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6 unusual facts about Music of Newfoundland and Labrador


Daniel Cleary

The Newfoundland bluegrass/folk band Greeley's Reel recorded a "hockey anthem" version of their song "Come In" about Cleary after the win.

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GEST may also refer to a popular on-line archive, GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador: See: *Music of Newfoundland and Labrador

Music of Newfoundland and Labrador

Radio programs such as Irene B. Mellon and The Big Six, the television shows All Around The Circle (1964) and Ryan's Fancy, collections such as Gerald S. Doyle's Old Time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland, musicians including accordionists Ray Walsh, Wilf Doyle, Omar Blondahl, John White and the McNulty Family, and scholars including Maud Karpeles also contributed to the preservation of Newfoundland and Labrador music.

The exception to this decline in traditional music's popularity was the Belloram based group Simani composed of Bud Davidge and Sim Savory.

Modern Newfoundland & Labrador musicians include: Hey Rosetta!, Harry Martin, as well as folk group The Flummies, Byron "Fiddler" Chaulk, rock musician David Penashue of Tipatchimun (who sings Innu language rock), Canadian folk-rock band Great Big Sea.

Notable newcomers bringing national and international recognition to the province include Hey Rosetta!, Amelia Curran, The Mountains & the Trees, Sherman Downey, Adam Baxter, Andrew James O'Brian, Don Brownrigg, Damhnait Doyle and The Novaks.



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