Don Ross is without a doubt a Canadian legend. His absolute mastery of the finger style acoustic guitar is awe inspiring. On February 3, 2011 he played at the Rose and Kettle Concert Session at the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm with Brooke Miler. He absolutely amazed the crowd with this instrumental medley.
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On February 3, 2011 the incredible singer/songwriter Brooke Miller came to the Rose and Kettle Concert Session at the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm. She performed one of her new songs "Big Deal"
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The Jim Hanlon Trio featuring Jim Hanlon, guitarist Bruce Conrad and Karen "Momma" Munro perform Jim's original award winning song "Annie's Promise" live at the Rose and Kettle Concert Session on October 28, 2010
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The Rose and Kettle Concert Session on March 11 featured a song writers' circle with Vince Morash, Jimmie Inch and Dave Carroll. Dave Carroll performs" The Promise"
Ronald Bourgeois performs his iconic song of the sea "Amene le vent" at the Rose and Kettle Concert Sessions on September 29, 2001. This song has been recorded by a number of the leading Francophone artists and like many of Ron's songs has become firmly anchored in contemporary Maritime culture.
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Accomplished gaelic songstress Margo Carruthers sings a traditional Gaelic lament "A Chuachag nam Beann" at the Rose and Kettle Concert Session on Tuesday, October 27, 2011.
The incredible duo "Naming the Twins" is Kath Glauser and Robbie Smith. They appeared at the Rose and Kettle Concert Session on Thursday, November 18. Robbie and Kath perform Robbie's original tune "Darby Street". This tune is also on their latest CD "Sweet Transitions"
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The incredible duo "Naming the Twins" is Kath Glauser and Robbie Smith. They appeared at the Rose and Kettle Concert Session on Thursday, November 18. Robbie and Kath perform Robbie's original tune "Oh Life!". This tune is also on their latest CD "Sweet Transitions"
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The February 16 2012 edition of the Rose and Kettle Concert sessions featured the incredible trio known as The Worry Birds. The band was formed in the winter of 2010 by three good friends wanting to make original music together. The band consists of singer-songwriter Zach Smith (acoustic guitar, vocals), Adelle Meagher (double bass, vocals) and Bhreagh MacDonald (fiddle, vocals). This original song by Zach was just one of a whole evening of great tunes that wowed the crowd.
The Rose and Kettle Concert Sessions on March 11 featured a song writers' circle with Vince Morash, Jimmie Inch and Dave Carroll. Jimmie Inch performs" Everything is Gonna Be Fine This Time"
Jay Perry performed the traditional shanty "Dead Horse Shanty" at the Rose and Ketle on October 27, 2011.
Dylan Cormier is one of the province's newest signature musicians. His February 9 Rose and Kettle Concert Session was a fabulous introduction to this skilled guitarist/singer/songwriter. He treated the crowd to one of his original songs "Grey Streets of My Home Town"
Steve Keith' s September 15 Rose and Kettle Concert Session featured many of his original tunes including this country music inspired song featuring the Chesapeake Bay Deadrise, a real workhorse of a fishing boat unique to that area of the world.
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The Rose and Kettle Concert Session on February 23, 2012 hosted a CD launch party for Karen Robinson's new recording "She's a Keeper". Ths particular tune is not one which is on the CD but certainly is a crowd favourite. Karen is joined from left by James Crouse, Owen Campbell, her daughter Hanna, Anne Fearon and Eric Sloane.
Legendary guitarist singer/songwriter Ken Enman played his first solo concert on Canadian soil in 11 years at the Rose and Kettle Concert Session, April 5, 2012. Ken noted that as a PEI born songwriter, it was only fitting that he write a song based on Anne of Green Gables. Hence this tune called "Freckles and Ice Cream"
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Singer/songwriter Ernest Laidlaw joined Leo Feinstein and friends at the March 22, 2012 Rose and Kettle Concert Session to include his original tune "Stand on the Gaff" as part of the Songs of Protest night. This tune by Ernest commemorates the struggles of Cape Breton coal miners and is response to the famous challenge by the coal company Vice President JE McLurg who said of the miners striking for better working conditions "We hold all the cards ... they (the miners) will have to come to us ... they can't stand the gaff." But stand it they did and then some!
Steve Keith is a recent transplant to Nova Scotia all the way from Louisiana. He performed at the Rose and Kettle on Sptember 15, 2011. This is one of his tunes called "Down on Bourbon Street". It is somewhat autobiographical about his musical memories playing music in that legendary neighbourhood.
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Karen Robinson and friends perform the title song from her CD "She's a Keeper" at the Rose and Kettle Concert Session on February 23, 2012
The Rose and Kettle Concert Session on February 3, 2011 featured the incredible singer/songwriter Brooke Miller with Canada's iconic acoustic guitarist Don Ross. Together they performed one of Brooke's best loved tunes "Country from the Dome Car". This blew the roof of the farm!
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Nova Scotia's oral historian, singer/songwriter Rosalee Peppard launcherd her brand-new CD "Voices" at a Rose and Kettle Concert Session. She sings a signature song medley reflecting the founding cultures of Nova Scotia including Mi'kmaq, French, English speaking, African, Gaelic and German
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The Jim Hanlon Trio featuring Jim Hanlon, guitarist Bruce Conrad and Karen "Momma" Munro perform "From the Heart" live at the Rose and Kettle Concert Session on October 28, 2010. This is also the title of Jim's current CD.
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Melody Kettle visits Rose Mediterranean in Caldwell, NJ where Chef Joe Albergo creates Pato con Higos (duck with figs).
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A possible route to your roots, if any of your ancestors were born or lived in Cole Harbour, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The museum is operated by the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society which promotes protection of the area's natural and cultural heritage, including conservation of its salt marsh, wildlife and heritage landscapes. It maintains the Cole Harbour Meeting House on Long Hill, open on a limited basis in July & August. The museum is a former farm now surrounded by modern subdivisions. The remaining 2½ acres contain farm buildings, equipment and some livestock. The Giles House, approximately 200 years old, contains household artifacts. Gardens display old and new plant varieties. Farmers and market gardeners, the earlier residents of Cole Harbour used the nearby saltmarsh and sea and travelled to Halifax City Market to sell their produce. The Rose & Kettle Tea Room is open during museum hours.
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