When members of Great Big Sea suggested they add a second CD of traditional folk songs to their 2004 pop-rock album, "Something Beautiful," Warner Canada label executives were less than encouraging.

After nearly 50 years of highlighting the arts, along with traditional and folk music, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival could be taking its final bow — along with the folk arts society that ...

Ian Foster sees Newfoundland music as a tapestry of many different colours and threads. “I think sometimes artists can get caught up in intellectualizing what a place is when it comes to their music.