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Canadian musician
A.K.A.
Edith Butler
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Female
Place of birth
Paquetville, Hautes-Terres, Gloucester County, Canada
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LeoAge
82 years
Education
Laval University
Cité-Universitaire, Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge, Canada
Awards
Officer of the Order of Canada
Governor General's Performing Arts Award
Order of New Brunswick
(2013)
Knight of the National Order of Quebec
(2023)
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Biography
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.
- In 2009, she received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.
- 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.
- In 2013, she was made a member of the Order of New Brunswick
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