Mitigating or Marketing Culture? Promoting Mouth Music in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
The author discusses the sometimes misunderstood Gaelic genre of puirt-abeul in Cape Breton Island. Based on fieldwork in Cape Breton and in Toronto, the article examines puirt-a-beul from the perspective of traditional and popular musical expression.
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Canadian Society for Traditional Music / La Société canadienne pour les traditions musicales
2000
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/21638 |
| Summary: | The author discusses the sometimes misunderstood Gaelic genre of puirt-abeul in Cape Breton Island. Based on fieldwork in Cape Breton and in Toronto, the article examines puirt-a-beul from the perspective of traditional and popular musical expression. |
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