The Rough Guide to Music of Canada

Published 29 April 2004
As a new nation built on immigration and cultural mixing, Canada is a land where artists bend and even defy traditional boundaries. Including Celtic fiddle traditions of Cape Breton, Quebecois chanson, Inuit throat singing and more, this guide to the music of Canada focuses on some of the longer-standing roots music traditions created in established cultural communities, together with some of the newer hybrids those styles have brought forth.