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13/03/2016

Bruce MacGregor celebrates the folk music of Canada. He talks to Roddy Campbell from Canadian folk magazine Penguin Eggs, plus he has session tracks from the East Pointers.

Bruce MacGregor brings a special programme celebrating the folk music of Canada. Canada is a massive country not only geographically but culturally. This cultural diversity breeds a very lively folk and roots scene. From the fiddle tradition of Cape Breton - where the Scottish influences are still very much in evidence - to the thriving multicultural cities of Toronto and Vancouver. Plus of course the French Canadian music of Quebec. And not forgetting all the regions in between!

Bruce gets the inside track from Roddy Campbell of Penguin Eggs Folk and Roots Magazine in Canada with music selections from bands making people's ears prick up across the water. Plus a session with the East Pointers of Prince Edward Island recorded during their recent visit to Scotland. And some of our favourite new and older Canadian music we've enjoyed playing on Travelling Folk over the years.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Jul 2016 19:00

Music Played

  • Lemon Bucket Orkestra

    Borisova

    • Lume Lume.
    • /.
  • Natalie MacMaster

    Bog an Lochan Steps

    • Natalie McMaster Live.
    • Greentrax.
  • Jayme Stone

    Lazy John

    • Jayme Stone聮s Lomax Project.
    • /.
  • Matthew Byrne

    What Fortune Guides a Sailor

    • Hearts and Heroes.
  • Yann Falquet and Pascal Gemme

    Petit Jean Pasouriau

    • Princes et Habitants.
    • /.
  • Jason and Pharis Romero

    Good Bye Old Paint

    • A Wanderer I聮ll Stay.
  • Maria Dunn

    When I Was Young

    • Gathering.
    • /.
  • Ben Caplan

    Birds With Broken Wings

    • Birds With Broken Wings.
  • Kacy & Clayton

    Brunswick Stew

    • Strange Country.
  • Barra MacNeils

    Rattlin Roarin聮 Willie

    • Racket in the Attic.
  • Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys

    Ridin聮 the Fiddle

    • Laugh, Dance and Sing.
  • 痴颈蝉丑迟猫苍

    Trois Blizzards

    • Terre Rouge.
  • Old Man Luedecke

    Tender is the Night

    • Tender is the Night.
    • True North Records.
  • James Cheechoo

    Kissing Dance

  • Slocan Ramblers

    : Pastures of Plenty/Honey Babe

    • Coffee Creek.
  • East Pointers

    Secret Victory

    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • East Pointers

    Meals by Maurice

    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • East Pointers

    Last Blank Page

    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Qristina & Quinn Bachand

    Mountain Road/Flowing Bowl/Music for a Found Harmonium

    • Family.
    • Q and Q Music.
  • Le Vent du Nord

    Papineau

    • 大象传媒 Recording.
    • /.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 Mar 2016 19:00
  • Sun 10 Jul 2016 19:00