The Beat Goes On: Ladysmith’s History and Music | Digital Museums Canada
Black and white photomontage featuring a smiling Red Robinson and early 1960s Rock and Roll stars including Jerry Lee Lewis playing piano, Buddy Knox playing electric guitar, Bobby Curtola singing into a microphone, Roy Orbison playing electric guitar and Conway Twitty smiling into the camera.

The Beat Goes On: Ladysmith’s History and Music

Ladysmith & District Historical Society 2025
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The Beat Goes On brings history to life like you have never heard before! It is a feast of music from Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, Canada. Performances by local artists, First Nations songs, tragic laments, airs of defiance, opera, and rock ’n’ roll trace this multicultural community’s fascinating history leading up to today’s vibrant music scene.