| Music draws new tourists to province WebPosted Jan 8 2003 04:01 PM AST ST. JOHN'S – Newfoundland and Labrador's cultural industry, long a major tourist attraction, is luring a new generation of people to the province. The music, and the international success of groups like Great Big Sea, is helping draw first-time visitors. Don Shorock, of Great Bend, Kansas, says he's planning his first visit to to Newfoundland this year. He says it's more than just the music of Great Big Sea that's bringing to the East Coast. "We just got to be Rawlin's Cross fans, and then we became Great Big Sea fans and Masterless Men fans and so on," laughs Shorock. Alan Doyle, singer for Great Big Sea, says he's not surprised. "The music that we play between all the different bands ...are very evocative of places and people think it's exotic and they want to come here and check it out." Doyle says the band has discovered there's plenty of curiosity about Newfoundland. "We get more questions on the road, especially in America and Europe about the place we're from than about the music we play," said Doyle. Music from Newfoundland and Labrador is a unique and different world music form, he says. "If you want to understand, you have to go see." Great Big Sea's priority is being a band, Doyle says, but he's more than willing to offer suggestions to fans outside the province who want to pay a visit. · Copyright CBC 2003 All rights reserved There is a link to the interview with Alan here |
| This was the one I missed out on because I wasn't home to talk to the reporter when she called to tell me she wanted to use the interview. Boo Hoo! But if you listen to the interview, you'll hear my lovely Philadelphia accent. |
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