Road to the Isles – Jan 2024

On Sunday January 28th, 2024 Atlantic Voices took the Road to the Isles!

Our winter concert was a musical tour of islands great and small. The show featured music from and about Newfoundland, Cape Breton, and PEI, with stops in Ireland, the Scottish Hebrides, and Maui! We sang about the joys and hard times of island living, about the islands’ natural beauty as well as their unforgiving elements.

This eclectic program featured contemporary folk songs by Allister MacGillivray and Rita MacNeil, traditional ballads, and even a Broadway showtune—’Welcome to the Rock’ from Come From Away.

Ode to Newfoundland
Road to the Isles
Woman of the Island
Marguerite
Blooming Bright Star of Belle Isle
Song for Newfoundland
Green Fields of America
Prince Edward Island, Adieu
Take Me to a Green Isle
In Love with an Island
Welcome to the Rock
Rolling Down to Old Maui
The Island
An Innis Aigh (The Happy Isle)
They Had Neither Pole Nor Paddle
Home I’ll Be

The online program includes interesting notes on each selection, as well as details such as the composer, arranger, guest musicians, etc.