Anita Best

Anita Best
Born	Merasheen Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer, teacher, folklorist, archivist, broadcaster
Labels	Amber Music

Anita Best C.M. is a teacher, broadcaster, and well-known singer from the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1]

With Genevieve Lehr, Best collected the songs for Come and I Will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook, spending years travelling around the province collecting songs from anyone who cared to sing.[2]

In 2015 the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society awarded her their Lifetime Achievement Award.[3]

Best was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2011. The citation read, in part, "As a singer, storyteller and archivist, she has been active in collecting and performing the songs and tales of her ancestors, ensuring this priceless cultural legacy is not lost to future generations."[4]

Discography

Albums

• Some Songs (with Sandy Morris)
• Crosshanded
• The Color of Amber (with Pamela Morgan)
• Amber Christmas (with Pamela Morgan and others)
• Lately Come Over - Bristol's Hope
• Eleven Eleven

Contributing artist

• All The Best
• Another Time
• Rock Within The Sea
• Mujeres en la Musica (Spanish Release)
• Celtic Spirits II (German Release)
• Celtic Feelings (French Release)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Canada (2005, World Music Network)

References

1. "Anita Best". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
2. Lehr, Genevieve; Best, Anita, eds. (2003). Come and I Will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
3. Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society website.
4. "Order of Canada: Anita Best". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

• Information from Amber Music