I love words.
And I enjoy discovering the origins of the words we use every day to communicate. I have always liked the sound of this place – Uisge Bhan Falls. It is a waterfall located at the end of…
A sunny day. Celtic Music. Beautiful scenery. Good food. What could be better?
Last month, I visited the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre in Judique and saw this license plate in the gift shop and knew it would be my theme…
Colaisde Na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College is located in St. Ann’s, Nova Scotia and was founded in 1938. For the past 75 years the Gaelic College has celebrated and taught the Gaelic language and culture.
This would be a…
Trì cheud bliadhna bhuaithe seo bha Eilean Cheap Breatainn fo smachd nam Frangach agus 's dòcha gur ann bhuapa-san a fhuair sinn an t-ainm "Ceap Breatainn" ach cha chreid mi gu bheil cinnt aig duine sam bith a thaobh sin.…
Sometimes our ties to Scotland are very noticeable. Place names around Nova Scotia (ahem, Latin for New Scotland) honoured homes of the Gaels who crossed the ocean centuries ago. We have our Aberdeen and New Aberdeen, Barra Glen and Skye…
Do you? I don't… but I know a few more words after traveling Cape Breton Island for two days this week visiting the best Celtic and Gaelic sites we have to offer.
A group of twelve of us representing the…
Stephen Muise is a music educator, choir director, band leader, technical director and freelance touring piano player. He’s one seriously talented, busy guy! I found out first hand a few years ago why he in such demand. We were mounting…
Tha Mìos na Gàidhlig a' tighinn dlùth ann an Alba Nuaidh. 'S e sin mìos 'nuair a nìthear greadhnachas ann an iomadh dòigh air sgàth na Gàidhlig, staid na Gàidhlig mar a tha e an diugh agus a h-uile h-oidhirp…
The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is a regional collaboration of people in the music industry of Atlantic Canada. It is best known to the public for the series of awards handed out at the annual celebration that travels around…
Hearts are heavy today in Cape Breton and beyond with the passing of Cape Breton’s first lady of song, Rita MacNeil. Rita died last evening (April 16th, 2013) from complications following surgery, at the age of 68.
Her music is…
