In the 1970s, chansonniers grew steadily less popular with the encroachment of popular rock bands and other artists, and many of the folk clubs, such as the Montreal Folk Workshop,[3] and groups such as The Raftsmen, the Mountain City Four and, eventually, The Travellers, that had served to foster the mid-20th century revival closed down. Some new performers did emerge, however, including Jacques Michel, Claude Dubois, and Robert Charlebois.
Most genres of music have their known instruments that are played to compose a song. The principal instrument for Canadian folk music is known to be the fiddle. The first record of a fiddle in Canada is in 1645 at a wedding in Quebec on the 27th of November. After this account it seems that reports of fiddles are rare for the next 100 years.[4] However, despite this hiatus in reports, the fiddle remains a well-known instrument among folk musicians and music.
^Kapica, Jack. "Folk Workshop Rising Again". (The Montreal Gazette. October 30, 1973) google.com. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^Kallmann, Helmut; Potvin, Gilles (1992). Elliot, Robin; Miller, Mark (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Music in Canada. Toronto Buffalo London: University of Toronto Press. p. 455.
