Rose Cousins' brand new cd - hot off the press called 'We Have Made A Spark'.Friday March 9, 2012
Maritime Musical Families - Part 2
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
The second installment of our 'Maritime Musical Families' starts off with the Plaskett family ... Joel and his dad Bill. Then we dip into Shannon Quinn's CD called 'The Irwin Lake Sessions' where Shannon collaborates with her father Tony bringing their take to several traditional tunes. And to wrap up the show host Shauntay Grant will feature the Smith family from North Preston ... Rev. Wallace Smith Sr, his son Wallace Smith Jr. and the 3rd generation represented by Reeny Smith. Tune in Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. for All the Best in the Maritimes.
Friday March 2, 2012
Talented musical families featured on All the Best
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
Over the next two weeks Shauntay Grant will feature just a few of the very talented musical families from the Maritimes.
Tune in Sunday, March 4th to hear from Bruce and son Dylan Guthro, brothers Dani and Sageev Oore, and the entrie Djokic family - mom Lynn Stodola, dad Philippe Djokic and both the kids - Denise and Marc. That's Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. for All the Best in the Maritimes.
Wednesday February 22, 2012
The Modern Grass on All the Best
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
The final installment of our 'East Coast Sessions' features the eclectic band 'The Modern Grass'. This band blends bluegrass, jazz, blues, country and celtic and the result is fresh and captivating. The members are Tom Terrell, Andrew Sneddon, Donald MacLellan, Adam Pye and Dan MacCormack. Video from this session can be viewed on CBC's Download online at http://www.cbc.ca/download/
Tune into All the Best with host Shauntay Grant on Sunday, February 26th at 4 p.m. to hear the whole show.
View more Video of this concert by clicking on the VIDEO button in the right-hand column.
Wednesday February 15, 2012
Jimmy Rankin featured on East Coast Session
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
Multi award winner Jimmy Rankin is featured on All the Best this week. It's another in our East Coast Sessions recorded in CBC's Studio H. Recently Jimmy was nominated for 8 East Coast Music Awards and a Juno nomination for Best Country Album as well. When you hear this performance you'll understand why. Jimmy is joined by guitar player Jamie Robinson and they perform several tunes from Jimmy's recent cd and a few Rankin Family tunes for good measure. Part of this concert can be viewed online at http://www.cbc.ca/download/
Tune into All the Best on CBC Radio One, Sunday afternoons at 4 p.m.
To view more videos, click on the VIDEO button on the right hand side of this page.
Wednesday February 8, 2012
Three East Coast Sessions on All the Best
Posted by Margaret Hemsworth Laleune
Enjoy these videos of the performers and to see more just click on the Video button in the right hand column of this page.
