FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 10, 2005
CAPE BRETON, NS - Well-known Canadian performing artists Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy are pleased to announce the launch of Cape Breton Live, a new internet radio show, which will broadcast a series of live musical events from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia each week.
In a trial five week period, the radio program will showcase artists both new and familiar, exposing the traditional music of Cape Breton to audiences around the globe. Recorded at popular music venues around Nova Scotia - from halls, to pubs, to kitchens - the shows will capture the sights and sounds of the traditional Cape Breton ceilidh (pronounced "kay-lee", Gaelic for party or gathering).
Long one of Canada's national treasures, Cape Breton Island is known for both its natural beauty and unique culture. The Island is home to a distinctive musical legacy derived from the Scottish and Irish immigrants who brought their music to the island where it evolved naturally. The recent surge of interest in the music of Cape Breton from around the world has been the catalyst for the creation of Cape Breton Live.
"We are aware of the strong attraction of Cape Breton music and culture to people, as we are constantly being told by the fans who frequent our shows," says Natalie MacMaster. "It excites people and stays with them long after they leave. So, we thought, if you can't get here in person, join us on the Web."
MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, the lead fiddle player of Canadian Celtic supergroup Leahy, were married in 2002 and are together launching the Cape Breton Live project as a platform for the musical community they belong to, and from which they draw inspiration.
"It is an effort to share the music and culture of Cape Breton with the rest of the world," says Leahy, "and our hope is that the beauty that lives here will be felt through this program."
The first taping of Cape Breton Live will take place at the Judique Hall on Sunday, August 28th during Natalie & Buddy MacMaster's CD Release Party. The first audio broadcast on capebretonlive.com will be on Sunday, September 4, 2005.
This project is made possible with the assistance of Aliant and the Government of Nova Scotia.
Aliant will also stream the Cape Breton Live performances through http://www.aliant.net, giving music fans one more way to connect to Cape Breton's down-home music. Video from these performances will be available exclusively to Aliant high-speed customers.
"Cape Breton is more than great scenery and hospitable people. It's an energetic spirit that is shared so well through our talented musicians," said Mike Gillespie, Aliant Regional Manager for Cape Breton. "As a Cape Breton native, I'm very pleased that Aliant can play a role in this innovative venture to share our music and our spirit with people around the world."
To be present at a recording session for Cape Breton Live, please check out http://www.capebretonlive.com for a list of dates, venues and performers. Listen weekly to the Cape Breton Live sessions by going to http://www.capebretonlive.com .
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Contact Information:
Cheryl Smith
Show Coordinator
info@capebretonlive.com
http://www.capebretonlive.com
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Natalie MacMaster
MacMaster Music Inc.
http://www.nataliemacmaster.com
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Donnell Leahy
DLL Music
http://www.leahymusic.com
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MacMaster is playing here in Ottawa in a couple of weeks as part of the Ottawa Folk Fest. But I am waffling over seeing her, or going to another night when the Arrogant Worms are playing...I love this song of their's, among others...
ARTIST: Arrogant Worms
TITLE: Carrot Juice Is Murder
Lyrics and Chords
Listen up, brothers and sisters
Come hear my desperate tale
I speak of our friends of nature
Trapped in the dirt like a jail
Vegetables live in oppression
Served on our tables each night
This killing of veggies is madness
I say we take up the fight
Salads are only for murderers
Cole slaw's a fascist regime
Don't think that they don't have feelings
Just 'cause a radish can't scream
{Refrain}
I've heard the screams of the vegetables, (scream scream scream)
Watching their skins being peeled, (having their insides revealed)
Grated and steamed with no mercy, (burning off calories)
How do you think that feels, (bet it hurts really bad)
Carrot juice constitutes murder, (and that's a real crime)
Greenhouses prisons for slaves, (let my vegetables grow)
It's time to stop all this gardening, (it's dirty as hell)
Let's call a spade a spade, (is a spade is a spade is a spade)
I saw a man eating celery
So I beat him black and blue
If he ever touches a sprout again
I'll bite him clean in two
I'm a political prisoner
Trapped in a windowless cage
'Cause I stopped the slaughter of turnips
By killing five men in a rage
I told the judge when he sentenced me
"This is my finest hour
I'll kill those farmers again
Just to save one more cauliflower"
{Refrain}
How low as people do we dare to stoop
Making young broccolis bleed in the soup
Untie your beans, uncage your tomatoes
Set potted plants free, don't mash that potato, ah
I've heard the screams of the vegetables (scream scream scream)
Watching their skins being peeled (fates in the stir fry are sealed)
Grated and steamed with no mercy (you fat gourmet scum)
How do you think that feels (leave them out in the fields)
Carrot juice constitutes murder (V8's genocide)
Greenhouses prisons for slaves (yes your compost's a grave)
It's time to stop all this gardening (take up macramé)
Let's call a spade a spade (is a spade is a spade is a spade)