Nova Scotia Highland Village is holding its inaugural three part Scotch Music Series this year over the months of August and September.
The second of an informative series on Cape Breton’s “Scotch Music” tradition will be held on September 8th…
Earlier this summer, my family and I were asked to take part in a video shoot for the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design. What an honour!
I will admit I was a little nervous to be on camera…
“The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story." Anish Kapoor
We all have certain dates that hold special meaning for us. It is usually birthdays, anniversaries…
Bho chionn ghreis chaidh làrach-lìn ùr a chuir air an eadarlìon, An Drochaid Eadarainn mar ainm. 'S e proiseact mór a tha seo, le fios air iomadh cuspair ceangailte ri dualchas Gàidhealach an Eilein Cheap Breatainn, ceòl 'is dannsa 's…
I recently had the good fortune of spending a day at the Highland Village in Iona. My mom and two girls joined me for a trip back in time to a living history museum and cultural centre that celebrates the…
The great Cape Breton troubadour, John Allan Cameron (1938-2006), once told me he never wanted to be called a legend because people would no longer want to pay him to perform. He said this with a large John Allan smile…
Chaidh iarraidh orm o chionn ghreis an t-òran " Biodh an Deoch Seo 'n Làimh Mo Rùin", mar a ghabhas Julie Fowlis e, a theagasg ann an clas òrain agam. Dh' éisd mi ris an òran air Youtube agus chuala…
It’s interesting how language is influenced and changes over time. I started travelling to Scotland in the mid 90’s and loved hearing the shopkeepers say “cheers” when they handed over my purchase. Ten years later I began to hear the…
It's was a beautiful day in Cape Breton today. And it seems even nicer now that summer is officially here!
Today marked summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. And this year summer solstice comes…
Tha mi smaointinn an dràsda air na geamaichean a b' àbhaist do na Gàidheil a bhith cluich, dà dhuibh gu sònraichte a bhios 'gan cluich (ged nach b' ionann an cruth an còmhnuidh) an diugh.
'S e a' cheud fhear…
