The Canadian musician joins Q's Tom Power to discuss his latest book, The Smiling Land, in which he gives a tour through Newfoundland and Labrador as he sees it.

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.

It could be a scene in West Clare, Kerry, or Waterford as families with surnames such as Roche, Mooney, and Hennessey gather for some Irish dancing set to traditional Irish music. However, none of ...