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If you listen to Splinters & Candy on WVKR, then you’ve heard me play some tracks from Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac’s latest release, Seinn. The duo have put together a terrific acoustic Celtic album from the shores of Cape Breton. Mary Jane Lamond is an accomplished singer with a deep appreciation for Scottish… Continue reading Splinters & Candy Review Seinn

This is an excerpt from “The Way I See It”, a theatre/music blog written by Amanda Campbell: As an East Coaster you grow up knowing that there is an exorbitant amount of musical talent that is saturated on our shores. It is something that I think we all take a little for granted sometimes. “Of… Continue reading 25 Years Later & Cape Breton is Still Winning at Music

From the Celtic enclave of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, where folks go to speak and study Gaelic, singer Mary Jane Lamond and fiddler Wendy MacIsaac have produced Seinn. Individually, they’re leaders of their generation of Cape Breton Gaelic musicians, and their joining forces as a duo was an inspired move; Seinn is one of… Continue reading Huffington Post “this album is irresistible”

The soul of a land and its inhabitants is a hard thing to put into sound, but Nova Scotia singer Mary Jane Lamond and fiddler Wendy MacIsaac have achieved that with their album Seinn. The hills, glens, coves, and villages of Cape Breton—and the people who live and work there—inspire the musical portrait of the… Continue reading Cape Breton soul inspires Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac

A Cape Breton singer and fiddler duo could be either totally traditional or coolly contemporary. This pair manage both. Mary Jane Lamond is one of the few singers I listen to: she combines a deep understanding of Gaelic song with an energetic and innovative approach which is rare enough even in Canada. She also has… Continue reading Folkworld Reviews Seinn

It’s hard to believe that, as I write this, it’s been just over 10 years since I experienced the music of Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island in its own environment, at the International Celtic Colours Festival in 2002. I wasn’t then and I’m not now any kind of authority on Celtic music, but I know… Continue reading The Green Man Reviews Seinn

Mary Jane & Wendy are in the Top 10 in Canada for January airplay on Folk DJ playlists in all 3 spots – Album, Artist, and Single for their song “Yellow Coat”. This information has been compiled by Richard Gillmann. In January, Richard’s lists were based on 13,046 airplays from 147 different DJ’s. Richard compiles… Continue reading Mary Jane & Wendy Top 10 Album, Artist, and Single

Some sublime traditional music here from two lights of the Canadian firmament. As such, they can do little wrong and, indeed, Seinn is a treat from start to finish. Fantastic sets of tunes featuring MacIsaac’s astringent Cape Breton fiddling (and mandolin) are interspersed with Lamond’s Gaelic songs. Highlights there are a-pleny: the hypnotic “If You… Continue reading Penguin Eggs Reviews Seinn

The Nova Scotians’ links with their Scottish and particularly their Gaelic heritages have always been strong, and this sparkling CD shows that there is no danger of that connection being broken. Mary Jane Lamond has a warm and rich singing voice with some of the clearest diction you could hope to find. Although she was… Continue reading Living Tradition Reviews Seinn

Congratulations to Mary Jane & Wendy, their album Seinn is nominated for an ECMA award, for Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year. We look forward to ECMW in Halifax, March 6-10, and congratulations to all the award nominees!