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Canada: as much as it is a vast country in landscape, it is made up of regions, towns, cities, communities. Each of these places is home to people with …
Music makes a good gift, and one that invites adventure: it may be enjoyed in company or in solitude. It can inspire movement or stillness. It comes in all …
Cape Breton is a land where forest meets sea meets mountain. In autumn of Atlantic Canada, these landscapes are illuminated by light along the shore, blazing colors in the …
Canada: it has mountains, lakes, rivers, prairies, and extends sea to sea to sea. First Nations peoples of many tribes, immigrant legacies from Scotland, England, Ireland, France, Hungary, Romania, …
Brazil. The name might bring to mind the Amazon, the jungles of South America, exotic wildlife. You might think of a different sort of wild life, the revelers who dance through …
Ireland is a land of stories. Those stories are found in landscape, in history, in the change of seasons, in conversations around the kitchen table, by the fireside at …
The music of Ireland is at its heart about the telling of stories. High powered stage shows, hearty drinking songs, and sentimental ballads all have their place. They often …
History, heritage, archaeology — Scotland has plenty of each of those. This year, the people of Scotland are inviting people from around the world and close to home to …
Music has a way of connecting people, across countries, cultures, and generations. Music can help share joy and sorrow, may provoke discussion or dance, reflection and memory. In times …
Winter: it’s a time for celebrations and reflection, for comings and goings and returnings, for seeing new landscapes and finding familiar ones transformed by the season. Whether your winter …
Crossing borders goes along with traveling. In many ways crossing borders goes along with playing music, too. In both cases, there’s an art to keeping centered while taking on …
County Mayo, in the west of Ireland, is a rural place. People lived there five thousand years ago at Ceide Fields. There is the legend and story of the …
