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Shelley Posen
Shelley Posen
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Education	PhD University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Curator of Canadian Folklife (ret'd)
Employer	Canadian Museum of History
Known for	Finest Kind, columnist for Sing Out!
Children	A daughter, Mika Posen, and a son, Samuel Posen.
Website	[1]

Shelley (I. Sheldon) Posen is a Canadian folklorist, singer and songwriter, a member of the folk trio Finest Kind,^[2] and a former writer of the 'Songfinder' column for Sing Out!^[3] In the 1970s, while still a graduate student, he was the Director of Mariposa in the Schools. He conducted fieldwork and recorded traditional songs extensively in the Ottawa Valley. He was Curator of Canadian Folklife at the Canadian Museum of Civilization/Canadian Museum of History from 2001 to 2015.^[1] He has written on traditional song, Canadian sports and cultural heroes, and the folklore of Canadian foods such as the butter tart.^[4]

Publications and articles

Old Bush Songs: The Centenary Edition of Banjo Paterson's Classic Collection (review) Folk Music Journal, January 1, 2007.
English-French Macaronic Songs in Canada - A Research Note and Query. Folksongs [2]
Posen, I.S. and Taft M. The Newfoundland Popular Music Project. Canadian Folk Music Journal 1 (1973) pages 17–23
Posen, I.S. and Sciorra, J. Brooklyn's Dancing Tower. Natural History 96(6) 1983 pages 30–37

Books authored

Posen, Sheldon and Erin Gursky (2015). Terry Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada. Canadian Museum of History.
Posen, I. Sheldon (2004). 626 By 9: A Goal-by-Goal Timeline of Maurice the Rocket Richard's Scoring Career in Pictures, Stats, and Stories. Canadian Museum of Civilization. ISBN 0-660-19255-1.
The Canadian Pub Caroler compiled by Shelley Posen, OFC Publications, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2002. ISSM # m-706023-00-7 ^[5]
For Singing and Dancing and All Sorts of Fun (1988) ISBN 978-0-88879-178-8. Winner of the 1991 Porcupine Book Award^[6]
Posen, I. Sheldon; Joseph Sciorra; David M Kahn (1989). The Giglio: Brooklyn's Dancing Tower. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Historical Society. OCLC 22905350.
Posen, Shelley (2009). The Christmas Canoe. Illustrated by Magdalene Carson. Renfrew, Ontario, Canada: General Store Publishing House. ISBN 978-1-897508-35-0. OCLC 440090567.
Posen, Shelley (2020). The Maple Syrup Maker's Alphabet. Illustrated by Magdalene Carson. Ontario, Canada: Ontario Maple Syrup Producers' Association. ISBN 978-0-9948927-2-0.

Music

Songs

For a listing of Shelley Posen's recorded songs to 2022, see http://shelleyposen.com/shelley-posen-song-catalogue/

No More Fish, No Fishermen
Having a Drink with Jane
When First I Stepped in a Canoe^[7]
S'mores
Everyone Loves Shabbes But the Chickens^[8]^[9]
The La-La-Latke Song
So How Come You Don't Have Tongue?
And We Sang 'Ha Lakhma Anya'
Fork Garden
Thanks for the Song
Christmas Trilogy
There's Always Money for a War
Long, Long Tunnel 2020 ^[10]

Solo Albums

Mazel 2022
Old Loves 2022
Ontario Moon 2019
Roseberry Road 2014
Menorah: Songs from a Jewish Life 2007
The Old Songs' Home 2003
Manna 2003

Albums as part of Finest Kind

Lost in a Song 1996
Heart's Delight 1999
Silks & Spices 2004
Feasts & Spirits 2004
For Honour & For Gain 2010
From Shore to Shore 2014
I Am Christmas 2018

References

^ ^a ^b ^c When Two Careers Are Better Than One, by Randy Ray, undated. Accessed January 9, 2008.
^ "Finest Kind". Retrieved 2008-01-09.
^ Goliath Business News. "Shelley Posen". Retrieved 2007-01-09. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ Posen, Sheldon. "Butter Tart". Bill Casselman. Archived from the original (Web Article) on 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
^ "Ottawa Folklore Centre". Retrieved 2008-01-12.
^ 1991 Porcupine Awards
^ Canoesongs. "Shelley Posen". Retrieved 2008-01-09.
^ Wolzinger, Keith. "Review: Menorah-Songs from a Jewish Life" (Web Review). Retrieved 2008-01-11.
^ "WCVF FM Playlist "General Eclectic"". Retrieved 2008-02-14.
^ Sunday Morning. 2020-05-24. CBC.