Rough Guide to the Music of Canada

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: World Music Network
• ASIN: B000093NND
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,093 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tshishe Manitu - Florent Vollant

2. J'Ai Fait un Rêve - Hart-Rouge

3. Creation Dream - Bruce Cockburn

4. Reel Béatrice (Béatrice (Oggi Nevica)/Seán Sa Chéo) - Natalie Macmaster

5. Matapat - Matapat

6. Dòmhnall Mac 'Ic Lain - Mary Jane Lamond

7. Reel du Forgeron (The Blacksmith's Reel) - La Bottine Souriante

8. Ed's Wake - Zubot & dawson

9. Bulkley Valley Home - Bill Hilly Band

10. Ça Va Brasser - Crystal Plamondon

11. Kelligrew's Soirée - Anita Best

12. La Bastringue/Green Mountain Petronella - Silk Road Music

13. Field Song - Kanenhi:IO

14. Rocks and Trees - Wendell Ferguson

15. Seven - Rheostatics

16. Le Papillon (Bourrée du Papillon/Sans Crier Gare) - Cordes En Folie

17. The Ballad of Gordy Ross - Longbottem

18. Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers

19. Vive la Rose - Emile Benoit

20. The Blackfly Song - Wade Hemsworth

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oh, Canaduh! What a land of plenty...!!, June 10, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Guide to the Music of Canada (Audio CD)

Sure, maybe Neil Young and Joni Mitchell aren't on here, but the host of other artists more than make up for it. Pop-folkie Bruce Cockburn and fiddler Natalie McMaster are probably the biggest name artists on this set, but the real gems come from other, lesser well-known musicians, ranging from the late trad folk legend Stan Rogers to numerous Francophone folkies, kookie Inuit throat singers, Native American (aka: "First Nation") songsmiths, and citified bluegrassers such as the Billy Hill Band. Canada's own status as a North American melting pot is confirmed in this far-reaching, eye-opening set. Plenty of surprises and delights. My personal favorite is Wendell Ferguson's acoustic rant, "Rocks And Trees," which demolishes the whole folkies-love-nature stereotype, in a good-natured, affectionate kinda way. Recommended!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely excellent, December 10, 2004

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A. Dominguez Burgos - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Guide to the Music of Canada (Audio CD)

This album gives a picture of the cultural diversity Canada offers.

I liked it all: musique quebecoise, music from the First Nations,

country-like sounds, Celtic rhythms...a delightful trip through a

very varied world of harmony.