Musicians

Mabou & District Musicial Itinerary (Example) July - September
Featuring much of the fantastic local entertainment listed below

Monday Nights - Adult square dances in Brook Village
Tuesday Nights - Joey & Karen Beaton host a Ceilidh at the Mabou Hall
Wednesday Nights - An Drochaid Museaum hosts a Ceilidh
Thursday Nights - Glencoe Family Square Dance
Friday Nights - The Red Shoe Pub
Saturday Nights - West Mabou Hall Family Square Dance
Sunday Evenings - The Red Shoe Pub

Late Musicians
Who Played An Instrumental Role In Shaping The Style Of Our Music Today

Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976)

Although Dan R. had a reputation as an outstanding fiddler, people remember him best for his composing. In the early 1970's it was estimated that Dan R., had written over two thousand tunes. Many of his compositions have become part of the standard Cape Breton repertoire, and other musicians have frequently recorded them.

John Allan Cameron 1938-2006

John Allan Cameron was born in Glencoe Station in Cape Breton, N.S. John Allan's was able to blend music and story telling and combine it with his quick sense of humour. John Allan Cameron is so called the "Godfather of Celtic Music". John Allan, introduced a brand that would become known as Cape Breton music in the 1960s when he started picking traditional Scottish pipe tunes on twelve-string guitar.

Donald Angus (1912-1981) & Elizabeth Beaton (1919-2011)

Musical tradition and talent is a well traced gift throughout the ancestry of fiddler Donald Angus Beaton. Donald Angus Beaton married Elizabeth MacEachen, a gifted Cape Breton Scottish piano player and together they entertained for many years throughout Cape Breton. Both deceased, many of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are carrying on their musical traditions and talents.

Dan J. Campbell (1895-1981)

Dan J. Campbell was a fiddler and pioneer recording artist from Glenora Falls. Father of renowned fiddlers and composers John (now deceased) & Donald Campbell . Dan. J was noted for finding and performing older tunes not commonly played.

John Morris Rankin (1959-2000)

John Morris Rankin, was a largely self taught pianist & fiddler and a member of the Mabou supergroup The Rankin Family. John Morris died suddenly in 2000 and The Strathspey Place Performing Arts Centre in Mabou has since dedicated its' stage the John Morris Rankin Stage, in memoriam of this late great jewel of Mabous' music scene.

Some of our Fantastic Mabou Musicians of all Genres and Styles

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Mabou & District Musicial Itinerary (Example) July - September*Featuring much of the fantastic local entertainment listed below*

Late Musicians Who Played An Instrumental Role In Shaping The Style Of Our Music Today