Those who have taken the time to learn the songs of the Voyageurs and sing them while paddling are appreciated. All other man made music in canoe country is inappropriate at best. I go there to get away from it. I find videos of canoe trips with a rock and roll sound track attached ruined by the music. Many years ago an old friend insisted on bringing his guitar. He was too tired to play it the first night and it was too trashed by the next day to be functional. He dragged it over ever portage though.
Jon