I got a copy of Norouet's most recent CD (titled N2) this past summer at Festival Memoire et Racines - it is quite brilliant, and really shows Eric Beaudry's...
Elizabeth, I wasn't aware that N2 was available, yet. Something else to look forward to! I'm sure it will be as delightful as was Le sort des amoureux. ...
From Cape Breton fiddler Joe Cormier, via http://www.rounder.com/series/nat/cormier1.html: "They say that the first missionaries in Cape Breton forbade any...
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say, then, that there may once have been a non-French priest in Mabou who burned fiddles - rather than that fiddles were...
/"Mouth music was a way to preserve the tunes after the fiddles were burned by the British." "Any documentation for or background info. on fiddles being...
Information like that I would be - and obviously am - a little skeptical of - however, my mind is open. I'm not trying to put anyone on the spot who is simply...
Bonjour! Just to keep you updated of upcoming French concerts, if you´re interested. Also, check out my new presence on YouTube! I received a link from a...
Some things came to mind from this discussion: The Irish experienced similar treatment for more reasons than religion and the Scots (God Bless Them) almost...
"I don't think Mess. Beaudry was saying they gathered all the fiddles in the land and burned them in one swoop." But this is precisely the object of my...
I have to wonder why the British would bother burning fiddles, as they were not political and were a sign of European refinement - unlike the pipes, which did...
Gratuitous destruction was certainly not beyond the English, and it's easy to imagine smashed fiddles alongside demolished furniture and burned crops. As...
These stories are usually apocryphyl in my experience, with similar tales of musical repression being told by the Irish and Highland Scots, both of whom also...
Book burning is a similar phenomenon with a long history extending well into our times, in cultures we're used to thinking of as civilized. And how about the...
"> Gratuitous destruction was certainly not beyond the English," I believe we're talking about the British, which is not exactly the same thing as the English....
*INFOLETTRE OCTOBRE 2009* Bonjour, L'été qui vient de s'achever aura mené Le Vent à suivre plusieurs voies tout à la fois. Tant de route à faire, de...
For more information about the concert, click here: http://sites.google.com/site/lefoyerorg/announcements/2009-christmas-party For more information about Le...
Many of you know that Joliette, QC musician Jean-Paul Loyer has been in a terminal phase of cancer for the past several years. He entered hospice at the end of...
Jean-Paul Loyer of Joliette, Quebec died this past Wednesday morning. He had been living with terminal cancer for a number of years and had entered hospice in...
I'm so sorry to hear this. Next Saturday I'm leading the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers in a concert that will feature Le Tourment and Korolenko, which have...
Hi - I am researching limberjacks in Quebec for my website at: http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/jigdolls/jigdolls.htm What is the French name for these please? Also...
Salut Chris B., all I know is that it's "bonhomme gigueux" in French. I know guitarist Paul Marchand makes his own. I've made one myself -- I guess it's a...
Bonjour Chris, Long time no see... The « bonhommes gigueurs » are not especially french (I never saw them in France...) but who knows. Just write "bonhomme...
Hi from France Here in France, we name it "Jack agile" Dominique ... From: Chris B To: QueTrad@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:39 PM Subject:...
Track down Fred Légère, in Jay, Maine, a remarkable elderly musician who carves "t-bonhommes de bois," which he bounces on his knee as he plays harmonica....
Thanks to many folks on this group I have finally finished my web page on Jig Dolls (aka Limberjacks) - probaly covering every thing anyone ever wanted to...
Bonjour, Cajun guitarist, *Tab Benoit*, will be touring New England in autumn. (www.tabbenoit.com) (www.myspace.com/tabbenoit) 11/12 Bayou Restaurant, Mount...
(Québec trad music of Norouet, Bon Débarras, Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer, Serre L'Écoute and Galant, Tu Perds Ton Temps) Nov 5, 2009 Francophondamental...
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