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CBC Maritimes

About All The Best

Sundays 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Radio One

All the Best is CBC Radio's showcase for Maritime performers. Host Shauntay Grant presents concerts and recordings by artists from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

All the Best presents music ranging from classical and jazz, to singer songwriters and world music. On occasion All the Best will also have a sampling of spoken word, still rooted in the region.

Performers range from santor player Saeed Foroughi to jazz songstress Jeri Brown, with classical performances by the best musicians in the Maritimes.

Host of All The Best

Shauntay Grant

Shauntay Grant has been the host for the Maritimes eclectic music program All the Best for over five years. She is an award-winning writer, spoken word performer, broadcast journalist and musician. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of King's College and a Bachelor of Music degree from Dalhousie University.

Shauntay is Halifax's third Poet Laureate (2009/10), and she has shared her blend of poetry and music internationally at festivals and events. She regularly conducts arts workshops and performances for youth, creating opportunities for youth to develop their talents through the performing arts. Her original works of poetry and music have been featured nationally on radio and television, and in several anthologies.