TF011 Ontario: The Ballad of Edith Fowke - a podcast by Mike Tod

A folklorist or a folk song collector is a person who studies folk music, and records and releases collections of folk songs. There is no folklorist more associated with Canada than Edith Fowke. Able to sell the world a vision on the meaning of “Canadian folk music,” her body of work supersedes others in the country’s folkloric realms. She is a recipient of the Order of Canada, she’s written numerous books, and released many recorded collections of Canadian folk music. But was her vision of the country’s folk music scene accurate? Fowke is at the centre of this episode, which delves into her research on folk music, the numerous books and records that she released, and questions some of the contradictory values of her life and work.

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