Édith Butler
Appearance
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Édith Butler OC ONB (born Marie Nicole Butler, 27 July 1942) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and folklorist of Acadian descent. Her career began in the early 1960s with performances in Moncton, followed by national appearances on CBC Television's Singalong Jubilee.
Her most recent recording is with Jacqueline Lemay on Jacqueline's albulm 'Mon Folkure', which came out in 2014.
Honours
- Butler was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in June 1975.
- She was one of the four musicians pictured on the second series of the Canadian Recording Artist Series issued by Canada Post stamps on 2 July 2009.[1]
- In 2009, she received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.[2]
- In 2010, Butler was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 French SOCAN Awards in Montreal.
- In 2012 she received the Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Arts for Performing Arts.[3]
- In 2013, she was made a member of the Order of New Brunswick[4]
References
- ^ Canada Post Stamp Details, July to September 2009, Volume XVIII, No. 3, p. 6
- ^ "Édith Butler biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "2014 LGA Winners". artsnb. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "2013 Order of New Brunswick recipients".
External links
- (in French) Édith Butler official website
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Édith Butler
- Jam: Édith Butler
- (in French) Quebec Info Musique: Édith Butler
- Édith Butler, Singer - Cover story, Atlantic Insight Magazine - December 1979
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Canadian female singers
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners
- Members of the Order of New Brunswick
- Musicians from New Brunswick
- Acadian people
- People from Gloucester County, New Brunswick
- Canadian folk singers
- French-language singers of Canada
- 20th-century Canadian singers
- 20th-century Canadian women singers
- 21st-century Canadian singers
- 21st-century Canadian women singers
- Canadian Folk Music Award winners
- Canadian singer stubs