Sounds Atlantic

Send us Fan Mail Honorary Doctoral recipients, the “Men of the Deeps” are Canada’s celebrated choir from Cape Breton Nova Scotia celebrating 59 years performing. Interviews with the former Choir Director and a member of the choir - stories and lots of music from their famous repertoire. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 September 5, 2026 - How "Sounds At...

Send us Fan Mail International Festival of Celtic Colours: Artistic Co-Director Wendy MacIsaac   visits with host Ron Moores to showcase the 30th. International Festival of Celtic Colours in Cape Breton Nova Scotia from October 9th. to the 17th . Complete tour of this fabulous nine day festival with many samples of various music styles from selected artists at venues throughout the Cape. https://w...

Send us Fan Mail Tribute to Dolly Parton: recollections and music. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 September 5, 2026 - How "Sounds Atlantic" compares... Hosted by veteran broadcaster Ron Moores, Sounds Atlantic holds a distinct niche compared to mainstream, broad-focus music podcasts. While mainstream shows prioritize chart-toppers and high-produc...

Send us Fan Mail Irish/Canadian filmmaker Brian Harrington visits “Sounds Atlantic” to preview his upcoming documentary film “Al Tuck My Blues Away” on September 20th. at the Atlantic Canada International Film Festival. Al Tuck may be “Canada’s most enigmatic songwriter from Summerside Prince Edward Island”. Newfoundland singer-songwriter Amelia Curran says that “it’s a familiar story, the best so...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 359: Concluding episode (Part 2) “From Stage to Stage”– Keeping Oral traditions alive in Newfoundland and Labrador (tales and music). https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 September 5, 2026 - How "Sounds Atlantic" compares... Hosted by veteran broadcaster Ron Moores, Sounds Atlantic holds a distinct niche compared to mainstream,...

Send us Fan Mail From Stage to Stage: Keeping Oral Traditions Alive – Tall Tales and Truish Stories from Newfoundland and Labrador” with Dave Paddon, Dave Penny, Hubert Furey and Harry Ingram Part 1. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 September 5, 2026 - How "Sounds Atlantic" compares... Hosted by veteran broadcaster Ron Moores, Sounds Atlantic holds...

Send us Fan Mail Preview of the Annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival with artists from Atlantic Canada and abroad. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 September 5, 2026 - How "Sounds Atlantic" compares... Hosted by veteran broadcaster Ron Moores, Sounds Atlantic holds a distinct niche compared to mainstream, broad-focus music podcasts. While...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring music from a selection of pioneering musicians from Atlantic Canada, including from Newfoundland and Labrador, Wilf Doyle and Émile Benoit, from Nova Scotia, Hank Snow and Buddy MacMaster, from New Brunswick, Édith Butler and Don Messer and from Prince Edward Island, Zélie-Ann Poirier and Marg Osburne. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring selections from the recent East Coast Music Award’s “Songwriter’s Circle” held in May in Sydney, Cape Breton Nova Scotia. Includes music from Jimmy Rankin, Con O’Brien, Lennie Gallant, Morgan Toney, Neon Dreams, and Kelsea Albert. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 July 3, 2026 - Current Charts & Rankings: Sounds Atlantic Podcast...

Send us Fan Mail Cape Breton pianist, entertainer, ECMA FloCase attraction and recipient of the ECMA’s Stompin’ Tom Connors Award (2014),  Florence “Flo” Sampson showcases her début album “Go With The  Flo”. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 July 3, 2026 - Current Charts & Rankings: Sounds Atlantic Podcast National Standing: It ranks among the Top 15 musi...

Send us Fan Mail Music from selected winners from this year’s East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown PEI including Morgan Toney, Goldie Boutilier, The Martin Boys, Lennie Gallant, La Famille LeBlanc, Cassie and Maggie, Kellie Loder and…the Barra MacNeils!  https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 July 3, 2026 - Current Charts & Rankings: Sounds Atlantic Podcas...

Send us Fan Mail Celebrating the life of Mark Hiscock – Part II, the Conclusion (Note that Part 1 is Episode 350 that contains selections from the many albums in which he appears and interviews with his band mate and co-founder of their band “Shanneyganock”, Chris Andrews as well as with iconic Newfoundland and Labrador singer-songwriter Bud Davidge (“Music and Friends”, “Any Mummers Around Here”...

Send us Fan Mail Preview of the Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival in Norris Point, Gros Morne National Park, Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the East Coast Music Awards.  Features interviews with Festival Program Chair Wayne Parsons (Anchor’s Aweigh), and a tour of the festival, including music from selected artists appearing at the festival (10 days - from May 15-24, 202...

Send us Fan Mail Celebrating the life of Mark Hiscock - a cherished figure in Newfoundland and Labrador’s music scene. Renowned for his mastery of the button accordion and his deep commitment to preserving traditional Newfoundland music, Mark was an outstanding artist  - known as a fine singer, brillian multi-instrumentalist and producer. He was also known as a songwriter with a knack for telling...

Send us Fan Mail Encore “Remembering John Prine”: tribute to the music and career of John Prine  (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020). This podcast was originally released as Episode 80, Parts I and II, that now containes minor updates. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 July 3, 2026 - Current Charts & Rankings: Sounds Atlantic Podcast National Standing: It...

Send us Fan Mail Exploring the arrival in Newfoundland and Labrador in the early 1600’s of the first ballads and dance tunes from the west coast of England. Based on music from Jim Payne’s album “Shore to Shore” from the West Country of England to the New Founde Land – 400 Years of Music and Song…cultural ties that bind England with Newfoundland.   https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://po...

Send us Fan Mail Spotlight on “Canadian Cousin” Lukas Nelson, featuring insights into his career, his music and his relationship with his famous father. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 July 3, 2026 - Current Charts & Rankings: Sounds Atlantic Podcast National Standing: It ranks among the Top 15 music podcasts in Canada on Apple Podcasts. Genre Specifics...

Send us Fan Mail Celebrating the music of  Roy (Absalom) Payne (born April 3, 1939)  - a prolific country singer-songwriter from Trout River, Newfoundland , often called the province's "beloved outlaw". Renowned for his storytelling and raw lyrics, Roy has written over a thousand songs that blend traditional country with deep-rooted Newfoundland pride .  Payne remains best known for...

Send us Fan Mail Features music from Newfoundland and Labrador (Kellie Loder, Allan Doyle, Cory Tetford, Thomas Joel Hynes, Gordon Belsher, Richard Wood, Meaghan Blanchard, Nudie and the Turks, The Divorcees, La Famille Arseneault, Eddio Poirier, Dvid Myles, Slainte Mhath, and Ryan Roberts. (Originally broadcast in 2023 as Episode 271). https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoo...

Send us Fan Mail Highlights from the most listened to Sounds Atlantic podcasts during the past year as reported by listeners from around the globe. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 July 3, 2026 - Current Charts & Rankings: Sounds Atlantic Podcast National Standing: It ranks among the Top 15 music podcasts in Canada on Apple Podcasts. Genre Specifics: It...

Send us Fan Mail Interview with Thomm Jutz, one of North America’s finest songwriters, featuring a collaboration between this American singer-songwriter-producer and British folk singer, guitar player and producer Martin Simpson. Their collaboration centres upon a collection of English ballads gathered in the early 1900s by the great English folklorist Cecil Sharp and his assistant Maud Karpeles f...

Send us Fan Mail Featuring an amazing selection of Atlantic Canadian women artists and musicians from the four Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, including Sara McLauglin – originally from Nova Scotia, Amelia Curran from Newfoundland and Labrador, Julie Doiron from New Brunswick and Catherine MacLellan from Prince Edward Island…and...

Send us Fan Mail Newfoundland-Labradorian trad. singer and radio host Anita Best co-hosts this special Christmas program with host Ron Moores, featuring selections of some of their favourite Christmas music from Atlantic Canada and beyond from Jim Payne and Fergus  O’Byrne, Jim Fiddler, Lennie Gallant, Catherine McLellan, Matthew Byrne, Anita Best and Pamela Morgan, David Myles, Kate Rusby, Bruce...

Send us Fan Mail Interview with track by track coverage of all Matthew Byrne’s songs from his latest release “Stealing Time”.   https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 July 3, 2026 - Current Charts & Rankings: Sounds Atlantic Podcast National Standing: It ranks among the Top 15 music podcasts in Canada on Apple Podcasts. Genre Specifics: It is currently rated #...

Send us Fan Mail A retrospective on the career of the late Ron Hynes, “Man of a Thousand Songs”, featuring an interview with Newfoundland singer-songwriter-broadcaster and band leader Larry Foley…lots of music and insight. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 https://podcast.ronmoores.com/ 🏆 July 3, 2026 - Current Charts & Rankings: Sounds Atlantic Podcast National Standing: It ranks among...