Still stompin' after all these years Oct 25, 2008
Connors has written a tribute to Carter (as he did also for Rita MacNeil, Don Messer and k.d. lang), and his new album features a live cover of Carter's Take Me Back to Old Alberta. No one at Skinners Pond expected anything good to come of the orphan from the mainland, and he responded by going at everything as hard as he could, trying to do it better than anyone. (Globe and Mail)
A morality primer for Olympic couch potatoes Aug 13, 2008
I mean, it was recently revealed that the RCMP even spied on singer Rita MacNeil because she was a feminist activist and possible communist infiltrator. And a country that stood by while one of its citizens, Maher Arar, was illicitly spirited off by the United States to be tortured in Syria needs to be humble about its objections to another country's human rights lapses. (Globe and Mail)
Rita MacNeil tip of iceberg Aug 10, 2008
One of their people of interest was one Rita MacNeil, who, according to the recently declassified files, sang "women's lib songs." One of those songs, according to Rita's website, was Born A Woman, protesting a beauty pageant, which became the title of her first album in 1974 ... I don't know for sure, but my own sources say Rita MacNeil could be just the tip of the iceberg. (Canoe.ca)
Rita MacNeil calls RCMP probe 'a little bit silly' Aug 7, 2008
Maritime songstress Rita MacNeil is seen at a feminist rally during the 1970s. Rita MacNeil calls RCMP probe 'a little bit silly ... Popular Maritime singer Rita MacNeil said she had no idea she was under RCMP surveillance during an investigation into the 1970s Canadian feminist movement. (CTV.ca)
Is Rita MacNeil a national threat? Aug 6, 2008
Metro - Is Rita MacNeil a national threat ... Is Rita MacNeil a national threat ... The RCMP may have thought of her as someone to be watched, but Rita MacNeil didnt think of herself as a threat. (Metro Canada - Halifax)
Rita's back in town Dec 17, 2007
So says Rita MacNeil, whose self-fulfilling words are indeed quite true for the long time Canadian touring fave. The east coast singer brings her popular holiday show to the Winspear Centre stage tonight. (Edmonton Sun)
A glimpse into the future of our aging nation Jul 31, 2007
"We've had Rita MacNeil here and Stuart McLean is coming in the fall.". Even if the town is a little isolated, livelier venues are, like all things in Elliot Lake, easily accessible. (Globe and Mail)
