Sounds Atlantic

Ron Moores
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Sounds Atlantic is a podcast heard weekly that is devoted to artists from Atlantic Canada who perform roots and acoustic based music (i.e., traditional, folk, old-time, “Canadiana”/”Americana”, bluegrass, etc.). Atlantic Canadian artists describe it this way:Anita Best (trad Newfoundland singer, folk historian and  Order of Canada member) refers to this podcast as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada"...Wayne Chaulk ("Buddy Wassisname and the Other Fellers") says "Ron's got to be good right - he's got Newfoundland blood!)...and,Newfoundland and Labrador singer-songwriter Matthew Byrne (solo performer and lead singer/bouzouki player for CBC "Q" host Tom Power's band "The Dardanelles")  says "If you're a fan of great folk and traditional music, you'll find it here, where Ron is dusting off old gems and showcasing what's new and exciting in East Coast folk!" 

  1. 6 HRS AGO

    Episode 345 Music from Across Atlantic Canada

    Send a text Features music from Newfoundland and Labrador (Kellie Loder, Allan Doyle, Cory Tetford, Thomas Joel Hynes, Gordon Belsher, Richard Wood, Meaghan Blanchard, Nudie and the Turks, The Divorcees, La Famille Arseneault, Eddio Poirier, Dvid Myles, Slainte Mhath, and Ryan Roberts. (Originally broadcast in 2023 as Episode 271). https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 January 22, 2026 "Sounds Atlantic" has been added to the "Top 25 Music Podcasts" in Canada (#14)! See: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/music-podcasts-canada/ September 22, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada, receiving high rankings on platforms like Feedspot as a top Canadian music podcast and a top maritime podcast. It boasts an average rating of 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts, with positive listener and artist feedback, including a description from Newfoundland singer Anita Best as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada". August 7, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada. It's praised for its focus on down-home music from the region. While it's not rated against all music podcasts, it receives positive feedback, particularly from artists and listeners interested in this specific genre and geographic area. Anita Best, a renowned Newfoundland singer, ca...

    1 hr

  2. JAN 30

    Episode 344 Listener Highlights from 2025

    Send us a text Highlights from the most listened to Sounds Atlantic podcasts during the past year as reported by listeners from around the globe. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 January 22, 2026 "Sounds Atlantic" has been added to the "Top 25 Music Podcasts" in Canada (#14)! See: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/music-podcasts-canada/ September 22, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada, receiving high rankings on platforms like Feedspot as a top Canadian music podcast and a top maritime podcast. It boasts an average rating of 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts, with positive listener and artist feedback, including a description from Newfoundland singer Anita Best as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada". August 7, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada. It's praised for its focus on down-home music from the region. While it's not rated against all music podcasts, it receives positive feedback, particularly from artists and listeners interested in this specific genre and geographic area. Anita Best, a renowned Newfoundland singer, ca...

    2h 28m
  3. Episode 343 Nothing but Green Willow: The Songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry

    JAN 16

    Episode 343 Nothing but Green Willow: The Songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry

    Send us a text Interview with Thomm Jutz, one of North America’s finest songwriters, featuring a collaboration between this American singer-songwriter-producer and British folk singer, guitar player and producer Martin Simpson. Their collaboration centres upon a collection of English ballads gathered in the early 1900s by the great English folklorist Cecil Sharp and his assistant Maud Karpeles from Appalachian folk singers Mary Sands and Jane Gentry. Numerous of these ballads, like “Fair and Tender Ladies”, would eventually become absorbed in early North American folk music. (Note that Martin Simpson produced Newfoundland singer-songwriter Matthew Byrne’s latest release “Stealing Time” (ref. Episode 340). https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 January 22, 2026 "Sounds Atlantic" has been added to the "Top 25 Music Podcasts" in Canada (#14)! See: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/music-podcasts-canada/ September 22, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada, receiving high rankings on platforms like Feedspot as a top Canadian music podcast and a top maritime podcast. It boasts an average rating of 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts, with positive listener and artist feedback, including a description from Newfoundland singer Anita Best as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada". August 7, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada. It's praised for its focus on down-home music from the region. While it's not rated against all music podcasts, it receives positive feedback, particularly from artists and listeners interested in this specific genre and geographic area. Anita Best, a renowned Newfoundland singer, ca...

    1h 56m
  4. Episode 342: Atlantic Canadian Women Write and Sing

    JAN 1

    Episode 342: Atlantic Canadian Women Write and Sing

    Send us a text Featuring an amazing selection of Atlantic Canadian women artists and musicians from the four Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, including Sara McLauglin – originally from Nova Scotia, Amelia Curran from Newfoundland and Labrador, Julie Doiron from New Brunswick and Catherine MacLellan from Prince Edward Island…and thirteen more lovely voices! https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 January 22, 2026 "Sounds Atlantic" has been added to the "Top 25 Music Podcasts" in Canada (#14)! See: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/music-podcasts-canada/ September 22, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada, receiving high rankings on platforms like Feedspot as a top Canadian music podcast and a top maritime podcast. It boasts an average rating of 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts, with positive listener and artist feedback, including a description from Newfoundland singer Anita Best as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada". August 7, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada. It's praised for its focus on down-home music from the region. While it's not rated against all music podcasts, it receives positive feedback, particularly from artists and listeners interested in this specific genre and geographic area. Anita Best, a renowned Newfoundland singer, ca...

    1h 26m
  5. Episode 341: Merry Christmas from Atlantic Canada with special guest co-host Anita Best

    2025-12-19

    Episode 341: Merry Christmas from Atlantic Canada with special guest co-host Anita Best

    Send us a text Newfoundland-Labradorian trad. singer and radio host Anita Best co-hosts this special Christmas program with host Ron Moores, featuring selections of some of their favourite Christmas music from Atlantic Canada and beyond from Jim Payne and Fergus  O’Byrne, Jim Fiddler, Lennie Gallant, Catherine McLellan, Matthew Byrne, Anita Best and Pamela Morgan, David Myles, Kate Rusby, Bruce Cockburn, J.P. Cormier, The Barra MacNeils, Sinfonye, Steve Earle, Wonderful Grand Band, Nowell Sing We Clear, Alan Byrne, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Rum Ragged and Ron Hynes. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 January 22, 2026 "Sounds Atlantic" has been added to the "Top 25 Music Podcasts" in Canada (#14)! See: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/music-podcasts-canada/ September 22, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada, receiving high rankings on platforms like Feedspot as a top Canadian music podcast and a top maritime podcast. It boasts an average rating of 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts, with positive listener and artist feedback, including a description from Newfoundland singer Anita Best as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada". August 7, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada. It's praised for its focus on down-home music from the region. While it's not rated against all music podcasts, it receives positive feedback, particularly from artists and listeners interested in this specific genre and geographic area. Anita Best, a renowned Newfoundland singer, ca...

    2h 31m
  6. Episode 340: Newfoundland Singer Songwriter Matthew Byrne Showcases “Stealing Time”

    2025-12-05

    Episode 340: Newfoundland Singer Songwriter Matthew Byrne Showcases “Stealing Time”

    Send us a text Interview with track by track coverage of all Matthew Byrne’s songs from his latest release “Stealing Time”.   https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 January 22, 2026 "Sounds Atlantic" has been added to the "Top 25 Music Podcasts" in Canada (#14)! See: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/music-podcasts-canada/ September 22, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada, receiving high rankings on platforms like Feedspot as a top Canadian music podcast and a top maritime podcast. It boasts an average rating of 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts, with positive listener and artist feedback, including a description from Newfoundland singer Anita Best as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada". August 7, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada. It's praised for its focus on down-home music from the region. While it's not rated against all music podcasts, it receives positive feedback, particularly from artists and listeners interested in this specific genre and geographic area. Anita Best, a renowned Newfoundland singer, ca...

    1h 41m
  7. Episode 339: Remembering Newfoundland Singer Songwriter Ron Hynes with Newfoundland Singer Songwriter Larry Foley (Photo: June Hiscock)

    2025-11-21

    Episode 339: Remembering Newfoundland Singer Songwriter Ron Hynes with Newfoundland Singer Songwriter Larry Foley (Photo: June Hiscock)

    Send us a text A retrospective on the career of the late Ron Hynes, “Man of a Thousand Songs”, featuring an interview with Newfoundland singer-songwriter-broadcaster and band leader Larry Foley…lots of music and insight. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 January 22, 2026 "Sounds Atlantic" has been added to the "Top 25 Music Podcasts" in Canada (#14)! See: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/music-podcasts-canada/ September 22, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada, receiving high rankings on platforms like Feedspot as a top Canadian music podcast and a top maritime podcast. It boasts an average rating of 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts, with positive listener and artist feedback, including a description from Newfoundland singer Anita Best as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada". August 7, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada. It's praised for its focus on down-home music from the region. While it's not rated against all music podcasts, it receives positive feedback, particularly from artists and listeners interested in this specific genre and geographic area. Anita Best, a renowned Newfoundland singer, ca...

    2h 5m

  8. 2025-11-07

    Episode 338: Latest Releases from Atlantic Canada

    Send us a text Latest releases from Robert Thomas, Matthew Byrne, the Salt Beef Junkies, Kelly Loder, Sherman Downey, Mary Frances Leahy, John Henry,  and Shane Pendergast. https://www.facebook.com/ron.moores.18 January 22, 2026 "Sounds Atlantic" has been added to the "Top 25 Music Podcasts" in Canada (#14)! See: https://www.millionpodcasts.com/music-podcasts-canada/ September 22, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada, receiving high rankings on platforms like Feedspot as a top Canadian music podcast and a top maritime podcast. It boasts an average rating of 4.7 stars on Apple Podcasts, with positive listener and artist feedback, including a description from Newfoundland singer Anita Best as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada". August 7, 2025: "Sounds Atlantic" is a highly regarded podcast specializing in roots and acoustic music from Atlantic Canada. It's praised for its focus on down-home music from the region. While it's not rated against all music podcasts, it receives positive feedback, particularly from artists and listeners interested in this specific genre and geographic area. Anita Best, a renowned Newfoundland singer, ca...

    1h 16m
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Ratings & Reviews

4.7
out of 5
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About

Sounds Atlantic is a podcast heard weekly that is devoted to artists from Atlantic Canada who perform roots and acoustic based music (i.e., traditional, folk, old-time, “Canadiana”/”Americana”, bluegrass, etc.). Atlantic Canadian artists describe it this way:Anita Best (trad Newfoundland singer, folk historian and  Order of Canada member) refers to this podcast as "the best show for down-home music in all of Canada"...Wayne Chaulk ("Buddy Wassisname and the Other Fellers") says "Ron's got to be good right - he's got Newfoundland blood!)...and,Newfoundland and Labrador singer-songwriter Matthew Byrne (solo performer and lead singer/bouzouki player for CBC "Q" host Tom Power's band "The Dardanelles")  says "If you're a fan of great folk and traditional music, you'll find it here, where Ron is dusting off old gems and showcasing what's new and exciting in East Coast folk!" 

Information

  • Creator
    Ron Moores
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    497
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Sounds Atlantic
  • Show Website
    Sounds Atlantic