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Thread #35727   Message #489921
Posted By: GUEST,Newfoundlander
22-Jun-01 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: Help with Atlantic Canadian Music History
Subject: RE: Help: Help with Atlantic Cndn Music History
"Newfoundland Folk Songs for 800 Alex."

All of these were big influences The first two, having started some of those traditions

Sir Cavendish Boyle who wrote the "Ode to Newfoundland" Art Scammell who wrote many folk songs, the most famous being "The Squid Jigging Ground".

Figgy Duff - band John White - Singer Kelly Russell - Fiddler, folklorist Ryan's Fancy - Music group that reintroduced a lot of Irish repetoire and found and reintroduced many Newfoundland songs. The Irish Descendants - Songwriters and performers in the old tradition. Wilf Doyle - Accorianist Ron Hynes - Singer Songwriter Rufus Guinchard - Old time Fiddler from the French Shore Emile Benoit : another well known and influential Newfoundland fiddler & composer from the Port au Port Peninsula. Ted Russell (Kelly's late father) is noteworthy for recitations and stories.

There is a tribute to Stan Rogers which the CBC did which featured the Cream of Atlantic traditional music in the mid 90's the cd is still available. Well worth looking into.