Jigs & Reels – Newfoundland Herald

This Bud’s for You!

Posted on August 10, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Bud Davidge has quite the following. On the day The Herald joined Davidge – along with Hamilton Sound – on Topsail Beach for a few tunes and a chat (music available on our NL Herald YouTube channel), those visiting the area were thrilled to encounter such a legend. Davidge, perhaps

Tags: Bud Davidge, Churchill Park Music Festival, Come Home, Danielle Butt, Irish Descendants, Jigs & Reels, NL music, ozfm, The Original Irish Descendants

25 Years of O’Reilly’s Pub Part II

Posted on March 17, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music

O’Reilly’s Irish eyes are smiling even more brightly than the lights above the bar as Brenda O’Reilly opened up about the last 25 years and her love of all things Irish ahead of St. Patrick’s Day
Brenda O’Reilly, who has owned and operated O’Reilly’s Irish Newfoundland Pub on George Street

Tags: Alan Doyle, Brenda O'Reilly, Danielle Butt, Jigs & Reels, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, O'Reilly's Pub, ozfm, Ron Hynes, The Fables, The Masterless Men, The Navigators, traditional music

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | Shannell Lewis: Rockin’ It

Posted on March 7, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Familiar to fans of OZFM and NTV, our very own Shannell Lewis shares how honoured she is helping to keep musical traditions alive and well in NL and beyond
Shannell Lewis may have been born in Ontario, but with both parents hailing from Newfoundland, she grew up listing to traditional

Tags: Danielle Butt, entertainer, Irish, Jigs & Reels, music, O'Reilly's, ozfm, radio, rock, Shannell Lewis, singer, The Newfoundland Herald

Danielle Butt | Playing Life’s Soundtrack

Posted on March 6, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

OZFM’s Danielle Butt and her Sunday feast for the ears, Jigs & Reels, is the perfect compliment to all NL musical maestros who keep traditional music alive
Danielle Butt and O’Reilly’s Pub owner, Brenda O’Reilly, are havin’ a rollicking Newfoundland time as they laugh and joke as the photos for

Tags: Danielle Butt, dog, Irish traditional, Jigs & Reels, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, O'Reilly's Pub, ozfm, radio

Sharon & Danielle | The Best(ies) of Tradition

Posted on December 6, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

Sharon Snow and Danielle Butt celebrate the season by sharing their love of tradition – and one another – over the holidays
There’s fun to be had whenever NTV’s Sharon Snow and OZFM’s Danielle Butt get together. It doesn’t matter if it’s work-related, the pleasure is evident as these two

Tags: Christmas, Christmas Parade, cookbook, Danielle Butt, Jigs & Reels, ozfm, Places To Go, Santa, Sharon Snow

Danielle Butt & OZFM’s Jigs & Reels

Posted on March 19, 2018
By Krystyn Decker
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Web Exclusives

OZFM’s Danielle Butt talks the history of Jigs & Reels, the beloved program’s wide-reaching audience, and getting primed for Paddy’s festivities

Danielle Butt is a well-known name amongst any household across the province, and even in homes across the rest of the country and abroad. Having dedicated the past

Tags: Danielle Butt, Jigs & Reels, ozfm