TF001 Nova Scotia: A Rising Tide - a podcast by Mike Tod

Perhaps no other region has produced more fiddle players and fiddle recordings, per person and per square inch, than a tiny island on the northern most tip of Nova Scotia, called Cape Breton. Of the thousands upon thousands of top-tier fiddlers that have come from the island, one person time and time again is named the region’s very best, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald. This episode investigates the life and music of Fitzgerald: the rough-and-tumble surroundings that inspired his style of playing, the record deals that sank despite favourable sales and popularity, and his love of drink that lasted a lifetime.

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