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Reviews by Virginia include:
CDs:
Margie Adam
• Portal
Charlie Adams
• Quviasupunga
Mac Arnold & Plate Full o' Blues
• Nothin' to Prove
Margie Baker & Friends
• Live at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Freeland Barbour
• An Linne Dhubh (The Black Water)
Janet Bates & Instruments of Change
• The Colours Will Come Back
Tab Benoit
• The Sea Saint Sessions
Big Smith & Family
• From Hay to Zzzzzz: Hillbilly Songs for Kids
Big Trout Radio
• Songs About Fishing
Kristian Blak
• Klaemint
Bluegrass Diamonds
• Some of Our Favorites, Hopefully Yours
Ged Brockie
• The Last View from Mary's Place
Albert E. Brumley Jr.
• I'll Fly Away
Shauna Burns
• Every Thought
Robbie Byrne
• Sunset Isle
Roger Cairns
• A Scot in L.A.
Shelley Campbell
• Blue Ridge Reveille
Maggie Carchrie
• Songs the Mermaid Sang
Liz Carroll
• Lake Effect
The Carsons
• .CA
Celtic Connection
• Forever
James Cohen
• High Side of Lowdown
Andy Collins
• Lake St. Serenade
Joseph & J.P. Cormier
• Velvet Arm, Golden Hand
Darryl & Dallas Cornell
• Songs You Oughta Know, with the Roosevelt School 5th-graders
Paul Cranford & Friends
• The Lighthouse
Mark Croft
• Sympathetic Groove
Dakota Sid & the Badland Serenaders
• Live at Josiah Stillwater Cooper's Saloon
Tom Daniels
• The R Months
Eric Darius
• Night on the Town
Deuter
• Like the Wind in the Trees
James Durst
• Internationally Unknown
Danny Elfman
• Hulk
Ted Estersohn
• Root & Branch
Steve Eulberg
• I Celebrate Life!
Robin Flower & Libby McLaren
• Steelhead in the Riffles
John Flynn
• Two Wolves
Gillian Frame & Back of the Moon
• self-titled
Marcel Gagnon
• Crazy Maker
Lennie Gallant
• Believing in Better
Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin & the Kings of Strings, featuring Aaron Weinstein
• Jay Geils, Gerry Beaudoin & the Kings of Strings
Michael Giacchino
• The Incredibles
Howard Gladstone
• Candles on the River
• Sunflowers Light the Room
Grand Derangement
• Danse dans les Flammes
Charlotte Greig
• Winter Woods
Donny H
• Listen
Halau Hula Ka No'eau (Hawaiian Arts Ensemble)
• Hawaii: Traditional Hula
HeartSounds
• Shule Aroon
High Noon
• Have Drum Will Travel
Matt & Erica Hinton
• Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
Adam Hurt
• Intrigue
JimJim & the FatBoys
• Bottle Up & Go
The JW-Jones Blues Band
• My Kind of Evil
Southpaw Jones
• One in the Door, One in the Grave
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
• Finding Neverland
Benita Kenn
• Roads
Kerensa
• Totally Hammered
Sheri Kling
• Passions & Prodigals
Ron Korb
• Between the Shadows: Live in Quebec
Joel Kraft
• Big Ideas
Miranda Lambert
• Kerosene
Jennifer Licko
• Cave of Gold
Little Muddy
• Mayan Mud
Lonesome Brothers
• Pony Tales
Jim Love & the Blue Groove
• Gather 'Round
• Guerrilla Groove
Angus Lyon
• Long Road
Howard Lyons
• Hopes & Dreams, with Joanne Shenandoah
Tom MacDonald
• Celtic Tenor
Ashley MacIsaac
• A Cape Breton Christmas
Matt MacIsaac
• The Piping Album
MacKenzie
• Fama Clamosa
Norman MacKinnon
• Western Promise
Donald MacLellan
• The Dusky Meadow
Buddy MacMaster
• Cape Breton Tradition
Rita MacNeil
• Blue Roses
Nathaniel Maloney
• Old Empty Farmhouse
Bob Margolin
• All-Star Blues Jam
Scott McAllister
• Journey
Sandra McCracken
• Gravity/Love
Dan McKinnon
• Fields of Dreams & Glory
El McMeen
• Amazing Grace
• The Lea Rig
• The Soul of Christmas Guitar
Lori Michaels
• The Lilac Testament
Pete Mitchell
• Cutting the Mustard
Moossa
• Get Away
Lynn Morrison
• Cave of Gold: Celtic Lullabies
Geoff Muldaur
• Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Dave Nachmanoff
• A Certain Distance
NorthCregg
• And They Danced All Night
NorthernBlues Gospel Allstars
• Saved!
Nura
• self-titled
Zachary Oberzan
• Athletes of Romance
Brian O'Connor
• Come West Along the Road
Meaiti Jo Sheamuis O'Fatharta
• Boithrini an Lochain: Sean-nos Songs from Connemara
Orion
• Restless Home
Oskorri
• The Pub Ibiltaria 8
Brad Paisley
• Time Well Wasted
Elizabeth Patterson
• Pengalleon
• Tidal Wheel
Larry Pattis
• Hands of Time
Petrella
• Dreams of the Heartland
• 100 Proof Woman
Mairtin Pheaits
• Traditional Songs from Connemara
Mike Phillips
• Uncommon Denominator
Bruce Piephoff
• Bright Leaf Blues
Dave Potts
• $12.99
Colleen Power
• Lucky You Are
Luke Guy Reed
• No Hat
A.J. Rosales
• Resistor
Rosheen
• Musique Celtique
Justin Roth
• Shine
Mark Saul
• Mixolydian
Secondsight
• self-titled
Sensible Tom
• Acoustic Caravan
Daniele Sepe
• Anime Candide: War & Love Songs
Simirillion
• self-titled
The Slackers
• Close My Eyes
Doug B. Smith
• A Slight Remove
Sara Softich
• Pipe Dream
Naomi Sommers
• Flying Through
John Sonntag
• Chasing Stars
Minton Sparks
• Middlin' Sisters
• Sin Sick
John Stein
• In Brazil: Concerto International de Jazz
The Larry Stephenson Band
• Clinch Mountain Mystery
Al Stewart
• A Beach Full of Shells
Tendachent
• Ori Pari
Tha Tribe
• Mad Hops & Crazy Stops
Tonio K. & 16 Tons of Monkeys
• Live
Henoch Townley
• Reaching Point
Paddy Tutty
• The Roving Jewel
various artists
• Bhangra: The Sound of Bollywood
• Blues in the Mississippi Night
• Calypso: Vintage Songs from the Caribbean
• Celtic Airs
• Celtic Waves: Surfing the Ocean of Tradition
• Failte: A Cape Breton Welcome
• Flatpicking Favorites: Hot & Spicy
• The Future of Blues
• The Humours of Piping
• A Northern Christmas
• Nunavik Concert
• The Piper & the Maker
• Preachin' the Blues: The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell
• Tradition
Minnie White
• The Hills of Home
Ken Whiteley
• Gospel Music Makes Me Feel Alright!
Ginny Wilder
• Lessons in Life & Love
William Woods
• Cobalt Blue
Concerts:
The Beatons of Mabou
Causeway Crossing
Ceilidh anns a'Bhraigh: Ceilidh in the Glen
Celtic Pops Encore
Celtic Women '03
Celtic Women '04
Ceol Na H-Aibhneadh (The Music of the River): A Tribute to Theresa & Marie MacLellan
The Chieftains: the Cape Breton Connection
Close to the Floor '02
Close to the Floor '03
Close to the Floor '10
Common Ground: Carlos Nunez' Celtic Journey
Cutting Edge
The Dancing Lights Troupe: Twelve Celtic Winds
Fiddle & Prose
Guitar Summit '03
Guitar Summit '04
Guitar Summit '05
Guitar Summit '07
Home is Where the Heart Is
Island to Island: The Cape Breton-Ireland Musical Bridge
The Judique Flyers
Kinfolk
Buddy & Natalie MacMaster
Matt Minglewood & Rylee Madison
My Cape Breton Home
Natalie MacMaster & Friends: Bringing the World Home
The Next Generation '02
The Next Generation '03
Only a Woman's Heart
The Original Guitar Summit
Pickin' & Grinnin'
Salute to the Cape Breton Fiddler
Sandy MacIntyre's Trip to Toronto
Teacher's Pets
Tribute to Bill Lamey
Two Fiddles, Two Pianos Encore
The Unusual Suspects
Wendy's World
Books:
Lynn Austin
• Candle in the Darkness
• A Light to My Path
Duck Baker
• Fingerstyle Blues Guitar 101
James Scott Bell
• A Certain Truth
Sigmund Brouwer
• The Disappearing Jewel of Madagascar
Gerald Coomer
• The Summer I was Seventeen: A Story of the Appalachian Trail
Annabel Davis-Goff
• The Fox's Walk
Tommy Emmanuel
• Fingerstyle Guitar Method
Benjamin Filene
• Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music
Tommy Flint
• Kentucky Thumbpicking Blues for Guitar
Anne Frasier
• Play Dead
Justin Goldberg
• The Ultimate Survival Guide to the New Music Industry: Handbook for Hell
Melissa Fay Greene
• Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster
Kristen Heitzmann
• Secrets
Aida Hudson & Susan-Ann Cooper, editors
• Windows & Words: A Look at Canadian Children's Literature in English
Randy Ingermanson
• Double Vision
Karen Kinsgbury
• Like Dandelion Dust
• A Thousand Tomorrows
J.R. Lindermuth
• Something in Common
David Ryan Long
• Quinlin's Estate
Frank MacDonald
• A Forest for Calum
George MacDonald
• Malcolm
Kathryn Mackel
• The Departed
Don McKay
• Deactivated West 100
Joyce Meyer
• How to Hear from God: Learn to Hear His Voice & Make Right Decisions
• Seven Things That Steal Your Joy
Ed Munger
• Jigs & Reels for Classic Guitar
Bobby Norfolk
• Norfolk Tales
Mark Andrew Olsen
• The Assignment
John A. Senneff
• The Apastron Reports: Quest for Life
Lauraine Snelling
• A Dream to Follow
Edrick Thay
• Haunted Cemeteries: True Tales from Beyond the Grave
Harry Thurston
• A Ship Portrait
Richard Voss & Laurence Traiger
• Roving Through Ireland: Piano Solos of Traditional Irish Folk Music
Jamie Langston Turner
• No Dark Valley
Chris Tusa
• Haunted Bones
Stephanie Grace Whitson
• A Garden in Paris
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Virginia MacIsaac writes from the magical isle of Cape Breton where Celtic influences mix with Acadian heritage and Mi'kmaq legends to create a fantastical cultural atmosphere that is the life and breath of those who live here. The stories of her ancestors and the rugged land and climate are inspiration for her writings on local history and culture, and promotion of community development projects.