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Most genres of music have their known instruments that are played to compose a song. The principal instrument for Canadian folk music is known to be the fiddle. The first record of a fiddle in Canada is in 1645 at a wedding in Quebec on the 27th of November.
Mary Jane Lamond (Scottish Gaelic: Màiri Sìne Nic Laomuinn, born 1960) is a Canadian Celtic folk musician who performs traditional Canadian Gaelic folk songs from Cape Breton Island. [1] Her music combines traditional and contemporary material.
Pharis and Jason Romero are a Canadian folk music duo, most noted as four-time Juno Award winners for Traditional Roots Album of the Year.They won at the 2023 Juno Awards for their album "Tell 'Em You Were Gold", at the Juno Awards of 2021 for their album Bet On Love, [1] the Juno Awards of 2016 for their album A Wanderer I'll Stay, [2] and at the Juno Awards of 2018 for Sweet Old Religion.
George Wade and his Cornhuskers were a popular Canadian country band during the 1920s and 1930s. They specialized in traditional folk music with a Western or cowboy influence, focusing on fiddle tunes and reels. The band was renowned for their lively performances of square dancing, reels, waltzes, and medleys, as well as pure country material.
Twin Flames is a Canadian folk music duo from Cantley, Quebec [1] ... Twin Flames Unplugged Live (2023) Hugging the Cactus (2024) Awards and nominations. Year
Government support programs, such as the Canada Music Fund, assist a wide range of musicians and entrepreneurs who create, produce and market original and diverse Canadian music. [7] The Canadian music industry is the sixth-largest in the world, producing internationally renowned composers , musicians and ensembles . [ 8 ]
Traditional music is infused with many dances, such as the jig, the quadrille, the reel and line dancing, which have developed in the festivities since the early days of colonization. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] And in Quebec's culture, the following musical instruments are the most prominent: harmonica (music-of-mouth or lip-destruction), fiddle , spoons ...
Dutcher aims to preserve both Wolastoq culture and language through his music, [2] and inspire Indigenous youth to think about the importance of language. [19] When asked about his decision to record in his native Wolastoq language, Dutcher stated "it’s less about asking people to learn a new language and more about disrupting the bilingual Anglo-centric Canadian music narrative.