“banjo. A plucked, fretted lute where a thin skin diaphragm is stretched over a circular metal frame amplifying the sound of the… — Liz Doherty Copy Share Image
“No one knows it yet, but Cape Breton is a dress rehearsal for the Great Depression.” — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
“I exhausted myself trying to take it all in, noting every little variation and departure from how things were supposed to be.… — Wayne Johnston Copy Share Image
I just love Cape Breton fiddling! I think it's very close. They derive their music from Scottish music. Well, in Donegal we're… — Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh Copy Share Image
I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of… — Alexander Graham Bell Copy Share Image
“was privileged to know the very last living exponent of this way of playing, Alex Currie from Cape Breton, and I can confirm that his… — Fergus Muirhead Copy Share Image
Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted… — Natalie MacMaster Copy Share Image
“She comes to naught, my dear one, she comes to naught, all that there business. What the hell, maybe twice in your… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I am a very musical person. I love music, and I don't just love Cape Breton fiddling, although it's my favorite. — Natalie MacMaster Copy Share Image
“Bishop on "At the Fishhouses" At the last minute, after I’d had a chance to do a little research in Cape Breton,… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
My uncle Buddy MacMaster is one of the greatest fiddlers Cape Breton has ever produced, and we've produced a lot of them!… — Natalie MacMaster Copy Share Image
“In this part of Canada, it was assumed that the passengers would provide each other with entertainment.” — Beatrice Rose Roberts Copy Share Image
Bishop on "At the Fishhouses"At the last minute, after I'd had a chance to do a little research in Cape Breton, I… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I've lived… — Richard Serra Copy Share Image
I once owned a home on an island off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. — Joseph Monninger Copy Share Image
You see these young people in Antigonish who are coming from Cape Breton, and these are really smart, attractive young people, who… — Gerry Schwartz Copy Share Image
I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but… — Farley Mowat Copy Share Image
