Celtic Colours International Festival celebrates the music stories, heritage, and welcome of Cape Breton Island. Here is what's going on, with several songs and tunes from musicians who will be appearing this year.

Celebrate Patricia Leavy’s 25th novel, Sugar Sand Land, hailed as a tour de force. Read our full interview on her career, milestone book, and what’s next!

In shifting times, paying attention to connection can be a way to gain perspective and to stay grounded. Here are four songs that explore many ways to connect.

As things continue to shift across the world, the connections we encounter each day, with others, with nature, with stories from other times, become more important. Music which draws in these aspects may provide ideas for reflection, connection, and peace, too. Here are five suggestions.

Landscapes, friendships, moments, memories: these are all parts of what helps to keep us grounded through shifting times.

They are part and parcel of the things musicians draw on to create, too.

Five powerful suggestions for reflective songs and stories. Take a listen!

“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” - Thomas Edison

I don’t know about you, but these days I feel like much of society has the attention span of gnats. We aim to play the long game but are interrupted by something shiny on aisle six. We set goals, make those bucket lists, and say ‘someday’ more times than we can count.

There are some remarkable places and times in this world that intrigue, inspire, and cause intense fascination. One such place in the US is the Old Southwest. It lives large in our culture, art, history, and traditions. 

Luckily for us readers, an extraordinary new book is here to take us there: Legends & Lore of the Old Southwest.