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...
Artists: Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, Cercamon, Juan Sebastian Larobina, Rupa & the April Fishes, Sagapool, Florent Vollant, Beausoleil, Yves...
Salut, le 26 novembre c'est Thanksgiving Day aux US. Quelqu'un a des suggestions des chansons/airs au sujet du repas, le cuisine/cuisson, l'exercice de...
Hi Lucy, La Cuisinière (album En Spectacle) and La Tourtière by La Bottine Souriante come immediately to mind. Cheers, Jeff To: QueTrad@yahoogroups.com From:...
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/arts-et-spectacles/sur-scene/200911/18/01-922962-vent-du-nord-la-tradition-en-mouvement.php * * *Vent du Nord: la tradition...
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