Cape Breton Music Roundup #30 - April 2 2015 - April 5 2015
Well it finally looks like the Spring may be on it's way but the way things have been going who knows. So make sure to use the break to get out and check out some great live music this weekend. We're starting our weekend early with an excellent show featuring Pretty Archie burning the barn down in Sydney at the Steel City. Friday after work make sure to get out and join the rest of the Shedheads at Governor's for the bluesy rock sound of the hard working Red Shed. Moving onto Saturday, in the afternoon we have an excellent lineup at the Doryman in Cheticamp featuring Marc Boudreau, Robbie Fraser and Howie MacDonald. In the evening we have our top recommendation of the weekend, Alert the Medic bring their infectious pop rockin' sound to Governor's along with Ladyslippers and Colette Deveaux. Finishing up the weekend strong is a dynamite ceilidh in Judique with Rodney MacDonald and friends. Winter is over folks!! (For now anyway) Get out and enjoy, as always, check Music Guide Cape Breton for our complete list of live music for the next seven days.
Our Weekend Recommendations(Click the Link for Details)
- Thursday April 2 2015
- Friday April 3 2015
- Saturday April 4 2015
- Sunday April 5 2015
Cape Breton Music Roundup #29 - March 26 2015 - March 28 2015
Hey All,
Well hopefully we've seen the last of winter and a sure sign of the changes of the season is that the Vince Ryan Tournament is upon us again, with that, the weekend is packed. We're starting our weekend early once again at Governor's with a great show from Jordan Musycsyn and Anthony Burke. On Friday we pick up with an after work party at the Emera Centre on the Northside with Mark Boutlier and Robbie Simms. In what is sure to be a busy spot, the Steel City caps our Friday night with local faves Alter Ego kicking out a few sets. Our Saturday recommendations begin with a change of pace from the rest of the weekend. Coloratura Art Gallery will be presenting Maritime piano virtuoso Lucas Porter, a great show in a unique venue, a high recommendation. Also on Saturday, bringing some tunes straight from the rock to Christmas Island Fire Hall is Newfie Trio. Our top recommendation for the weekend features a pile of local talent, including local legend Matt Minglewood, he'll be at the Main Event in Glace Bay with Emily Dingwall, Brian McInnis & Jeff Stapleton. Many venues are going to be open until 3 AM this weekend with the Vince Ryan going on, check out our Music Guide Cape Breton for our full list of shows.
Our Weekend Recommendations(Click the Link for Details)
- Thursday March 26 2015
- Friday March 27 2015
- Saturday March 28 2015
Cape Breton Music Roundup #28 - March 19 2015 - March 22 2015
Hey All,
First, all our recommendations this week come with the caveat to call ahead and make sure the event is still a go. The first day of Spring is Friday but you wouldn't know it by looking outside, plow drivers and municipal and provincial workers are hard at it though and by Friday, hopefully everything will be good to go. It would be great if it is because this is one heck of a weekend for music all around the Island. We're starting with an early show in St. Peter's on Thursday, a jam session hosted by Jason Williams MacDonald. They will be taking donations at the door for a great cause. Thursday also features a great show in Port Hastings with a Jam hosted by Mac Campbell. Friday is simple packed. First the Songbird series continues in Little Narrows featuring Halifax based pop-folk quartet Hillsburn. These shows are amazing and our top recommendation for the weekend, tickets are limited due to the intimate nature of the show but if you are in the area or can safely get there, you should. Keith Mullins and Kim Wempe will be attempting to get Spring in gear with what will be a great show at The Dancing Goat Cafe in Margaree. The Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury has another great event lined up with Eddie Cummings, Liam Brophy and Andre Pettipas rocking the night away. If you are seeking a heavier sound, check out the return of Moxham Castle along with Vicious, from Halifax and Thirty Aught Six at Embers, a great metal combination. Saturday brings us to Governor's and a show with the Mikey Space Jam Band featuring Mike Le Lievre, Glen Bourgeois and Jordan Bruleigh of Back Pocket Material. They'll be kicking up some funky dance jams to get you up and moving. They'll be joined by Long Island Road and Blair Lucas and The Apple Corps for a complete evening. Saturday also features a mega show at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, Ice Breaker a show in support of Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative and featuring Sprag Session, Jordan Musycysn Band, Port Cities (Carleton Stone, Dylan Guthro, Breagh MacKinnon), The Beaton Sisters and more! All in all, just a great weekend for live music, get out and check it out.
- Thursday March 19 2015
- Potluck and Jam Session with Jason Williams MacDonald - Lion's Hall, St. Peter's
- 5:30 PM
- Donations for "Free the children - the year of empowerment campaign", for families in Kenya
- Thursday Celtic Jam Sessions with Mac Campbell - Creignish Recreation, Port Hastings
- **Cancelled For This Week**
- 7:30 PM
- Donation
- Friday March 20 2015
- Songbird Series with Hillsburn - Little Narrows Community Centre, Little Narrows
- 7 PM
- $15
- Keith Mullins & Kim Wempe - The Dancing Goat Cafe and Bakery, Margaree
- 7:30 PM
- $20
- Eddie Cummings, Liam Brophy, Andre Pettipas - Civic Centre, Port Hawkesbury
- 9 PM
- $10
- Moxham Castle with Vicious and Thirty Aught Six - Embers Southern Barbeque, Sydney
- 11 PM
- $8
- Saturday March 21 2015
Taste of Cape Breton - Old Fashion Boiled Dinner
Hi folks!
Wow it's March already, where is this year going. With St Patrick's Day coming up it gave me an idea for this post, Old Fashioned Boiled Dinner. Lots of people on the Cape will tell you about having Boiled Dinner growing up. This is a large recipe so you will have some left overs, This recipe takes a little time so it would make a great Sunday dinner. Make sure you have a large enough pot for all the ingredients and that you pick up good quality Corned Beef.
- Boiled Dinner
- 4-5 pounds Corned beef
- 2 small turnips
- 6 carrots
- 5 medium onions
- 6 potatoes
- 1 small head of cabbage
Place the meat in the pot and cover with cold water.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the cover on for 3-4 hours on until tender.
Cut up the Vegetables:cut the carrots in half and quarter, halve the onions, cut into wedges the turnips and cabbage, then quarter the potatoes.
About hour before the meat is cooked, skim off any fat on top of the water and add the carrots, onions, and turnips.
Cover and cook for 30 more minutes, during the last 30 mins add the potatoes and cabbage.
Cook until the potatoes are tender, you're done!
Take out the meat and serve on a large hot platter, surrounded by the removed vegetables and garnish with parsley if you like.
You can also slice the meat thin and serve like that. This makes a lot, but the left over are still great the next day or can be turned into a Corned Beef hash.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Cape Breton Music Roundup #27 - March 12 2015 - March 15 2015 and St. Patrick's Day
It's starting to look a little Irish out there with St. Patrick's Day right around the corner. In that vein we've decided to include Tuesday's St. Patrick's day event's in this roundup. We start off recommendations however on Thursday night in Sydney Mines with Cape Breton Country Workhorse, Michael Lloyd at the Firemen's Centre in Sydney Mines. We follow that up on Friday night with Cape Breton expats The Gold Coast returning to the Island with support from The High Tide and Danny MacNeil Band. If you are looking to make it a full evening and night at Governor's Buddy MacDonald will be hosting the after work party. Down the road at the Highland Arts Theatre is great show to get your St. Patrick's Day weekend rolling, Evans and Doherty will be kicking out some Irish classics to get your weekend going. Saturday has a great show, great cause event going on at the Sandbar Lounge in Dominion with Singing for Shelter, a fundraiser and awareness raising event for homelessness. Saturday is just littered with St. Patrick's Day events, we've listed what we have below including a great show with Rob MacLean, Buddy MacDonald and Cyril MacPhee at the Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre. We have a few shows listed for actual St. Paddy's day on Tuesday, check back often for updates and make sure to check out our Music Guide Cape Breton for our full listing of shows on St. Patrick's Day and throughout the week.
- Thursday March 12 2015
- Friday March 13 2015
- Saturday March 14 2015
- Singing for Shelter - Sandbar Lounge, Dominion
- 4 PM
- Donations at the Door
- Headspin
- John Curtis Sampson
- Johathan Kanary
- Final Cut
- Alex Lee
- Bittersweet
- Dave Donovan
- Michael MacKenzie
- Bad Habits
- Steve Andrews
- Charlie Murphy
- The Jam Band
- ** Saturday St Patrick's Day Celebrations
- St. Patrick's Day Dance with Silver Moon - Royal Canadian Legion, St. Peter's
- 4:30 PM
- St. Patrick's Dance with Pam & Tim - Frenchvale Senior's Club, Frenchvale
- 8 PM
- St. Patrick's Day Dance with Jeremy White - Creignish Community Hall, Port Hastings
- 9 PM
- $8
- St. Patrick's Day Dance - Framboise Community Centre, Framboise
- 9 PM
- $6
- St. Patrick's Day Dance with DJ Gerald MacIntyre - Riverdale Community Centre, Evanston
- 9 PM
- $10
- St.Patrick's Day Dance with Al Martin & Donna Marie DeWolf - L’Ardoise Community Centre, L'Ardoise
- 9 PM
- St. Patrick's Day Dance with the Pub Boys - Rocky Bay Community Hall, Rocky Bay
- 9 PM
- St. Paddy’s Day Party with Kintyre Lite - John Nugent Firefighter’s Club, Sydney Mines
- 9 PM
- $10 advance, $15 at the door
- St.Patrick's Day Bash - Pier Legion, Sydney
- 9 PM
- $5
- Rob MacLean, Cyril MacPhee, and Buddy MacDonald - Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre, Whycocomagh
- 9 PM
- $15 advance
- Tuesday March 17 2015
- **Tuesday St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
- 10 PM
- St Patrick's Day Bash Featuring the Pub Boys - Embers Southern Barbeque, Sydney
- 6 PM
- $8
- St. Patrick's Day Extravaganza - Old Triangle, Sydney
- 10:30 AM
- St. Patrick's Day with Kintyre Lite featuring Jennifer Roland - Steel City, Sydney
- 6 PM
- St. Patrick’s Day Celebration ALL DAY - Governor's Pub, Sydney
- 11 AM
Cape Breton Music Roundup #26 - March 5 2015 - March 7 2015
Time to spring ahead already. Doesn't seem like it based on the weather, does it but we have plenty of great shows to warm you up and chase away the winter blues. Speaking of blues, we have a great blues show kicking off the weekend with acclaimed Canadian blues musician Morgan Davis. Staring with the after work party and going through to the evening, gonna be a heck of a Friday night. On Saturday night, you get some extra rock, temporally speaking, at a return to the Upstairs with Ricochet, Static in Action, Hash Jesus and The Full Effect. A great way to spend, one less hour doesn't mean less awesome. Also Saturday in Cheticamp, a great show for a great cause, a fundraiser to support a Mission to Haiti featuring the Phantoms, Group Lelievre, Dawn and Margie Beaton, Douglas Cameron and Lawrence Cameron and possibly a few special guests. The Cedar's Club Hall will be hosting a dynamite ceilidh on Saturday night as well featuring Shelly Campbell, Marc Boudreau, Donna Marie DeWolf and Allan Dewar. We're not done yet as Sunday has an amazing country show at the Savoy Theatre. Former NHL draft pick and upcoming country musician Chad Brownlee. He will be accompanied by openers Jess Moskaluke and Bobby Will. All and all, one heck of a weekend for live music, get out and enjoy.
- Friday March 6 2015
- After Work Party / An evening of blues music with Morgan Davis - Governor's Pub, Sydney
- 6 PM / 10 PM
- $7 for Night Show
- Saturday March 7 2015
- Ricochet, Static in Action, Hash Jesus, and The Full Effect - The Upstairs, Sydney
- 10 PM
- $10
- Mission Haiti Fundraiser - Doryman's Tavern, Cheticamp
- 8 PM
- Donations
- The Phantoms
- Group Lelievre
- Dawn and Margie Beaton
- Douglas Cameron and Lawrence Cameron
- Elmer's Birthday - Round & Square Dance - Cedar's Club Hall, Sydney
- 8:30 PM
- $8
- Shelly Campbell
- Marc Boudreau
- Donna Marie DeWolf
- Allan Dewar
- Sunday March 8 2015
- Chad Brownlee with Jess Moskaluke & Bobby Wills - Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay
- 8 PM
- $44 advance, $49 at the door
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Cape Breton Music Roundup #25 - February 26 - March 1 2015
Another week, more great shows across the Island. Governor's has a couple of can't miss shows this weekend including our top recommendation with Jordan Musycysn, The Jaynes and Carmen Townsend as well as our early weekend show on Thursday featuring Pretty Archie fresh off their release of their latest album 'North End Sky'. The Spaghetti Westerns shows close out at Kiju's with Steve MacDougall of Slowco closing it out. Eddie Cummings will be getting Port Rawkesbury(see what I did there) up and rocking on Saturday night. To close out the weekend and kickoff your March, twenty days until spring believe it or not, get out to Judique for Dara MacDonald and Adam Young. Our full list of shows as always is available at Music Guide Cape Breton.
- Thursday February 26 2015
- Pretty Archie with special guests Mike Baldwin Band - Governor's Pub, Sydney
- 10 PM
- $7
- After a month long tour around the Maritimes, Pretty Archie are back to kick up a stomping good time at Governor's and help get your weekend started early. Mike Baldwin Band will be opening up to get er' going.
- Friday February 27 2015
- Spaghetti Westerns with Steven MacDougall - Kiju's Restaurant, Membertou
- 5 PM
- Get your Spaghetti and some tunes with Steven MacDougall closing out the Spaghetti Westerns shows for February at Kiju's. If you haven't made it to one of the early shows this month, make sure to get out for some great eats and tunes.
- Saturday February 28 2015
- Jordan Musycsyn Band with The Jaynes & Carmen Townsend - Governor's Pub, Sydney
- 10 PM
- $10
- MEGA SHOW! What a Saturday night at Governor's. Jordan Musycsyn with indie rockers The Jaynes and the always excellent performance of Carmen Townsend. Yes, please. Our top recommendation of the weekend.
- Eddie Cummings - Carriage House Lounge, Port Hawkesbury
- 10 PM
- Port Hawkesbury you can beat the winter blahs this Saturday at the Carriage House with a night of rockin' tunes with Eddie Cummings.
- Tristan Legg Duo - Old Triangle Irish Alehouse, Sydney
- 4:45 PM Matinee, 9 PM
- The Tristan Legg Duo will be at the Old Triangle starting Thursday night and performing straight through Saturday night. Not straight through, they will have some time off while closed and in the afternoon, except of course Saturday afternoon as they will be doing a Matinee followed up by another show at night. Lot's of opportunity so check em' out.
- Sunday March 1 2015
- Dara MacDonald & Adam Young - Celtic Music Interpretive Centre, Judique
- 3 PM
- $8
- March begins with a get up off your arse and get hopping show with Dara MacDonald and Adam Young in Judique. Spring isn't far off and this show should help to melt away the winter.
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