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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. After this account it seems that reports of fiddles are rare for the next 100 years. [ 4 ]
In 1996, Canadian musicians Grit Laskin, Bill Garrett, Paul Mills and Ken Whiteley established Borealis Records. The mandate of the company is (a) to record only Canadian artists, (b) to seek out artists from all of Canada's regions, (c) to enter into "ethical artist agreements that are fair and typically more generous than what is the industry standard" and (d) to present all the diverse ...
Inuit music albums (3 C, 1 P) * ... Pages in category "Folk albums by Canadian artists" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
[3] [4] Miles was nominated in 2005 for a Canadian Folk Music Awards. [5] In 2006 Miles recorded the album Love Sweet Love which was released in the U.S. on Red House Records. It was recorded with guitarists Ian LeFeuvre and Keith Glass, drummer Peter Von Althen, John Geggie on bass, James Stephens on violin. [6] It was nominated for a 2006 ...
Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk music laureate who crossed over to major pop fame in the U.S. during the ‘70s, died of natural causes on Monday evening at Sunnybrook ...
Pages in category "Canadian Folk Music Award–winning albums" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Canadian Folk Music Awards (1 C, 28 P) Canadian Celtic music (6 P) F. Folk festivals in Canada (2 C, 42 P) M. Canadian folk musicians (6 C, 59 P) S.
Grossman secured them a contract with Vanguard Records and they released their first album late in the year. [7] Their first album, Ian & Sylvia, on Vanguard Records, consists mainly of traditional songs. [8] There were British and Canadian folk songs, spiritual music, and a few blues songs thrown into the mix.