I saw Jeremiah playing brilliant piano accordion at a session/jam at Festival Mémoire et Racines last year. Does he also play button accordéon, anyone know? ...
This sounds interesting Marc. My parents and sister were born in Quebec (French) and I was born in Hartford. I taught myself spoons at house parties to the...
I would not dare giving a jugement about the age of a folk song but there are hints about the origin and the travels of a song. In the list of songs collected...
I'm looking for musicians in the Bangor (Maine) area intereste in playing Quebecois music. I play the harmonica. I'm looking for a guitarist, banjo player,...
Salut, I was just looking for this URL for myself and thought I'd re-post Sylvain's message. I believe this show is live on the net every Sunday 5 pm EST. I...
Joe, You wrote: Recently I bought a tape (Bodrain, Bones and Spoons from Mel Bay) that shows a more robust technique. Tantalizing...what is more robust about...
I know the man from Lac St-Jean. The man who use to make these wood spoon is named Roch Tremblay. I visited his shop on Route du Lac, Alma, last fall. He...
I'm going on tour soon with the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers. My little feature set in the concert will include two québécois tunes and one métis tune...
Hi Winslow: I've seen a variety of things done but am far from an expert myself. I'd suggest that you e-mail Olivier Demers of Le Vent du Nord for some advice...
Winslow - Please let us know what you find out. I sometimes help with live sound at local venues and would be interested in the best way to go. Also, are you...
Bonjour to all - The past few weeks since I joined the group has brought such generous responses and so much knowledge! A few questions for those of us who are...
Sabin Jacques, accordeon and pieds, that I saw one day playing with Matapat, use a "C-DUCER" pickup on a plywood board. It sound verry well on stage. The...
Dawn, Monsieur Boudreault is dead in 1988. I live in the same town, Chicoutimi on the shore of Saguenay River. The last fiddle of Louis is now own by Claude...
Winslow, An interesting question. Borrowing laterally as Quebecers sometimes did.... In the copious and informative notes to the enjoyable CD 'Traditional...
Hi Dawn, The province of Québec is geographically large (a little over twice the size of Texas), with different areas being settled at different times by...
... Fiddle, accordion and harmonica on the front line, supported by feet, piano, guitar, bombarde (jawe harp) and on some old records, some sort of bird...
Cow's skull, eh? I've heard similar stiroes where a jug was buried under a hearthstone to reflect the sound. So, I arrive at the concert hall and find the...
... Matapat, ... stage. ... That sounds nice and simple! How thick was the board? ... channels (one ... for feet. ... accoustic ... a stage. ... How did you...
... Yes. At least I live there. I'm from western Canada. And will the ... Tiens. Just San Francisco area and the Pacific Northwest - Portland, Seattle,...
Bonjour , The violin is the absolute oldest instrument in Québec , in those time when Canada was called " Nouvelle France " there were already mentions of...
Andre Marchand suggests somewhere that tapping might involve a native american influence, though "no one knows." Can anyone add anything to that? Elderly...
Before 1900 ( and a bit after ) , most country people used to wear home made shoes , that looked like Indian mocassin . There was a summer version , like a...
Thanks Luc (Merci Beaucoup-je fais un peu de francais). If you encounter any spoons with long points feel free to contact me. I think the wood replaces feet a...
Marc The technique positions the metal spoons in the hand so that they are less likely to flop than the way I taught myself. I use wooden carved spoons that...
Lark in the Morning carries a few kinds of wooden spoons with points. I receive their catalog (fascinating, all kinds of instruments) but have never ordered...
Didn't Mme. Bolduc sing a sing about souliers de boeuf? Looking at the web link you gave, I notice that it's for items related to Loyalists. I take this to...
Pat, You wrote: I live in the Outaouais (Ottawa River Valley) where fiddle is the name of the game with some Scots influence. As it was a lumbering region with...
Actually, Loyalists did not leave to avoid the war (maybe some did). Most fought actively to maintain British rule. It wasn't all red- coated movie villains...
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