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'''LaRena LeBarr Clark''' was a traditional singer and folksinger. Born near Pefferlaw, Ontario in 1904 near Lake Simcoe, LaRena LeBarr's father and grandfather were hunters and guides. Her mother was also a singer. LaRena was married three times and during her first two marriages she bore six children. Her third marriage was to Gordon Clark and the couple was living in Ottawa when she met folkorist [[Edith Fowke]], who recorded her songs. Clark became involved in the folk music circuit in Canada and the United States in the 1960s and recorded 10 LPs which were recorded at an Orillia radio station. She died in 1991. |
'''LaRena LeBarr Clark''' was a traditional singer and folksinger. Born near Pefferlaw, Ontario in 1904 near Lake Simcoe, LaRena LeBarr's father and grandfather were hunters and guides.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/larena-clark-emc|title=LaRena Clark {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> Her mother was also a singer.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontariotraditionalmusic.ca/item/360|title=Ontario Traditional Music Library|last=Bell|first=Ian|date=|website=www.ontariotraditionalmusic.ca|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> LaRena was married three times and during her first two marriages she bore six children.<ref name=":1" /> Her third marriage was to Gordon Clark and the couple was living in Ottawa when she met folkorist [[Edith Fowke]], who collected and recorded her songs.<ref name=":0" /> Clark became involved in the folk music circuit in Canada and the United States in the 1960s and recorded 10 LPs which were recorded at an Orillia radio station. She died in 1991.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Revision as of 01:08, 22 March 2020
LaRena Clark | |
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| Birth name | LaRena LaBarr |
| Born | 1904 Pefferlaw, Ontario |
| Died | May 3, 1991 (aged 86) Orillia, Ontario |
| Years active | 1961–1990 |
LaRena LeBarr Clark was a traditional singer and folksinger. Born near Pefferlaw, Ontario in 1904 near Lake Simcoe, LaRena LeBarr's father and grandfather were hunters and guides.[1] Her mother was also a singer.[2] LaRena was married three times and during her first two marriages she bore six children.[2] Her third marriage was to Gordon Clark and the couple was living in Ottawa when she met folkorist Edith Fowke, who collected and recorded her songs.[1] Clark became involved in the folk music circuit in Canada and the United States in the 1960s and recorded 10 LPs which were recorded at an Orillia radio station. She died in 1991.[1]
Awards
- Marius Barbeau Medal, Folklore Studies Association of Canada
Select Recordings
- Clark, LaRena LeBarr (1900), Canada at turn of the sod: lumbering, railroading and sea ballads., Orilla, Ont.: Clark Records
- Clark, LaRena LeBarr (1900), Canada's traditional queen of song: shanty, western, sea, English, Irish, Scotch, ballads., Orillia, Ont.: Clark Records
- Clark, LaRena LeBarr (1900), Family legend in song: Irish, English, and Scottish ballads, lumbering and railroading., Orillia, Ont.: Clark Records
- Clark, LaRena LeBarr (1900), Heritage of folk songs., Orillia, Ont.: Clark Records
- Clark, LaRena LeBarr (0000), Authentic Canadian folk symbol: English and American ballads ; American civil war, Orillia, Ont.: Clark Records
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Clark, LaRena LeBarr (1968), Songs of an Ontario family: British ballads and Canadian shanty songs, Ontario: Clark
- Clark, LaRena LeBarr (1980), Canadiana coast to coast, Orillia, Ont.: Clark Records
- Clark, LaRena LeBarr (1980), LaRena sings for country folk: vol. 2 : Canadian, American, English, Irish ballads /$cLaRena LeBarr Clark., Orillia, Ont.: Clark Records
Select Bibliography
- "A family Heritage: The Story and Song of LaRena Clark" by Edith Fowke and Jay Rahn University of Calgary Press, 1994 [3]
References
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- ^ a b c "LaRena Clark | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ a b Bell, Ian. "Ontario Traditional Music Library". www.ontariotraditionalmusic.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781895176360/