Today,
      the
      traditional
      music
     
     
      of
      Atlantic
      Canada
      is
      renowned
     
     
      across
      the
      world.
     
    

    
     
      Performers
      such
      as
      Natalie
     
     
      MacMaster,
      the
      Rankins,
      and
      Great
     
     
      Big
      Sea
      have
      international
      reputa-
     
     
      tions
      and
      have
      toured
      across
      the
     
     
      world.
     
    

    
     
      The
      success
      of
      this
      musical
     
    

    
     
      "genre,
      however,
      is_
      relatively
     
     
      recent.
      As
      a
      matter
      of
      fact,
      it
      was
     
     
      not
      until
      the
      1970s
      that
      this
      music
     
     
      began
      to
      be
      accepted
      outside
      of
      the
     
     
      small
      communities
      where
      it
      was
     
     
      born.
     
    

    
     
      One
      person
      that
      has
      wit-
     
     
      nessed
      the
      dramatic
      transformation
     
     
      of
      the
      East
      Coast’s
      music
      scene
      is
     
     
      Fergus
      O’Byrne.
      According
      to
     
     
      O’Byrne,
      the
      Atlantic
      Canadian
     
     
      musical
      breakthrough
      of
      the
      1990s
     
     
      was
      a
      direct
      result
      of
      the
      hard
      work
     
     
      put
      forward
      by
      the
      region’s
      musical
     
     
      forefathers.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      O’Byrne
      added.
      “Denis
      [Ryan]
     
     
      became
      an
      investor/stock
      broker,
     
     
      Dermot
      [O’Reilly]
      continued
      in
      the
     
     
      music
      business,
      and
      I
      went
      back
      to
     
     
      school
      and
      got
      a
      degree
      in
     
     
      Education
      while
      I
      continued
      per-
     
     
      forming.”
     
    

    
     
      O’Byrne’s.
      best
      known
     
     
      work
      since
      the
      demise
      of
      Ryan’s
     
     
      Fancy
      has
      been
      as
      part
      of
      a
      duo
     
     
      with
      Jim
      Payne.
      This
      due
      had
      an
     
     
      unusual
      beginning.
     
    

    
     
      “IT
      knew
      Jim
      for
      a
      good
     
     
      while
      before
      we
      actually
      worked
     
     
      together.
      One
      year
      in
      the
      early
     
     
      nineties
      we
      worked
      together
      on
      the
     
     
      Newfoundland
      and
      Labrador
      Folk
     
     
      Festival...an
      act
      failed
      to
      show
      so
     
     
      myself
      and
      Jim
      rounded
      up
      a
      bunch
     
     
      of
      singers
      and
      went
      on
      and
      led
      off
     
     
      a
      bunch
      of
      shanties
      and
      work
     
     
      songs.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      off-the-cuff
      perform-
     
     
      ance
      raised
      some
      _
      eyebrows.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |Baba's
      Lounge
     
    
   
   
    
     
      live
      music
      5
      nights
      a
      week
     
    
   
   
    
     
      student
      night
      every
      tuesday
     
     
      free
      buffet*happy
      hour
      all
      night*live
      band
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tri
      m
     
     
      une
      onsen
      ?:
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MTT
      tase
     
     
      September
      27
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      EVENT
      TENT
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Baba’s
      Lounge:
      Mark
      Browning
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Thursday,
     
     
      September
      28
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Baba’s
      Lounge:
      Eyes
      for
      Telescopes
     
     
      Brennan’s:
      Mark
      Green
     
    

    
     
      Myron’s:
      Poppa
      Shine
     
    

    
     
      Olde
      Dublin
      Pub:
      Richard
      Wood
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “I
      believe
      that
      over
      the
      According
      to
      O’Byrne,
      “it
      was
     
     
      years,
      because
      of
      the
      groundwork
      suggested
      by
      a
      record
      industry
      guy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      performers
      like
      Ryan’s
      Fancy,
       gsssssssss
     
     
      ENTER
      THE
      TAINMENT
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      John
      Allan
      Cameron,
      [and]
     
     
      Rawlin’s
      Cross
      to
      name
      a
      few,
      both
     
     
      the
      public
      and
      the
      music
      industry
     
     
      people
      have
      realized
      the
      commeri-
     
     
      al
      potential
      of
      music
      from
      the
      East
     
     
      Coast.”
     
    

    
     
      O’Byrne
      is
      no
      stranger
      to
     
     
      the
      music
      industry.
      Since
      arriving
     
     
      in
      Canada
      in
      1967
      from
      his
      home
     
     
      of
      Dublin,
      Ireland,
      he
      has
      had
      a
     
     
      distinguished
      career.
      Shortly
      after
     
     
      arriving
      in
      Canada,
      he
      co-founded
     
     
      the
      group
      Ryan’s
      Fancy,
      which
     
    
   
   
    
     
      iti
      TB
      Arts
      Guild:
      Improv
      comedy
      with
      4Play
     
     
      September
      29
      Baba’s
      Lounge:
      Downtime
     
    

    
     
      Brennan’s:
      Mark
      Green
     
    

    
     
      Olde
      Dublin
      Pub:
      Richard
      Wood
     
     
      Panther
      Lounge:
      The
      Rude
      Mechanicals
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Saturday,
      Baba’s
      Lounge:
      The
      Rude
      Mechanicals
     
     
      Myron’s:
      Great
      White
      North
     
    

    
     
      Olde
      Dublin
      Pub:
      Richard
      Wood
     
     
      Panther
      Lounge:
      Gob/Flush
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      30
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      Ryan
      O'Connor
      Production
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      went
      on
      to
      become
      a
      heavily
     
     
      respected
      act,
      having
      championed
     
     
      Atlantic
      Canadian
      music
      on
      their
     
     
      Own
      nationally
      televised
      CBC
     
     
      series.
     
    

    
     
      After
      a
      successful
      run
      in
      the
     
     
      industry,
      thirteen
      years
      in
      total,
     
     
      Ryan’s
      Fancy
      called
      it
      a
      day.
      “In
     
     
      1983
      we
      decided
      to
      go
      our
      seperate
     
     
      ways
      and
      follow
      our
      own
      interests”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      we
      should
      look
      to
      recording
      Sunday,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      some
      of
      the
      material.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      result
      of
      this
      sugges-
     
     
      tion
      was
      the
      1995
      CD
      “Wave
      Over
     
     
      Wave,”
      which
      has
      received
      acclaim
     
     
      as
      one
      of
      the
      strongest
      collections
     
     
      of
      Atlantic
      Canadian
      traditional
     
     
      songs
      available.
     
    

    
     
      O’Byrne
      and
      Payne
      have
     
     
      travelled
      extensively,
      this
      year
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      1
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Octoher
      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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