Canadian Music

The program for August 28, 2004, included Cape Breton fiddling, French-Canadian music, and popular Canadian singer-songwriters.

First hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Concertina player Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and Cape Breton pianist Barbara MacDonald Magone of Celtic Crossings invited us to the release party for their new CD, The Independence Suite: Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton.
Barbara MacDonald Magone & Alistair Fraser The Laddie with the Plaidie / Athole Brose / Captain David Stewart / The Spey in Spate The Independence Suite: Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton (Celtic Crossings)
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and Patrick Ourceau Maids of Mitchelstown / Bunch of Keys The Independence Suite: Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton (Celtic Crossings)
Geraldine Cotter, Maeve Donnelly, Peadar O'Loughlin, and Eamonn Cotter The Bush in Bloom / The Munster Reel / Captain Kelly's Reel The Independence Suite: Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton (Celtic Crossings)
Joe Cormier The MacDonald's March / The King's The Dances Down Home (Rounder)
Lee Cremo Four Jacks The Champion Returns (Cremo Productions)
Wendy MacIsaac Short Grass That's What You Get (KRL)
Jerry Holland Wake Up in Cape Breton Medley Fiddler's Choice (Odyssey)
Natalie MacMaster The Ewe with the Crooked Horn Blueprint (Rounder)
New Set
Leahy Clog Medley In All Things (Narada)

Second hour:

Artist Song Title Album (Label)
Garnet Rogers Redwing Firefly (Snow Goose Songs)
James Keelaghan Red-Winged Blackbird Home (Appleseed)
Eileen McGann Wisdom Guide Me Beyond the Storm (Dragonwing Music)
April Verch Lost Boy Verchuosity (Rounder)
New Set
Connie Kaldor Coyote's Call Small Café (Philo)
Stephen Fearing So Many Miles Away Industrial Lullaby (Red House)
Bruce Cockburn Sunrise on the Mississippi Dart to the Heart (Columbia)
Music Under Announcements
Bruce Cockburn from Untitled Guitar In the Falling Dark (Rounder)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle La Vache Qui Pleure La Vache Qui Pleure (Tribu)
La Bottine Souriante Tiguidou Pack-Sack J'ai Jamais Tant Ri (Les Productions Milles-Pattes)
Matapat Un P'tit Soulier, Madame Petit Fou (Borealis)
Le Vent du Nord Suite Virginie Maudit Moisson! (Borealis)
New Set
The Bill Hilly Band Explorations of a Kolomeika All Day Every Day (Borealis)
Perdu l'Nord Le Loup-Dansant Folquébec Volume 2 (Sodec)
Skalène Kalimba (faded) Folquébec Volume 2 (Sodec)