Artists Archive

Alistair MacLeod

May 11, 2012

Cape Breton / Ontario

Alistair MacLeod was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, in 1936 and raised among an extended family in Cape Breton. He still spends his summers in Inverness County, writing in a cliff-top cabin looking west towards Prince Edward Island. He has published two internationally acclaimed collections of short stories which, accompanied by two new stories, were later published in a single-volume edition. His first novel, No Great Mischief, received great critical acclaim, was on national bestseller lists for more than a year, and won the 2001 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, among many other awards.

Cape Breton artists, Special Projects

Albert Lionais

May 11, 2012

Cape Breton

Albert Lionais spends much of his days drinking tea and listening to old LPs. He grew up in a musical family in Little Bras d’Or on Cape Breton Island and spent a good deal of his childhood making music with his family, playing in marching bands and the school orchestra. Over the past few years Albert, who plays trumpet, drums and guitar, has taken to writing folk songs and telling stories of what could very well be real life situations. He takes great comfort in the power of music and its ability to motivate and enrich people’s lives.

Cape Breton artists, Singer Songwriters, Special Projects, Vocals