This article is a case study of amplification in Cape Breton fiddling, exploring its relationship to material culture, globalization, and aesthetics of place. Amplified performances create a high-volume, live aesthetic closely associated with local dance halls that differs significantly from acoustic performances. While the technology used in amplifying Cape Breton fiddles is standardized, it is subject to debate among musicians. These critiques pertain to discussions of technology that are part of longstanding discourses of modernism and romanticism. As such, this technoscape shapes the sound of Cape Breton as a place, through the consumption, negotiation, and production of global flows.Cet article est une étude de cas de l’amplification d...
Depuis le début du XXe siècle, quelques milliers de Bretons ont émigré vers le Québec. En terre d’ac...
In 1972 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired a half-hour documentary that conv...
This article explores some of the specific dynamics and processes experienced by Canadian old-time f...
In Cape Breton traditional dance fiddling, the intimate rhythmic relationship between fiddle and fee...
Originating from the music of early Gaelic immigrants, Cape Breton fiddling has been a thriving mus...
This dissertation investigates Cape Breton fiddle music from a popular culture perspective. It intro...
With the fear of decline of the Cape Breton fiddling tradition after the airing of The Vanishing Cap...
This article will discuss the concept of musical ownership and copyright in the Cape Breton fiddling...
L'article de David Ennis traite des styles des joueurs de violon de Lanark County, et examine linflu...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the evolution of the Cape Breton fiddle tradition, a proces...
Article from the Irish Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador Research ‘Ktaqamkuk Across The Water Tha...
Newfoundland, a former British colony, possesses a varied and rich cultural heritage due to its uni...
Abstract: This article briefly outlines the migration of percussive step dancing to Cape Breton Isla...
The author discusses the sometimes misunderstood Gaelic genre of puirt-abeul in Cape Breton Island. ...
This article briefly outlines the migration of percussive step dancing to Cape Breton Island from th...
Depuis le début du XXe siècle, quelques milliers de Bretons ont émigré vers le Québec. En terre d’ac...
In 1972 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired a half-hour documentary that conv...
This article explores some of the specific dynamics and processes experienced by Canadian old-time f...
In Cape Breton traditional dance fiddling, the intimate rhythmic relationship between fiddle and fee...
Originating from the music of early Gaelic immigrants, Cape Breton fiddling has been a thriving mus...
This dissertation investigates Cape Breton fiddle music from a popular culture perspective. It intro...
With the fear of decline of the Cape Breton fiddling tradition after the airing of The Vanishing Cap...
This article will discuss the concept of musical ownership and copyright in the Cape Breton fiddling...
L'article de David Ennis traite des styles des joueurs de violon de Lanark County, et examine linflu...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the evolution of the Cape Breton fiddle tradition, a proces...
Article from the Irish Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador Research ‘Ktaqamkuk Across The Water Tha...
Newfoundland, a former British colony, possesses a varied and rich cultural heritage due to its uni...
Abstract: This article briefly outlines the migration of percussive step dancing to Cape Breton Isla...
The author discusses the sometimes misunderstood Gaelic genre of puirt-abeul in Cape Breton Island. ...
This article briefly outlines the migration of percussive step dancing to Cape Breton Island from th...
Depuis le début du XXe siècle, quelques milliers de Bretons ont émigré vers le Québec. En terre d’ac...
In 1972 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired a half-hour documentary that conv...
This article explores some of the specific dynamics and processes experienced by Canadian old-time f...