Interview with Estelle Klein

Interview with Estelle Klein

folk music

Music trade -- Canada

Broadcasting policy -- Canada

folk music festivals -- Canada

Sound recording industry

Item consists of an audio recording of an interview conducted by members of Radio York with Estelle Klein, artistic director of the Mariposa Folk Festival.

In the interview, Klein discusses her objectives as artistic director of the festival, her opinions of the state of folk music in Canada, the impact of Canadian content regulations on the music industry, the structure and changing format of the Mariposa festival, the influences of artists such as Adam Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn and Jean Carignan, the collection of folk music in Canada and the 'star' system in the Canadian music scene.

At the four minute mark, there is background static and overdubbing. At the 32 minute mark, the interview is interrupted by a telephone call at which point the recording is stopped and picked up mid-sentence.

Radio York

[before 1980?]

Estelle Klein estate contacted : permission granted pending receipt of official documents.

For further copyright information contact : ascproj@yorku.ca

Any recordings made available are for non-commercial, research-purposes only.

Mariposa Folk Foundation fonds, F0511.

English

Sound recording

ASCA00070

2 audio reels (ca. 1 hr. 3 min.) : 3 3/4 IPS, mono.

2 sound recordings (WAV) : 635 MB ; 1 hr. 2 min. 58 sec. (preservation copy)

01:02:58

48kHz , 192kbps (preservation copy)