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Jul 16, 2024 · The transition from folk to folk pop can be traced to the late 1960s and early 1970s when artists began to experiment with blending folk’s acoustic sound with pop’s accessibility. Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and The Mamas & The Papas’ “California Dreamin'” are prime examples of early folk pop hits.
Sep 6, 2024 · Beginning in the 1960s, the genre known as folk pop emerged as folk music grew in popularity. While the earliest folk singers and folk bands would never have believed that they'd hit the mainstream. Yet, with catchy songs, big hooks and a carefully crafted persona, pop folk bands started to emerge...
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Nov 26, 2023 · The author of this song, Ed McCurdy (1919-2000), was born in the US and started early in a musical career that included folk music, vaudeville acts and gospel singing. In 1948 he married a Canadian and moved with her to British Columbia where he became the host of his own radio show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
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Beginnings to 1920 Violin music and dance made up part of French-Canadian gatherings of all social classes from the time of New France. Under Irish, Scottish and Loyalist influences, reels and folk dances (gigues, quadrilles, cotillions, etc) became a complex mix of French and English traditions. By the late 1830s, songs appeared in La Revue canadi...
In the 1920s, folksongs and instrumental Celtic music were first recorded by French-Canadian musicians. On the Starr, Columbia, Bluebird and Compo labels, around the time of the Veillées du bon vieux temps (founded in Montreal in 1919), several singers and groups such as Charles Marchand, Eugène Daignault, Ovila Légaré, Conrad Gauthier, Les Troubad...
The first Quebec mass-market popular musicians were influenced by the "crooner" style (born in the US in 1925), and the "chanson de charme" (from France). Among these singers, Albert Marier, Fernand Perron (Le Merle rouge), Roméo Mousseau, Ludovic Huot, Jean Lalonde, Fernand Robidoux, Georges Beauchemin, Lionel Parent, Claude Blanchard, Fernand Gig...
It was in the 1950s that the first Quebec rock and roll emerged from a mixture of country and western, jazz, rhythm and blues, and crooner influences, with artists like The Beau-Marks, Les Jérolas (Jean Lapointe and Jérôme Lemay), Aglaé, Roger Miron, Léo Benoît, Jen Roger and Dean Edwards. During most of the 1960s, Quebec rock and roll was dominate...
Because rap initially was produced in marginalized circles, it is difficult to trace its Quebec origins precisely. However, the proximity between Montreal and New York led to its presence in Quebec in the early 1980s. For practical purposes, other than the 1984 popular hit "Ça rend rap" by Rock et belles oreilles, French B can be considered the fir...
The first Solstice evening at the Musée d'Art contemporain de Montréal in 1993 is recognized as the beginning of techno music and raves in Quebec. By collaborating on this event and establishing Turbo Records in 1998, the DJ Tiga played a key role in the advent of techno music in Montreal. The year 2006 marked the twelfth Bal en blanc, an annual te...
There are many examples of comic songs in French-Canadian folk music. Before 1960, such songs were not a popular art separate from theatre, monologues, burlesque and other variety shows. Since the Quiet Revolution, numerous comedy groups such as Les Cyniques, Paul et Paul, Sol et Gobelet, Ding et Dong, Réal V. Benoît, Les Foubracs, Rock et Belles o...
In Quebec, popular songs for children began with the Passe-Partout generation (based on the celebrated TV program) at the turn of the 1980s. Nathalie Simardalso recorded hit songs for children in the same decade. More recently, Carmen Campagne, Annie Brocoli, Caillou, Shilvi, and Arthur L'Aventurier revived the genre.
Among Aboriginals, Gilles Sioui and particularly the duo Kashtin(Claude McKenzie, Florent Vollant) had the most success, yet that success was dampened by the 1990 Oka Crisis. Kashtin's style illustrated the mix of country-western, blues and popular rock that characterizes most Aboriginal pop musicians.
Folk-pop. Folk-pop is a musical style that may be 1) contemporary folk songs with large, sweeping pop arrangements, or 2) pop songs with intimate, acoustic-based folk arrangements. Recording production values created a unblemished style that appealed to a mass audience, and thus led to commercial success as measured by high record sales ...
Mar 17, 2024 · 1. Woody Guthrie. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie—better known as Woody Guthrie —was one of the most famous folk artists and composers of the American Folk Revival. Guthrie developed a love of traveling during his teenage years and ultimately moved to Texas.
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Jul 1, 2019 · Stories and songs that reflect the heartbeat of Canada's West Coast. During the live Canada Day special It Came From Canada, CBC Radio host Alan Neal asked some of the country's top musicians to ...
