Gaspé Fiddle @ 10 years – Sat Aug 8, 2020, 1-4 pm

10 years ago, myself and several other musicians, researchers, and community members began working to document, archive, and share the traditional fiddle music of Gaspé Bay. There have been countless initiatives that have resulted from our work, both collaboratively and individually. There have been blogs (this one and http://www.gaspefiddle.blogspot.com); a CD project (Douglastown: Music and … Continue reading Gaspé Fiddle @ 10 years – Sat Aug 8, 2020, 1-4 pm

The Shigawake Fair Presents: Thirsty Thursdays 2020 (Facebook Edition)

Since October 2019, I have been working for the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network on a Canadian Heritage-funded called "A Different Tune: Musical Heritage in English-Speaking Quebec." It's a survey of the diverse grassroots musical cultures across Quebec's English-speaking communities, both rural and urban. This past March, I was en route to Shigawake and Gaspé when … Continue reading The Shigawake Fair Presents: Thirsty Thursdays 2020 (Facebook Edition)