Édith Butler
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Édith Butler O.C.
(born Marie Nicole Butler 27 July 1942 in Paquetville, New Brunswick
) is an Acadian
singer-songwriter
and folklorist
. Her career began in the early 1960s with performances in Moncton, followed by national appearances on CBC Television
's Singalong Jubilee
.
2003's Madame Butlerfly is her most recent studio recording.
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
(born Marie Nicole Butler 27 July 1942 in Paquetville, New Brunswick
Paquetville, New Brunswick
Paquetville is a Canadian village in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.It is located on the Acadian Peninsula and was founded by Monseigneur Paquet in 1873, who brought several parishioners with him from Shippagan....
) is an Acadian
Acadian
The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and folklorist
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
. Her career began in the early 1960s with performances in Moncton, followed by national appearances on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
's Singalong Jubilee
Singalong Jubilee
Singalong Jubilee was a CBC Television program produced between 1961 and 1974. It featured musical performances by local talent, playing folk, country and gospel music, in studio on stage, and on location...
.
2003's Madame Butlerfly is her most recent studio recording.
Honours
- Butler was appointed an Officer of the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
in June 1975. - Butler was one of the four musicians pictured on the second series of the Canadian Recording Artist Series issued by Canada Post stampsCanada Post stamp releases (2005-2009)In the latter half of the decade, Canada Post continued to issue a large number of stamps with different designs and themes. One of the key changes in the decade was that Canada Post issued series of stamps on a yearly basis. An example is the 400th Anniversary of the French Settlement in North...
on 2 July 2009. - In 2009, Butler received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.