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December 1, 2007
Christy
Hodder has lots of pep. Hodder is a Nova Scotian fiddler, so pep is assumed. But with Celtic Energy, she wants you to sweat. The album is set up to accommodate a 45-minute cardio workout, and that means it keeps hopping from start to finish, with nary even a pause between tracks (except for one at the end, leading to the "cool down" track) to catch your breath. It also means it has the techno-drum beat that seems to haunt all such recordings, and I have to say, I really hate 'em. But otherwise, Celtic Energy is an upbeat way to pass 45 minutes of exercise, be it a structured workout, a personal exercise plan or even an ambitious attempt to tackle household chores. Hodder, herself a certified fitness instructor, knows what it takes to keep the blood flowing and the muscles from losing their zip. Hodder's fresh fiddle and sweet vocals lead the way on this program, which includes unusually fast and lively renditions of "Danny Boy" and "Wild Mountain Thyme" along with more typically allegro selections like "Mairi's Wedding," "Lukey's Boat," "I'll Tell Me Ma" and "Donkey Riding." Drum machine notwithstanding, this is a far better collection of music than you're likely to find on typical workout recordings. It's bouncy and fun and interesting. Be aware, this album is not for seekers of traditional music by any stretch. These perky arrangements will not have you longing for those mist-cover'd mountains or weeping quietly into a pint, but they will have you tapping your toes (if not full-out dancersizing). -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Christy
Hodder "Celtic Energy" By Alex Monaghan, FolkWorld - the online music magazine Subtitled "45 Minute Cardio", this novel CD is fronted by a fiddler, dancer and aqua fitness teacher from Nova Scotia. Yes, it is basically a medley of well-known traditional favourites set to modern backing tracks, but before you run screaming from the room (to buy the CD, or to buy an Uzi), you should know two things. Firstly, some of the tracks here are very tastefully done: there's an exciting version of Danny Boy somewhere between Van Morrison and the Afrocelts, as well as interesting treatments of MacPherson's Rant and I'll Tell My Ma.
Secondly,
Celtic Energy is intended as an alternative to the 100% pop recordings
usually suffered during aqua fitness classes. So this album is
definitely a good thing. And it must be said that Christy Hodder is a
fine fiddler: she rattles off the reels and jigs from St Anne's to I'll
Be Wedded In My Auld Claes. Christy's fiddle is joined by saxaphone,
drums, pipes, guitars and electronic stuff. Give it a whirl: there are
sample tracks at www.lochabermusic.com if you want to try before you
buy. -- BACK TO TOP ...................................................................................................................................................................... Celtic Energy - 45 Minute Cardio - Christy Hodder/Lochaber Music (2004). Definitely belongs in the "Special" category because you’re not going to be using it for your usual dance classes. It brings traditional Celtic favorites like "Mairi’s Wedding", "St. Anne’s Reel" and even "Danny Boy" to the world of cardio exercise music. If I offer the kids in my Stretch-and-Strengthen classes a choice of music, this has been the universal favorite since we bought a copy….they love it; it really energizes them! Available from the company’s website, www.lochabermusic.com -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
September
2004 NEW ARTIST New CD! Check out Christy Hodder's new aerobics CD called Celtic Energy. It is an awesome CD. You are going to love it when you try it in your classes. I met Christy in Toronto and she is the friendliest person I have ever met. She is also an aerobics instructor back east and her energy comes alive in her CD go to: www.lochabermusic.com/recordings.htm where you can buy her CD right online. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Canadian
made Cardio CD Gets Plenty of Industry Buzz (June 18, 2004)
Christy is also having a launch next Saturday in Toronto at the Canadian Aqua Leadership Association conference (CALA). A class will be taught using her music by three top presenters, including Angela Curry from Acadia University's fitness program, CALA president Charlene Kopansky and Darin Dieterich from Germany. Curry will instruct on June 21 as well. The high spirited Hodder is a certified aerobics and aqua teacher herself. She says the CD was designed to work for those classes, as well as walking, step dancing, warm ups for Highland dance, step aerobics and any free style dance. She also recommends it for "long drives in the car and my favourite - house cleaning. I love my new CD. It gives me energy." The new cardio CD was digitally recorded in Halifax with 13 Maritime musicians. It has threads of jazz and hip hop running through it. Hodder got the idea for a Canadian made cardio CD with a Celtic flare at an aqua training course on PEI taught by Kopansky. "It can be frustrating to teach to low budget fitness music made by studio musicians who have never been a pool doing aqua before. I teach fitness, step dancing, my daughters highland dance and I'm a musician. It's a perfect fit." The 45-minute CD is set to a beat track that stays at 124-126 beats per minute for the entire time. "The music pushes your feet along the side walk at a perfect walking tempo," she notes. And it feels like so much less of an effort." According to Prevention Magazine, walking music increases a workout by 18 per cent. Christy adds, "nothing like has been made before in the Maritimes or the world." Although she's had two distribution offers from the United States already, Christy is holding off any commitments until after the Can Fit Pro conference in Toronto in August. She's decided to take her fiddle, step shoes, bodhran and a box of spoons rather than an elaborate display. Christy plans to create a two-day kitchen party in her 4X8 foot booth. She says marketing to the fitness industry, Celtic music instructors and power walkers all over the world will keep her busy for a few years. Christy has worked in the fitness field for over 11 years. She also performs as the lead singer, fiddler and a dancer in the Celtic group Lochaber. Her Wolfville studio boasts 55 violin students. Celtic Energy is on sale at the campus store at Acadia's arena or on line at lochabermusic.com -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
"Feedback"
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Christy
Hodder-CD-Celtic Energy-In Review (June 2004) Christy Hodder, a music artist and teacher from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, has just released her new CD entitled, Celtic Energy with her band, Lochaber. It will be officially released at a big CALA (Aqua Fitness) Convention in June 25-27 2004 in Toronto, Ontario. Christy is a singer and violin player and has been in music since she was a child. While attending a CALA training course with Charlene Kopansky in P.E.I., came up with the idea with Charlene to make a Canadian made Cardio CD with a Celtic flare. It certainly was a great move, as this CD is taking the athletic world by storm. Atlantic Seabreeze is absolutely overwhelmed by the CD's content. Listening to the beat, words and music makes the listener get up and dance and getting exercise at the same time. The CD is excellent for: Aqua Aerobics classes (CALA approved), walking, step dancing choreography Step Aerobics classes, any freestyle dancing, long drives in the car and house cleaning. It is absolutely one of the best excercise CD's I have ever heard. Christy's Band, LOCHABER, shines on the album with 45 minutes of non stop great Celtic tunes with enough of energy to make any task easier and more fun. What a perfect CD for the gym! The band guarantees that their high-energy show will have audience members clapping, singing, spoon playing, toe tapping and hooting the night away. The group have been together for 5 years, and performing exclusively in the special event and conference market. Now they are branching out to planning and hosting community Cape Breton Square set dances and Ceildths through out Nova Scotia and instructional workshops. Here are the track titles from the CD: Mari's Wedding/Saint Anne's Reel-Danny Boy-Lukey's Boat/Mussels In The Corner-Wild Mountain Thyme-Mouth Music/High Road To Linton-MacPherson's Rant-Tell My Ma/I'll Be Wedded In My Auld Claes-Donkey Riding-Lord of The Dance and Cool Down: The Homecoming. Atlantic Seabreeze rates this album a full 5 star rating out of 5 stars. To purchase this CD and read more about Christy and her band, check the above posted website address. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
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news clipping to see larger version -- BACK TO TOP ...................................................................................................................................................................... LDS Music World presents the music of Lochaber (April 2002)Performing haunting Gaelic laments, breath-taking mouth music, Lochaber presents majestical dances, highland pipes and a full fiddle fury of strathespeys and reels for their audience. Lochaber guarantees that their high-energy show will have audience members clapping, singing, spoon playing, toe tapping and hooting the night away. The group has been together for two years, performing exclusively in the special event and conference market. This summer, with a brand new show, they are branching out to community concerts and festival events. This dynamic five piece Celtic band is led by Christy Hodder, of Wolfville. She is the group's founder, lead singer, fiddler and dancer. Hodder is accompanied by Kimberly Holmes, keyboard player, fiddler and dancer from Carol's Corner, Nova Scotia. Kimberly has just returned from being on toour with April Verch in the United States. Kevan Corbett is the group's guitarist and percussionist. Kevan has been playing a lot with Patricia Murray this season and has been working with many other East Coast artists. Robyn Whitty, award-winning piper from Cow Bay, performs on lowland pipes, whistles, and bodhran. Having recently won the Eastern Canadian Piping competition. Constance Tweedie is a premier Highland dancer and step dancer from Berwick. Sample The Music: Islay Reaper: Download MP3 | Catherine's Lament: Download MP3 "Islay Reaper" - In old Scotland the women of the hebredis worked long days. As they worked they sang songs to pass the time and to steady the pace of their work. This song is sung by a woman (Gaelic) harvesting grain. She sings about her work and that if she were to cut her hand that she would sit up on the hill and look out over all the fields as she rested. Perhaps she might see the brown curly haired boy. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Celtic
Musicians on the Rise (January 5, 2002)
Roughly two-years ago, while promoting her band at the East Coast Music Awards in St. John's, NF, Hodder managed to strike a representation deal with Halifax-based Ardenne International Inc., an artist and event management company. "This spring we record our second CD," announces Hodder. "Sound clips will be available as sneak previews via our site in the spring as soon as they are available. This recording of course will be very different than the first due to the high level of musicianship, two producers and about four times the budget. I am both nervous and excited as you can imagine!" Being the only Latter-day Saint in a band of five in town reminiscent of the British Isles can have some challenges as well. "Sure there is endless work in pubs and bars here in Nova Scotia, especially for Celtic music. Being a very dedicated LDS this was a route I have chosen to not tamper with." "The rest of the members are all non-LDS, but they are learning to respect my standards and are beginning to believe that I am for real. I don't allow drinking when we do gigs on our own and they used to always ask to play at this pub or that pub. I think that they are fine with things now." When Hodder, who has aspirations to one day sing in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, attends the East Coast Music Awards in Saint John, NB, at the end of this month as a delegate, it will be her fourth one. The awards will give her more opportunity to expose her rising band to more of the movers and shakers in the local music industry. "It is an incredible place to meet people, learn, and we will talk to many people about our new recording! It is sure an exciting place!" -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Lochaber Plays...
(June
2001) Christy Hodder of Lochaber says she is continually fielding inquiries about her popular Celtic band, however, the next date they have booked to perform will be on the South Shore this weekend. Lochaber will be playing at Sea side Folk on Saturday evening in Broad Cove. The five-member band has been in existence for two years. Hodder, who lives in Wolfville, says the group has performed almost exclusively for the special event and conference market. This summer and fall they plan to branch out to more community events and festivals. Hodder is Lochaber’s founder, lead singer, fiddler and dancer. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Traditional Music a Treat
(August
5, 2000)
Christy Hodder and Heather Cameron are the vocalists. One of the things that I really like about it is that the music is traditional. So nice to find someone who is happy to sing and play music which has passed the test of time. The CD was produced in Centreville and the musicians are local, as well. Christy lives in Wolfville and while I’ve not met her face-to-face, I did have a pleasant telephone conversation with her. And at this moment the CD has advanced to “Wild Mountain Thyme”, one of my favorites. “Islay Reaper” comes up next. I watched the official ceremonies for the “Parade of the Tall Ships” on July 20. There were some speeches, all mercifully short, and some music. A fiddler played “The Sailors’ Hornpipe” and did it well. I was not familiar with the vocal music and I wondered if it would not have been in better taste to have included some of the time-tested sea chanteys. With almost everyone writing their own songs these days, and it follows that they are as well the only ones singing them, almost none of them will make it to posterity. Probably the last good writer of popular songs was the late Stan Rogers. Many of his ballads have legitimately made it to folk song category. I have a World War II songbook titled “Hopkins/Songs From The Front And Rear” It contains most of the songs sung by sailors, soldiers and airmen in the canteens and messes. It’s the kind of songbook which Jean Chretien would never be able to let lie around where his children would see it. Long before “Bless Them All” became so popular we were singing the unexpurgated version, with a slightly different title. Another morale builder shared by navy and air force was “The North Atlantic Squadron” which, had somebody decided to clean it up as was the case with “Bless Them All,” it would become a bona fide chantey and would not have been out of place on the Tall Ships’ program. We owe a hearty vote of thanks to The Society For the Preservation and Encouragement Barbershop Quartet Singing in America Incorporated. Thanks to them, many of the really “good old songs” are now not in Limbo. Myself, I feel fortunate that if I choose, I may stay at home and listen to flautist Robert Aitken, now acknowledged to be Canada’s top flute player (he grew up in Kentville) and harpist Erica Goodman play Faure and Debussy And, as well, Wolfville’s Christy Hodder and the Lochaber group who really know how to play and sing the traditional Celtic music. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Lochaber, the Wolfville based Celtic quartet, has signed an exclusive representation deal with Ardenne International Inc. In discussion over the past month, Michael Ardenne, President of the Halifax artist and event management company, confirmed that the deal was inked at the ECMA conference in St. Johns, Newfoundland. We have been watching the development of this group under the leadership of Christy Hodder since Nova Scotia Music Week in 1998. Ardenne commented in a news release. We are impressed with the range and quality of performance and feel it is a great addition to our roster for the festival and conference market. We took advantage of both being in Newfoundland to do the formal paper work there.” l,ochaber. who have been performing in the Valley area for two years, is a Celtic acoustic group with fiddle, Celtic harp. keyboards and percussion. The group also features a dancer. Christy Hodder performs on fiddle and Celtic Harp and sings in English, Gaelic and French. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Local
Talent Really Takes Off! (1999)
“We have been watching the development of this group under the leadership of Christy Hodder since Nova Scotia Music week in 1998. We are impressed with the range and quality of performance and feel it is a great addition to our roster for the festival and conference market.” said Michael Ardenne, president of the company. Lochaber, who have been performing around the Valley for two years now, features Celtic harp, fiddle, keyboards, percussion and dancing. Christy performs vocally in English, French and Gaelic to the delight of her audiences. You may remember them from their many performances at the Coffee Merchant and Front Street Café. Lochaber is currently developing material for their second CD release and we look forward to hearing it. Congratulations to the entire group on a job well done. You are another fine example that true talent can find it’s place in the market through perseverance. Keep up the fantastic work and know that your community supports you. We know you will go far. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Boy’s
Rescuers To Be Honored (November 29, 1999)
The boy's mother is also helping organize the event Miraculously, Andrew Herritt received relatively minor injuries when he walked under a single-board fence and off the cliff while biking with his mother, siblings, Ms. Hodder and her children. Watching the work of the rope rescue team - made up of firefighters from the Wolfville, New Minas and Kentville departments - gave Ms. Hodder a new perspective on just how valuable and under appreciated the volunteers are, she said. While her husband is a member of the Wolfville department, she had never had a real chance to see the volunteers in action until that day, and was impressed with their professionalism during the rescue. When she recognized the first firefighter on the scene, she said, she told the boy's mother that she knew everything was going to be OK. Besides saying thanks, she said, the Dec. 4 concert at the Atlantic Theatre Festival will be a way for the public to find out more about the volunteer and paid emergency services avail-able in Kings County and the Annapolis Valley. "I think a lot of people don't really know what emergency services do," she said. "I don't think anyone knows what happens after you dial 911. "One of the misconceptions that really bugs me is that firefighters are boys who didn't grow up and drive big trucks around." Emergency agencies with displays in the lobby of the theatre festival before the concert will include Emergency Medical Care, the province's air ambulance, RCMP, the volunteer critical-incident stress debriefing team, 911 dispatch centre in Kentville, Department of Natural Resources, and the four fire departments involved in Andrew's rescue. The Canning department will have a display on fire prevention, while Wolfville, New Minas and Kentville firefighters will have displays on the three emergency they operate jointly; the rope team, the water rescue team and the hazardous materials response team. Those attending the concert will be asked to visit the displays so they can fill out a quiz sheet, which will make them eligible to win a weekend stay at a Halifax hotel and theatre tickets. Ms. Hodder said thanking the rescuers and raising public awareness about the emergency services are the two main points of the concert. All proceeds will go to the rope team to purchase new equipment. Capt. Paul Maynard said the team appreciates what is being done. "We were very overwhelmed and surprised. Were not used to this sort of public recognition," he said. "It's going to increase our awareness. A lot of people don't know that we have a rope team and other teams. They just dial 911 and know someone will come out." The team has earmarked proceeds to buy a cover for the rescue basket used to pull people up over cliffs, he said. When Andrew was being pulled up, small pieces of rock fell onto the basket and team members had to try to shield him. New rope will also be purchased to add to the team's inventory, because once a length is used in a rescue it can't be used again. Tickets for the concert, which begins at 7 p.m. are available from the Kentville, New Minas and Wolfville fire departments. RD. Chisholm's in Kentville, Mark's Work Wearhouse in New Minas, 0mm Electronics in Wolfville and the theatre festival box office. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
“Fix
The Fences” Benefit Planned (Oct 1999)
Gary Crevors, superintendent of Blomidon Provincial Park was first on the scene to help when Andrew fell. He risked his own life to slide down the cliff to be with the 4 year old while the rope team assembled for the rescue. For his bravery, Gary received “The Maritimers Award”. Since that time, he has bypassed as much red-tape as possible to ensure that the park would be made safe for visitors now. We commend Gary and Blomidon Park for putting people first over proper procedure. In the mean time Christy Hodder of Wolfville. a friend of the Herrit’s, who was hiking with them the day of the accident, has been busily planning a benefit concert at the Festival Theater in Wolfville to raise monies for our Valley Rope Rescue Team. The Rope Team consists of volunteer rescuers from Wolfville, Kentville and New Minas. They have been practicing and preparing for a rescue just such as this, for quite some time. It was apparent to everyone at Blomidon that day that they knew their stuff. The benefit concert will serve two purposes. The first being to raise funds to purchase additional equipment for the rope team to ensure they can continue to provide the best rescue efforts to Valley residents. The second will be to bring together our Valley rescuers in an open forum to display equipment, explain rescue procedures and answer your questions about what they do to commend them for the great services they provide to us on a daily basis. Musical entertainment will be provided by Christy Hodder’s band, Lochaber who will perform Celtic Entertainment. From haunting Gaelic Laments, majestic Highland dance with pipes to a fiddle furry of strathpeys and reels, it is sure to be a night of fun for everyone. If you are wondering if this event is for you, answer this question; Do you know what a debriefer is and when you should ask for one? This question and many more will be answered at the benefit. Be sure to set time aside to attend. The actual performance date was not set by the time we went to press with this issue, but watch for the Lochaber posters around town soon with all the details. -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Lochaber;
Celtic Music of Quality (1998)
The ladies are not identified in the notes, but by putting two and two together, I believe the violinist to be Christy Hodder and the percussionist. Heather Cameron. Having become very fond of Celtic music, I soon had the CD in the player and I have listened to it many times since. The liner notes are sketchy; but the artists acknowledge in them that they had “hours of encouragement, love and support” from a number of people including Murdina MacRae and Sandy MacMillan. whom I number among my friends. Murdina is Scottish-born, a registered nurse and the wife of Ken MacRae. a New Zealander who was, and perhaps still is,a scientist at the research station. They had some spare land and for a number of years I was privileged to be able to use some of it to raise some vegetables. Sandy is a fine piper an is often seen and heard at ceremonies in and around Wolfville and on one occasion I hear d him play in the Wolfville Baptist Church. Duncan Keppie,Valerie Blanchard and Colin Mayor are also mentioned, and having attended a number of local Burns Night celebrations, I suspect that I have heard all of these as well. Christy Hodder resides in Wolfville. She handled bookings for the group which also Included Eugene Cormier, vocals and guitar: Zacherv Smith, percussion. Christy is the lead. vocalist and violinist while Heather, also a vocalist, plays keyboard, bland pipes and bodhran. There are altogether 17 cuts on the CD, most of which are traditional Celtic numbers, including Morag of Dunvegon, Wild Mountain Thvm (to which I am listening while writing this); He Mo Leannan and Islay Reaper. The Waters of Iona is contemporary; the words having been written by Lillian Crewe Walsh and the music by Charlie MacKinnon, whom I perceive to be a Kentvile composer and trumpet player. I have never met any of Lochabers band members, but I believe I heard them as they performed in a recent Apple Blossom Festival. Most worthy to mention is the fact that this fine recording was produced in Centreville by Ocean Sound Productions. The producer, who engineered and mixed the recording was Carey Langille. Designer of the cover was Jason Stalker using photographs taken by Ruth Comeau. I am proud and happy to have Lochaber in my collection of CD's. It gets played a lot! -- BACK TO TOP ......................................................................................................................................................................
Sisters
Love To Play - No Rush for Fame (1996)
It was only June when they first started playing together in public. Their first gig was at the 1996 Apple Blossom Festival in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia. But, it all began when the Sisters were invited to play at the Scottish ceilidh for friends in August, 1995. “It was really fun,” Hodder says. We really enjoyed playing together.” An energetic mother of two, Hodder plays the fiddle. She studied classical Violin and voice at Acadia University. Although she says classical is much more intense, Scottish music is also difficult and ‘really challenging’ “It’s not just playing fast. There’s a lot more to it than that. ”She’s recently taken some style lessons in Scottish music in Pictou. All in all, Hodder has been playing the violin for nearly 15 years. In addition to the fiddle Hodder tosses in a little stepdancing and singing. Away from the music scene, she teaches aerobics and runs a small nursery school. Cameron plays a variety of instruments including the keyboard. Highland pipes, bagpipes, bodhran and singing. She calls herself, “a true blue highland piper at heart.” “Heather just likes to play and I really like to play too,” Hodder says. “Whatever it takes to do that, it’s what we’ll do.” During the summer, the sisters sold about 80 CD’s, mostly to tourists from the United States who heard Lochaber play at WolfviIle coffee shops during the summer months. Hodder says the coffee shops were crowded during most of the performances. She says the CDs allow tourists to take a little taste of Nova Scotia with them. “They want something to remember their vacations from. That’s what we really like.” The CD includes songs such as Duntroon Castle, A Farewell, The Haunting and Morag of Dunvegan. Although they’ve had several serious offers from people who want to be Lochaber’s manager, Hodder says it’s too early. “We don’t overdo it. We don’t want to be famous. We want to play where we want to play’. ”Next summer, the duo hope to travel to as many Maritime festivals as they can. Although they won’t be part of the East Coast Music Awards this year, only because they missed the deadline by a week. Hodder says Lochaber will be there next year. “Next year. we go in with a bang,” she says, smiling. -- BACK TO TOP
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Wolfville
musician and educator Christy Hodder says her new cardio CD called
Celtic Energy offers more zip than coffee beans. Tomorrow morning
Christy's fiddle students will play at the Wolfville Farm Market. She'll
add a few tunes from what she says is the first CD of its kind in the
world. A CD release party is planned for the Acadia University pool deck
on Monday, June 21. A free class will be offered while Christy performs.
"No aqua experience is necessary," she says. "Just come
and try it out, be entertained and have fun at the same time."
WOLFVILLE,
NS - Lochaber has come a long way since its inception in 1996 when
sisters Christy Hodder and Heather Cameron got together to play Celtic
music. Heather has since left the Wolfville, NS, based band to go to
school and four other performers have taken her place.
Christy
Hodder thinks it's just a matter of giving credit where credit is due.
The Wolfville resident and member of the Halifax-based Celtic band
Lachaber has spent the past couple of months organiz-ing a thank-you
concert for the Valley Emergency Response Team rope division and other
emergency groups involved in the August rescue of a four-year-old boy
who fell more than 20 metres over a cliff at Bloimidon Provincial
Park. 
They
may be a new sound on the music shelf, but these two sisters are not in
a hurry to get famous. In fact, they don’t care if they ever do.
Christy Hodder and Heather Cameron both of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, have
just released their first compact disc called Lochaber. It’s got a
style of its own with a mix of Scottish traditional, Maritime and Celtic
tunes.