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Canuck Rock : A History of Canadian Popular Music / Ryan Edwardson.

The Guess Who. Gordon Lightfoot. Joni Mitchell. Neil Young. Stompin' Tom Connors. Robert Charlebois. Anne Murray. Crowbar. Chilliwack. Carole Pope. Loverboy. Bryan Adams. The Barenaked Ladies. The Tragically Hip. CeĢline Dion. Arcade Fire. K-oS. Feist. These musicians are national heroes to gen...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Edwardson, Ryan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Popular music > Canada > History and criticism.
Popular music
Canada
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: From Rock and Roll in Canada to 'Canadian' Rock and Roll
  • 1. Lonely Boys and Wild Girls: Rock and Roll in Canada in the 1950s
  • 2. Guess Who?: Beatlemania and the Race to Be British
  • 3. From 'Tom Dooley' to 'Mon Pays': Folk Music and the Nation
  • 4. 'California Dreamin': Why Canadian Musicians Were Not 'Helpless' in the United States, 1965-70
  • 5. 'Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out': Psychedelia, Regionalism, and How a Band from the Prairies Had Wheatfield Soul
  • 6. 'Legislated Radio': Industry, Identity, and the Canadian Content Regulations
  • 7. 'Oh What a Feeling': Canadian Content and Identity Politics in the 1970s
  • 8. 'The Nation's Music Station': Television and the Idea of Canadian Music
  • 9. 'Takin' Care of Business': How Multinationals Underwrote the Canadian Music Industry
  • 10. '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You': Bryan Adams and the Waking Up the Neighbours Controversy
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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