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6-724: The Mountain City Four were a Canadian folk music group, based in Montreal and active from 1963 to 1967. The group consisted of Jack Nissenson , Peter Weldon, Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle . They are primarily remembered for popularizing a number of songs by Wade Hemsworth , including the National Film Board animated short The Log Driver's Waltz , as well as for Nissenson's recording of Bob Dylan 's 1962 Finjan Club concert in Montreal. The Mountain City Four formed in 1963 when
12-579: The contemporary folk music era, notably Bruce Cockburn , American-born Buffy Sainte-Marie , 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
18-661: 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, 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
24-553: The McGarrigle sisters were attending college in Montreal. The band performed in coffeehouses and for dances in the city. The participation of the Mountain City Four (as a group, and as individuals with others) during the early years of the Montreal Folk Workshop (launched 1965 at its original venue of Moose Hall, on Avenue du Parc) helped to promote this venue which became gathering place for emerging folk musicians, lasting well into
30-536: The next decade. In 1966 the band recorded music for the documentary film Helicopter Canada , which was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary film. Canadian folk music Music television 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
36-500: The tradition. Most genres of music have their known instruments that are played to compose a song. 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. However, despite this hiatus in reports,
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