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{{Short description|Canadian progressive rock band}}
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| origin          = [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| genre           = [[Progressive rock]]
| years_active    = {{start date|1975}}–{{end date|1985}}
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| past_members    = [[André Paiement]]<br />[[Rachel Paiement]]<br />Wasyl Kohut<br />[[Marcel Aymar]]<br />David Burt<br />Michel Kendel<br />John Doerr<br />Michel Dasti<br />Bill Cymbala<br />[[Ben Mink]]<br />[[Mary Lu Zahalan]]
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'''CANO,''' a Canadian [[progressive rock]] band of the 1970s and 1980s, was the most successful popular musical group in [[Franco-Ontarian]] history.<ref name="CANO">{{cite web|title=CANO|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cano-emc|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=2006-02-07|access-date=2022-02-18}}</ref><ref>"Francophones plan talent contest". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 10, 1984.</ref>

==Origins==
CANO evolved out of the ''[[Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario]]'' (''Artists' [[Cooperative]] of [[Northern Ontario]]''),<!-- "Nouvel Ontario" is the former proper name in French of a region whose proper name in English is ''Northern'', not "New", Ontario; do NOT retranslate "nouvel" literally.--> an artists' collective established in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]], in 1970.<ref>{{cite book|last=Arnopoulos|first=Sheila McLeod|title=Voices from French Ontario|date=1982|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|isbn=0773504052|pages=[https://archive.org/details/voicesfromfrench00arno/page/26 26–33]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/voicesfromfrench00arno/page/26}}</ref><ref name=thatband>Kuzyk, Jane. "That Band from Sudbury." ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 30, 1977.</ref> The cooperative was responsible for developing many of the current cultural institutions of the city's Franco-Ontarian community. The [[La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario|Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario]], [[Prise de parole|Prise de Parole]] publishing house, [[Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario]], [[La Nuit sur l'étang]] and CANO-Musique, as the band was then called, all evolved out of projects launched by artists associated with the cooperative.<ref name=thatband />

While based in Sudbury, the cooperative bought an abandoned 320-acre farm in [[Armstrong, Ontario|Earlton]] that became an artists' haven and buffalo ranch.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dumont|first=Marc|title=Les 50 ans de CANO à Earlton|url=https://www.norddelontario.ca/lontario-en-francais/la-cano-cooperative-d-artistes-du-nouvel-ontario-a-earlton|date=2022-01-24|publisher=norddelontario.ca|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref>

==Musical group==
The group consisted of singer-guitarist siblings [[André Paiement]] and [[Rachel Paiement]], violinist Wasyl Kohut, guitarists [[Marcel Aymar]] and David Burt, pianist Michel Kendel, bassist John Doerr and drummer Michel Dasti. The band was formed in the fall of 1975,<ref name=thatband /> and performed its first concert on December 1 at La Slague in Sudbury.<ref>[http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=71480 "CANO interview with David Colin Burt"], ''ProgArchives.com''</ref><ref name=ld>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-droit/arts-et-spectacles/201106/15/01-4409637-un-dernier-gros-show-pour-cano.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728095737/http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-droit/arts-et-spectacles/201106/15/01-4409637-un-dernier-gros-show-pour-cano.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |title=Un dernier "gros show" pour CANO |author=Marc André Joanisse |work=[[Le Droit]] |date=June 16, 2011 |accessdate=22 January 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sylvestre|first=Paul-François|title=Le gros show CANO en concert : Il y a 30 ans|url=https://l-express.ca/le-gros-show-cano-en-concert/|work=l-express.ca|date=2006-02-20|access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref>

The band also recorded its debut album, ''[[Tous dans l'même bateau]],'' released in 1976. The production studio was a converted building on the Paiements' farm near [[West Nipissing|Sturgeon Falls]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CANO discography|url=https://www.canadianbands.com/CANO.html|publisher=CanadianBands.com|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref>

The band performed both traditional French folk songs and original material by Aymar, the Paiements and [[Robert Dickson (writer)|Robert Dickson]]. With its third album, ''[[Eclipse (CANO album)|Eclipse]]'', CANO began performing English-language songs as well;<ref>Johnson, B. Derek. "On Death, Utopian Socialism, and Gang's Haunting Echoes," [[Globe and Mail]], Oct. 11, 1978, p. A3</ref> the fourth album, ''[[Rendezvous (CANO album)|Rendezvous]]'', consisted predominantly of English songs as the band made a bid for success in the larger English-language market.<ref name=roots>"CANO leaves roots behind in pursuit of masses". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', March 21, 1980.</ref> The band was most successful on francophone pop charts in [[Quebec]] and [[France]], but had notable hits in English Canada as well.<ref name="CANO"/> ''Eclipse'' and ''Rendezvous'', notably, both charted on [[CFNY-FM|CFNY]],<ref>{{cite web|title=CFNY Charts|url=https://spiritofradio.ca/Charts.asp#1979|publisher=Spiritofradio.ca|access-date=2022-02-18}}</ref> while the singles "Rebound" and "Carrie" reached No.&nbsp;97 and No.&nbsp;78 respectively on the ''[[RPM Magazine|RPM]]'' charts in 1979 and 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=RPM |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/rpm.aspx|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=2022-02-18}}</ref>
 
In 1978, the band was shaken by the suicide of André Paiement.<ref name=roots /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hopkins|first=Thomas|title=From the ashes of tragedy CANO goes international|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1978/9/25/from-the-ashes-of-tragedy-cano-goes-international|magazine=Maclean's|date=1978-09-25|access-date=2022-02-18|archive-date=2022-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218235426/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1978/9/25/from-the-ashes-of-tragedy-cano-goes-international|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The following year, the band was profiled in the [[National Film Board]] documentary, ''CANO, Notes on a Collective Experience.''<ref>{{cite web|title=CANO, Notes on a Collective Experience|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=13630|publisher=National Film Board of Canada|date=1979|access-date=2022-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ménard|first=Jacques|title=Sur film; Cano : notes sur une expérience collective|url=https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/liaison/1979-n7-liaison1161804/43546ac/|magazine=Liaison|date=1979|access-date=2022-02-18}}</ref>

''Spirit of the North'', a compilation issued in 1980, traced CANO's integration of pop, rock and jazz influences into what was originally a folk-based style.<ref name=roots /> In the same year, some of the band's music appeared in the documentary film, ''[[A Wives' Tale]] (Une histoire de femmes)'', on the [[1978 Inco strike]] in Sudbury.

Following the departure of Rachel Paiement in 1980, the band released the album, ''Camouflage,'' under the band name '''Masque'''; it was the band's only fully English-language album.<ref name=attention>Niester, Allan. "Masque is still a band that merits attention". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 15, 1982.</ref> Kohut died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1981, just weeks after the album's release, and was replaced by [[Ben Mink]].<ref name=attention /> By this time, the band was based in [[Toronto]].

[[CITY-TV]] used a track by the band as its theme song for ''Great Movies'' in the 1980s,<ref name=bravo>"Bravo CANO! Local fans revel in revitalized band". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', February 14, 1985.</ref> and the band also recorded music for several [[National Film Board]] productions.<ref name=bravo />

In 1984, Aymar, Burt, Mink, [[Mary Lu Zahalan]] and Rob Yale recorded the band's final album, ''Visible'',<ref name=bravo /> and played concerts in Ontario, Quebec, and Japan before disbanding.

==Revival==
In 2003, [[Universal Music Canada]] released a CANO [[greatest hits]] compilation as part of its ''20th Century Masters'' series.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Best of CANO (Twentieth Century Masters)|url=http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=11638|publisher=Progarchives|date=2003|access-date=2022-02-18}}</ref>

The band released ''Rendezvous'' on the iTunes platform in summer 2008 and ''Eclipse'' in spring 2009.

CANO gave a reunion show at the 2010 ''La Nuit sur l'étang'' festival, with Monique Paiement—André and Rachel's younger sister—on lead vocals.<ref>[http://www.northernlife.ca/news/lifestyle/2010/03/CANO280310.aspx "CANO reunites at La Nuit sur l'étang"]. ''[[Northern Life (newspaper)|Northern Life]]'', March 30, 2010.</ref>

Celebrating 35 years of CANO in 2011, Aymar, Burt, Doerr, Dasti and Kendel reunited again in June 2011 for a series of concerts in Ottawa, [[North Bay, Ontario|North Bay]], Sturgeon Falls and [[Kapuskasing]], with Michel Bénac of [[Swing (Canadian band)|Swing]], Monique Paiement, [[Andrea Lindsay]] and [[Stéphane Paquette]] as supporting musicians.<ref name=ld/> The Ottawa concert was recorded for broadcast on [[TFO]].<ref name=ld/>

==Legacy==
CANO was involved in the creation of two [[music festival]]s in Sudbury, the bilingual folk festival [[Northern Lights Festival Boréal]] and the Franco-Ontarian cultural festival [[La Nuit sur l'étang]].<ref name=thatband /> Both festivals continue to operate today.

In 2021, two classic CANO songs from the band's first album, André Paiement's "Dimanche après-midi" and Marcel Aymar's "Baie Sainte-Marie," were inducted into the [[Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite interview|last=Aymar|first=Marcel|interviewer=René Homier-Roy|title=Le groupe franco-ontarien CANO honoré|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/culture-club/segments/entrevue/359841/marcel-aymar-auteur-compositeur-interprete-guitariste-cano-deux-chansons-intronisees|work=Culture Club|publisher=Radio-Canada|date=2021-06-21|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Dimanche après-midi / Baie Sainte-Marie: Two of Cano's classics inducted to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame|publisher=Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame|url=https://www.cshf.ca/dimanche-apres-midi-baie-sainte-marie-cano-pantheon-auteurs-compositeurs-canadiens-gala-trille-or/|date=2021|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Boulianne|first=Mario|title=La musique de CANO au Panthéon des auteurs et compositeurs canadiens|url=https://francopresse.ca/2021/06/10/la-musique-de-cano-au-pantheon-des-auteurs-et-compositeurs-canadiens/|publisher=Francopresse, Le Droit|date=2021-06-10|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=D'Amours|first=Christelle|title=La musique franco-ontarienne de CANO intronisée au Panthéon|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1800305/cano-musique-intronisation-pantheon-auteurs-compositeurs-canadiens-baie-sainte-marie-dimanche-apres-midi-marcel-aymar-andre-paiement|work=Radio-Canada|date=2021-06-10|access-date=2022-02-19}}</ref>

==Discography==
* 1976 - ''[[Tous dans l'même bateau]]''
* 1977 - ''[[Au nord de notre vie]]''
* 1978 - ''[[Eclipse (CANO album)|Eclipse]]''
* 1979 - ''[[Rendezvous (CANO album)|Rendezvous]]''
* 1980 - ''Spirit of the North''<ref>{{cite web|author=CANO|title=Spirit of the North|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3196939-Cano-Spirit-Of-The-North|publisher=Discogs|date=1980|access-date=2022-02-18}}</ref>
* 1981 - ''Camouflage'' (as '''Masque''')
* 1985 - ''[[Visible (album)|Visible]]''
* 2003 - ''The Best of CANO (20th Century Masters)''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{discogs artist|Cano}}
* {{IMDb name|3607814}}
* [https://canadianbands.com/artists/cano/ Article at canadianbands.com]
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cano-emc Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca]
* [https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2460 Article at progarchives.com]

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