Gena Norbury and Lesley Pontarini: Saltwater Joys – Sounds of the Sea

Newfoundland and Labrador is a province with a folk musical heritage based on the Irish, English and Cornish traditions that were brought to its shores centuries ago. Newfoundland and Labrador is more Irish than Scottish, unlike its neighbouring provinces. Newfoundland music, while quite obviously Celtic and seafaring in its orientation, is in some cases quite…