When Janet met Rita
The late Janet Moore, the founder of l’Arche Cape Breton who was profiled here on her death in 2010, was a huge fan of Rita MacNeil. Janet’s friend Mary MacDougall arranged for the two to meet at...
View ArticleBach and a wooden Japanese cell phone
What really goes on in the woods? See the making-of video here. H/T: Dave Harris
View ArticleCape Breton’s musical tribute to Rita
From the opening strains of “Home I’ll Be,” played as a haunting slow air by Ashley MacIsaac, to the final chords of the same Rita MacNeil tune sung by the large ensemble of musicians who gathered...
View ArticleA video tour of Nova Scotia’s grandest old theatre
Here’s a nice touch: As part of the promotion for the Savoy Theatre’s forthcoming production of Les Misérables (May 24 to 29), the Cape Breton Post and Seaside Communications have put together a video...
View ArticleThis is Ground Control to Mister Chris
Brilliant! Credits for the first music video ever produced in space include guitar and tenor vocals by Chris Hadfield (recorded on the International Space Station), plus terrestrial video production by...
View ArticleHow to make a new town love you
When the Rollings Stones played the Halifax Commons in September, 2006, Mick Jagger impressed the crowd by using the term “Haligonian,” and even pronouncing “Newfoundland” correctly. Forty years into...
View ArticleIf you’re near Sydney Saturday night…
Consider taking in the annual l’Arche Cape Breton Springfest at the World Trade and Convention Center, Membertou. It’s an evening of stories and songs by the l’Arche troupe, together with delicious...
View ArticleI Love It
It’s been a while since we’ve featured a music video. This one comes from Korean-born, London-based electronic music producer Postino (real name: Junho Lee). I think of it as a mashup of Psy and our...
View ArticleToshi Seeger (1922-2013)
Toshi-Aline Ohta Seeger died Tuesday night at her home at Beacon, NY. She was 91. Here’s how her grandson, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, summed up her marriage to America’s most famous folksinger: “Without my...
View ArticleBSO v. SLSO: a classical music preview of tonight’s classic
Boston, in six, natch. H/T: Evy Carnat
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