The Chieftains With Ashley MacIsaac, Mary Jane Lamond, Live
For nine days in October, the Celtic Colours Festival attracts tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Breton Island and features hundreds of musicians. I haven't had the good fortune to go, but have talked to people who have -- and they say it's really pretty great. And part of what makes it great is combing local and international musicians, in all kinds of venues, from fire halls and parish halls to community and civic centres.
When Celtic Colours began, ten years ago, one of those BIG international acts was The Chieftains, the Irish band who really have been international ambassadors for traditional Irish music for something like 40 years, and have been there both before and after any Riverdance hoo haw.
Monday night Canada Live broadcasts The Chieftans in one of those local/international collaborative affairs, featuring Fiona & Ciarán MacGillivray, Wendy MacIsaac, Mary Jane Lamond and the man who is arguably the world's best known folk/rock fiddler, Ashley MacIsaac. And here's a little review of that show, on a folk/roots/traditional music website called Rambles.
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