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Alberta native Joni Mitchell, one of the most influential folk and popular music singer songwriters of the 20th century.[1]
Canadian folk music has a long history, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, mostly derived from the music of early settlers and much earlier from the music of indigenous people. Folk music thus differentiates between traditional and contemporary. Many of Canada's most influential folk artists emerged in the contemporary folk music era, notably Bruce Cockburn, American-born Buffy Sainte-Marie,[2] Ferron, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Leonard Cohen, Murray McLauchlan, Stan Rogers, Valdy, Penny Lang, The Rankin Family and Wade Hemsworth. Canadian artists in folk rock include The Band, Neil Young, Spirit of the West, The Tragically Hip, Great Big Sea, Les Cowboys Fringants, Serena Ryder, and Dan Mangan.
In the 1970s, chansonniers grew steadily less popular with the encroachment of popular rock bands and other artists, and many of the folk clubs, such as the Montreal Folk Workshop,[3] and groups such as The Raftsmen, the Mountain City Four and, eventually, The Travellers, that had served to foster the mid-20th century revival closed down. Some new performers did emerge, however, including Jacques Michel, Claude Dubois, and Robert Charlebois.
The Canadian Folk Music Awards are presented annually to musicians carrying on the tradition.
^The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs by Edith Fowke. Markham, ON: Penguin, 1986. (ISBN 0-14-070842-1)
^Leo, Geoff; Woloshyn, Roxanna; Guerriero, Guerriero (October 27, 2023). "Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie?". CBC News. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^Kapica, Jack. "Folk Workshop Rising Again". (The Montreal Gazette. October 30, 1973) google.com. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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