The Castalia Podcast

Coming soon: Cape Breton conversations with Isla Ratcliff

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Episode notes

In 2019, Scottish fiddle player Isla Ratcliff spent four wonderful months in Cape Breton, an island on Canada's rugged east coast with a rich traditional music culture. Isla fell in love with the music, the people and the place. Her experiences in Nova Scotia and neighbouring New Brunswick inspired her to release The Castalia, her debut album of traditional and self-composed fiddle music. In this podcast series to accompany the album, Isla introduces us to the people she met in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, some of whom were involved in the making of her album. Find Isla’s music at www.islaratcliff.com/the-castalia.