Thanks for the link, BB - what a great site.

Most of the tunes seem closer to French-Quebecois than anything else, to my ear. By which I mean, they seem to be made up of a series of discrete phrases of equal emotional value, so to speak, as opposed to long lines that build up and down, raising and lowering, and resolving, tension, in more or less predictable patterns. If that makes any sense.

The style is in keeping with what seems to have been traditional in much of rural eastern Canada: a lot of single-note bow strokes of relatively short length, played in the middle of the bow, but no shortage of slurring; subtle left-hand decorations; upbeat tempo, with strong rhythmic drive.

The footwork is very "French".

As far as how it compares with other nearby styles: much of it sounds more Quebecois than Maritime, while the rest sounds generically eastern Canadian. I don't hear any Cape Breton influence.