The Centre for Sound Communities Blog

Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté and Fode Lassana Diabaté are on their way from Mali to Cape Breton! These revered musicians, Jelis, or Mande singing storytellers, will be traveling throughout Eastern Cape Breton this week, giving school workshops, concerts and meeting with various communities. Among their list of activities: they will be hosted at Glace Bay’s UNIA Hall…

We would like to thank everyone in our local community who came out to help launch Singing Storytellers at the Cape Breton Regional Library, Downtown Sydney. Thank you to all of the speakers, singers and storytellers for their help in creating this wonderful event! Also, thank you to all of our partners and funders who…

Have a look online at the Celtic Colours International Festival website – for the Singing Storytellers “Learning Opportunities” and performance events that are featured there: Singing Storytellers at the Library: We invite the public to join our symposium for a day filled with films, workshops, talks and demonstrations about the lives, music and verbal artistry of bards in our…

Celtic Colours International Festival, one of Singing Storytellers major partners, has posted their program! Some of our Singing Storytellers Symposium program events are featured: Our first full day of workshops and performances at Sydney’s Public Library, and the evening’s special session, A Life in Song and Story. Admission for these events is covered by your symposium registration! Celtic Colours is hosting…

Singing Storytellers and its multiple outreach activities have been getting plenty of media attention! Here are some recent news articles. Singing Storytellers prompted the participation of a new community venue for Celtic Colours International Festival! news article title: “Celtic Colours Ukrainian Style!” Singing Storytellers bard recently back from Ukraine – in Cape Breton for recording…