Want entertainment? Head to Vishtèn’s website, and let the francophone band from Prince Edward Island beguile your eyes and ears with its mix of traditional fiddling, extroverted foot percussion, and ...
Inspired by their homeland, Prince Edward Island, Terre Rouge offered the chance for Vishtèn to join forces with local French-speaking researchers, dancers, and musicians they had longed to ...
The 2025 East Coast Music Awards took place in St. John's last weekend, after months of protest and calls to action within the local music community. Nova Scotia rapper Classified led the winners by ...
New year resolutions are often attempts at reclaiming our older selves, shoring up the best memories of who we used to be. So how appropriate it feels at the start of 2019 that many folk music ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Island artist Lawrence Maxwell says he'd like to see more people buying tickets in advance, and factoring in online fees as a ...
GREAT BARRINGTON -- The small house sits on green Prince Edward Island, sheltered from the great Atlantic Ocean by Nova Scotia's sea-washed shores. A neighbor crosses the threshold at dusk and looses ...
The funky Acadian-Celtic style of Vishtèn has earned the P.E.I.-based group a Juno nomination for Traditional Roots Album of the Year for their album Horizons. The Junos are awarded annually to the ...
Vishten’s music is a hardy mixture of Acadian, Irish and Scottish styles, with fiery fiddling and powerful step dancing taking front and center. Formed in 2000 on their native Prince Edward Island, ...
Cityfolk’s Celtic series begins with a French flair as Vishten performs this Saturday night at Gilly’s in downtown Dayton. With roots on Prince Edward Island and the nearby Magdalen Islands, Vishten ...
A lot of young Celtic bands try to meld some of the flash and energy of rock music with the traditional songs and dance tunes they play. But few bands wear a rock 'n' roll heart so obviously on its ...
Vishtèn perform three times this weekend at Festival du Bois. The largest Francophone festival on the West Coast is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.Supplied Vishtèn at the 25th annual ...