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One of the legacy components of Singing Storytellers research and public outreach project is an edited collection that includes scholarly articles and transcriptions of interviews with artist/practitioners – a critical dialogue between academic and practitioner perspectives. This edited collection will be published through McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP). See here for the full “Call for Submissions” – deadline for…
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Over the last two weeks, we have made a number of changes to the Songs of Truth website: you can now visit the ‘Songs’ pages to read Julian Kytasty’s lively program notes for the Songs of Truth CD, read up on the history of the bandura and the kobzar tradition under ‘The Bandura’, meet our project…
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Julian Kytasty and Scott Sharplin’s collaboration is a mixture of theatre arts and musical virtuosity. Kytasty’s ability to mix storytelling, masterful bandura instrumentals and Sharplin’s clever spoken word are featured in this performance from Griots and Kobzars at the Boardmore Playhouse.
Read MoreListen this Sunday night, March 15th to the Blue Grotto on CKJM FM Coopérative Radio Chéticamp – 97.5 FM in Cape Breton, 9pm-midnight Atlantic Time! Host Myron Syms will be playing some of bard Julian Kytasty’s music from the Singing Storytellers CD production Songs of Truth!
Read MoreListen TONIGHT online or over the airwaves at 8 – 9 pm Atlantic Time to Wendy Bergfeldt’s CBC Island Echoes: a special Singing Storytellers feature, “I Wish I Was With Them Again’: Diasporic Longing in Contemporary Cape Breton Song” by Amanda Daly Berman (Boston University). Check back frequently to the Singing Storytellers website – for news and notifications of podcasts, for new…
Read MoreCheck out these two new podcasts that include concert recordings from Singing Storytellers performances! Drawing on footage from the fall 2014 concerts and new interviews, CBC’s Wendy Bergfeldt created two Island Echoes shows: Bards of the World Part 1, and Part 2 – featuring Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté. And – if you…
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Take a look at our new Songs pages! We’ve added transcriptions of the lyrics – in Ukrainian – with poetic translations created by Julian Kytasty. We’ll continue adding more content to the website in the coming weeks and months, including detailed notes about the histories and significances of each song, as well as the bandura…
Read MoreMany Singing Storytellers participants and community audience members will remember the exquisite concert of Croatian traditional music performed at St. Mary’s Polish Parish in Whitney Pier. Sadly, today, this beautiful church that was more than a century old, has burned. Our hearts go out to the members of the Parish. More details here on CBC.
Read MoreWendy Bergfeldt continues to share the stories and songs of Singing Storytellers in CBC podcasts – see her CBC Mainstreet Cape Breton website for a full listing, to date. New podcasts posted in the last few days include: Singing the Stories of Injustice: Bards as Witness and Language Matters with Bob Holman. Continue to watch our blog for more…
Read MoreHere are some of Wendy Bergfeldt’s interviews with Singing Storytellers that aired recently on CBC-Cape Breton: the Malian griots, and bandurist Kytasty’s Songs of Truth, ahead of our CD release. Stay tuned for links to more Singing Storytellers podcasts!
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