{{Short description|Acadian-Canadian singer-songwriter and folklorist (born 1942)}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2012}} thumb|Butler in 2017 '''Édith Butler''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|CQ|ONB}} (born '''Marie Nicole Butler'''; 27 July 1942) is an Acadian-Canadian singer-songwriter and folklorist from New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula.
==Biography== Édith Butler was born on 27 July 1942, in Paquetville. During the 1960s, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts, taught school, and then earned a Master’s degree in literature and traditional ethnography at Laval University in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.straight.com/article/montreals-edith-butler-is-an-icon-among-acadians |title=Montréal's Édith Butler is an Icon among Acadians |website=Georgia Straight |date=2014-06-14 |access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
===Career in music=== Her career began in the early 1960s with performances in Moncton. In 1969, she released her debut album, "Chansons d’Acadie," of traditional Acadian songs. This was followed by national appearances on CBC Television's ''Singalong Jubilee'' where she gained popularity and began to receive invitations to participate in various Canadian and American folk festivals<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of the National Folk Festival |url=https://ncta-usa.org/the-national-folk-festival/a-brief-history-of-the-national-folk-festival/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) |language=en-US}}</ref>.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
In the early 1970s, she represented Canada at the Universal Exposition in Osaka and performed in over 500 performances across Japan. Following this, she made several musical tours in Europe, notably in Ireland, Germany and the United States.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
In total, Butler released 28 albums between 1969 and 2021. As of 2019, when she was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, Édith Butler had one gold and two platinum records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cshf.ca/songwriter/edith-butler/ |title=Édith Butler |website=Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame |access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
===Career in theater===
Butler also performed in a piece by Antonine Maillet entitled "Le tintamarre".
==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.<ref>Canada Post Stamp Details, July to September 2009, Volume XVIII, No. 3, p. 6</ref> *In 2009, she received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Édith Butler biography|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2009/butler-edith.aspx|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|accessdate=11 February 2015}}</ref> *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.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://artsnb.ca/site/en/awards/2014-lga-winners/| title= 2014 LGA Winners| publisher= artsnb| accessdate= 30 January 2015| archive-date= 2 March 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150302184912/http://artsnb.ca/site/en/awards/2014-lga-winners/| url-status= dead}}</ref> *In 2013, she was made a member of the Order of New Brunswick<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/order_of_new_brunswick/2013_recipients.html|title=2013 Order of New Brunswick recipients|date=18 August 2010 }}</ref> *In 2019, Édith Butler was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
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==External links== * [https://vimeo.com/371173965 Short documentary Edith Butler] *{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.edithbutler.net Édith Butler official website] *[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/edith-butler-emc The Canadian Encyclopedia: Édith Butler] *[http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/B/Butler_Edith.html Jam: Édith Butler]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.qim.com/artistes/biographie.asp?artistid=542 Quebec Info Musique: Édith Butler] *[https://archive.org/details/AtlanticInsight-009-December-1979/page/n27 ''Édith Butler, Singer'' – Cover story, Atlantic Insight Magazine – December 1979]
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