MUSIC REFLECTS CANADIAN IDENTITY

UNIT ONE| February 2019

CLASSWORK CHECK

• Have your binder open to your Artists Reflect Canadian

Identity – Quick Study. I will be checking for completion.

• If you have not received a mark for your identity web… then

you didn’t hand one in. Hand in so you can get a mark!

NOTE-TAKING

• Remember: when you see the pencil symbol, that

means you need to add the slides to your notes.

MUSICAL GENRES

• Like art, music can reflect identity.

• There are many genres of music we can investigate.

• Genre: a category or type of art/music/film/etc.

MUSICAL GENRES

• To start interpreting Canadian identity in music, consider these

questions:

• Does the genre reflect Canadian identity?

• Are all Canadians represented by this music?

• Are stereotypes about Canadian identity reflected in this music?

DISCUSS

• Which seems most like a stereotypical Canadian band? Why?

THE CRTC

• The Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC):

1. Promotes Canadian culture.

2. Ensures that Canadians can see media that is “from

a Canadian point of view”.

• Radio and TV stations have to show a certain amount

of Canadian programming or performances.

• This is intended to help Canadian artists.

DISCUSS

• How many Canadian music artists can you name?

• What genre of music do they create?

• What about their music is Canadian (or not)?

DISCUSS

• Arcade Fire

• Tegan and Sara

• Feist

• Wolf Parade

• Owen Pallett

• Basia Bulat

• Sloan

• Stars

• Arkells

• Alexisonfire

• Barenaked Ladies

• Broken Social Scene

• Bedouin Soundclash

• Bruce Peninsula

• Constantines

• Elliott Brood

• Godspeed You!

Black Emperor

• Grand Theft Bus

• Great Big Sea

• Great Lake

Swimmers

• The Guess Who

• Half Moon Run

• Hey Ocean!

• Hey Rosetta!

• I Mother Earth

• Islands

• Jets Overhead

• Kashtin

• Leonard Cohen

• The Most Serene

Republic

• Nickelback

• Our Lady Peace

• Paper Lions

• The Rural Alberta

Advantage

• Rush

• Said the Whale

• Sam Roberts Band

• The Tragically Hip

• Wintersleep

• You Say Party

• Neil Young

• Celine Dion

• Justin Bieber

• Shania Twain

• Avril Lavigne

• Michael Buble

• Joel Plaskett

• Matt Anderson

• Buffy Sainte-Marie

• Rufus Wainright

• Serena Ryder

ACTIVITY

• We will analyze the following songs together.

• Listen closely and follow the lyrics in order to be prepared to

discuss.

CANADIAN ARTISTS

• The Travellers| This song is based

on an American song by Woodie

Guthrie. It was adapted by The

Travellers in 1955.

• This Land is Your Land, Canada (2:43)|

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSj

MuKh1Wpo

CANADIAN ARTISTS

• Gordon Lightfoot| is a well-known

Canadian folk singer. One of the songs he

performed, “Farewell to Nova Scotia” is a

famous Atlantic Canadian folk song.

• Farewell to Nova Scotia (3:25)|

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaE9vlrhX-k

ACTIVITY

• Handout| Song Analysis

• You will analyze any two of the following songs.

• Whichever analysis you think you did a better job on will be

submitted for marks, so do your best!

Value: 10 marks

CANADIAN ARTISTS

• Nukariik| Karin and Kathy Kettler, the

Canadian throat-singing sisters, carry on the

traditions of the elders from their

mothers' village in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik.

• Nukariik at Sing! Toronto 2017 (4:21)|

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsE-SuI3EYc

CANADIAN ARTISTS

• A Tribe Called Red| a Canadian

electronic music group, who blend

instrumental hip hop and dubstep-

influenced dance music with elements of

First Nations music, particularly vocal

chanting and drumming.

• Stadium Pow Wow (3:31)|

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAEmjW9J3_o

CANADIAN ARTISTS

• Elliott Brood| an

alternative country band

from Toronto, Ontario.

They’ve been playing since

2002.

• Northern Air (5:09)|

• https://www.youtube.com/watc

h?v=0RIcuFySNXE

CANADIAN ARTISTS

• Joel Plaskett| a rock musician and

songwriter based in Dartmouth,

Nova Scotia. Plaskett performs in a

number of genres, from blues and

folk to hard rock, country, and pop.

• Through & Through & Through (4:35)|

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlNvx

2Zl_0M

CANADIAN ARTISTS

• Buck 65| Richard Terfry, aka Buck 65, is

a Canadian alternative hip hop artist.

Underpinned by an extensive

background in abstract hip hop, his

more recent music has extensively

incorporated blues, country, rock, folk

and avant-garde influences.

• Roses & Bluejays (3:16)|

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRRKvO

nMeyc

CANADIAN ARTISTS

• Half Moon Run| is a Canadian indie

rock band based in Montreal,

Quebec. The band previously lived in

Comox, British Columbia and in

Ottawa, Ontario.

• Turn Your Love (3:06)|

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmHL

RPAqEDM

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