Anita Best Explained

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

• Information from Amber Music

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anita Best . 18 March 2017. Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.
2. Book: Come and I Will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook . Genevieve . Lehr . Anita . Best . University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division . 2003 . 2017-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319195821/http://www.utppublishing.com/Come-and-I-Will-Sing-You-A-Newfoundland-Songbook.html . 2017-03-19 . dead .
3. https://nlfolk.com/laa-recipient/anita-best/ Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society website.
4. Web site: Order of Canada: Anita Best . . 18 March 2017.