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Elder George Paul of Metepenagiag knew right away that Honour Song would speak to his people. "I knew it would be important for my people, the Mi'kmaq people, because the song is in the Mi'kmaw ...

If ever one artist has crystallised the coming together of music and humanity, it’s the great cellist and musical collaborator Yo-Yo Ma. Yo-Yo Ma is a very special sort of musician. He’s widely ...