Mitigating or marketing culture? Promoting Mouth Music in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
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The author discusses the sometimes misunderstood Gaelic genre of puirt-a-beul in Cape Breton Island. Based on fieldwork in Cape Breton and in Toronto, the article examines puirt-a-beul from the perspective of traditional and popular musical expression.