When a person first sets foot on Cape Breton Island, they are literally enveloped by a certain presence in the air, so that whether they find themselves roaming the green hills and valleys or perched on a high rocky cliff overlooking the sea. This ethereal feeling is with them.

Step into the kitchen of a weathered Cape Breton house, where the floors have had the 'plank'er down' treatment from the neighbours lively steps, as they danced to the jigs and reels of the fiddler and the walls still resonate with the haunting strains of the harp or chanter. The same feeling is there too!

Such is the timeless inspiration for music makers on Cape Breton Island. Where roots run deep and the fruitage is seen in the traditional music of Acadian, Celtic, Scottish Highland, MicMac, and various other influences.