What specific ways art and music reflect local identity in Newfoundland and Labrador? Music reflects the province’s settler history: Irish style fiddle tunes, jigs, and reels dominate many sessions. English sea shanties and ballads reflect Atlantic roots. Scottish influences appear in fiddle playing and step dancing. These influences blend into something uniquely Newfoundland familiar yet distinct from Europe. The Newfoundland Accent and Dialect. Local identity is proudly heard in: Lyrics sung i