Bonjour à tous, Je vous souhaite une belle saison sous le soleil d'automne. Lucy ... __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple...
Bonsoir, Concerts de musique traditionnelle à la Maison de la culture Frontenac (10, 11 et 12 novembre). Lucy PS If you can't make it to Montréal, I believe...
Hi all, I'm interested in learning more about Quebecois style fiddling. Who are your favorite fiddlers? I'd love to have recommendations for listening. I have...
... Maybe in some of the more recent "celt-ified" groups. Harp has not been a part of the traditional Quebecois mix of instruments, which includes mainly...
... Stephanie - One place to start would be with the historical fiddlers (1920s- 1940s) whose old 78 rpm recordings can be heard free on the web at Library and...
Actually more a one or two person thing than a genuine tradition. On the Celtic , Irish / Breton edge , Nancy Lyon and Johanne St Laurent used to play the...
We've discussed slow down/pitch change players and software here, so ... Not to shill for Musician's Friend, but they have the Tascam CD-VT1 CD player-slow...
Bonsoir, There is a benefit concert (tonight (in Quebec?) and november 25 (in Montreal?) for JMM's (Young Musicians of the World) mission to preserve trad...
Speeking of "harps": I rarely see the bonbarbe (mouth fiddle, mouth harp, Jew's harp-the correct name in the book, and about 800 names around the world)...
In early ( read French colonial periop : before 1759 ) times , the guinbarde ( jew's harp )m was THE MOST POPULAR INSTRUMENT archives mention one violin or...
I read in the music encyclopedia that guimbarde was for France. I have also used that term, but it seems that a lot of people in Quebec are still using the...
I'm forwarding an email from Grey Larsen. Any Qué fans in northern and central California have an opportunity to see these wonderful musicians in an intimate...
hi Folks, I noticed a film of probable interest to harmonicists that was shown during the Grand Rencontre Festival: Ruine-Babines, FILM par/by André Gladu et...
Found this on the Grey Larsen website: June 11-17, 2006 The Northeast Heritage Music Camp Johnson State College, Johnson, VT Grey will teach Irish flute, tin...
I can testify personally that Paul Makes makes awesome high-quality good-sounding spoons and gigueux! Plus he's a really nice guy! His spoons are made out of...
Speaking of Enterloupe, now that I think of it.... They just released a brand-new CD, like last week, maybe? Anyone grabbed one yet? Or know where one might...
I heard André Marchand and Grey Larsen at a house concert in Mountain View, California last night. It was a warm, intimate setting (auidinece of about 50...
Hi all, Wonder if it's fall weather that makes everyone hide away.... The group MATAPAT as launched a brand new album yesterday and all the cuts are sampled on...
Bonjour, I am forwarding a message (text only) received from Centre Mnémo announcing the book that has won this year's Mnémo Prize. Lucy Le Prix Mnémo 2005...
Bonjour Here is (forwarded) message from Mémoire et Racines. Lucy Info Mémoire Express 30 novembre 2005 Le temps des Fêtes arrive à grand pas. Toute une ...
Hi Winslow--for the Larade cassette you might want to google used bookstores or record shops in that area. If they can't point you to a copy, perhaps they'll...
... bookstores ... perhaps ... nephew (or ... I made some queries to a Cape Breton music discussion list, and have already had some responses. ... They...
I recently listened to some samples from the website of the vocal group Galant, tu perds ton temps at their website: http://www.galanttuperdstontemps.ca/ I was...
... I'm also curious about this, Winslow. In particular because in Quebecois instrumental tradition, there isn't really a tradition of polyphony, as there is...
I've wondered about this too. Singing in unison: voyageurs, Indians Singing in harmony: church Call and response: church, voyageurs, sailors of every hue and...
... old ... <nsip> ... music (i.e. other side of ... to which most of the lads ... There is also a harmony tradition in Quebec (or at least a known practice,...
Speaking of "indians" (I used to be comfortable with that appelation as were the indians I knew, but am becoming less so), there is a Folkways album of field...
Sherman Alexie seems to prefer "nDn" : ) You might have something there. "Sometimes my brother starts the song a little too low, so I sing it a bit higher to...
Bonsoir, Fiddler-singer-composer Claude Méthé has a website. Check out the guitar compo extract "L'escapade" and be transported to a very warm place in...
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