Anybody know where I can find the tune (standard notation, tab, or abc) for Le Reel des Siamois? Tried two links I found here in the archives; one was broken,...
Well, duh, The Portland Collection IS a book! Guess I need to do my searches at work, while I'm awake, rather than at home, just before bedtime! Walt...
Hello everyone: I am looking for a HANDMADE, one row melodeon in the key of D. Dry or tremolo okay. Also, does anyone have any actual addresses of Quebeccois...
... Hi Don, Check the Guide Mnémo you must click the french version of the site. http://www.mnemo.qc.ca go to Guide Mnemo in the left column. type in...
-- Forwarded message -- RAPPEL De Temps Antan et Denis Phénix & les Dill Pickers répandront leur fougue au Bal du mai de Mémoire et Racines Le 13 mai à...
... Actually, I bought mine used and sight unseen from Raynald Oulette of Accordéon Mélodie in Montmagny and am very happy with it. It's not a well known...
For a handmade Quebec made box.. try $1750 and up My Clement Breton was $1750 7 years ago. There are some Cajun builders who can build a one row D and tune it ...
Has anyone done or had done the bass buttons for spoons mod on a Hohner? What do they do, salvage older, lesser accordeons for parts, or make the button grips...
Yes, but I prefer spoons Most often growl boxes are made and fitted with new parts. This seems to be more common in Quebec than in Cajun land Jeff ... Hohner?...
In the Denis Pepin/Danielle Martineau video, Denis plays most of it on an HA-113 fitted with a bass side button modification. And in the notes to the video,...
The growl box is the bulky clumsy poorly designed handle thingy with the buttons and so on...it's tradition but it's awkward.. whether on a Hohner or my...
I'm usually a lurker on this list, but I thought it wouldn't be too off-topic to announce this year's Bones Fest here. We've already got some folks from West...
Bonjour, On Sunday I had the pleasure of hearing a concert/ live recording session put on by the Beaudoin Project. This project involves many notable...
Does anyone know of any quebecois concerts/festival performances in Michigan or the Great Lakes region this summer? I checked the websites of Le Vent du Nord,...
Hi Jeff, I think Genticorum will perform and give workshops again this year at Goderich, Ontario (Celtic College and Fest) I have heard this week and weekend...
Thanks Lucy, I'll check it out. New (to me) on Grey Larsen's calendar are two gigs *with Andre Marchand* in the Midwest: 1 July in West Lafayette, IN (a house...
Hello, I live in Washington State, U.S.A. I am a fiddle player and have recently become very interested in Québécoise Traditional Music. I noticed that you...
bonsoir Jeff and all, I just received a mail saying Le Vent du Nord will be in Windsor, Ontario on Sunday, June 11. Maybe you knew that one already if you...
Hi Deb, In port townsend, washington, there is the Fest of American Fiddle Tunes in July. I think Guy Bouchard attends that kind of regularly. (One year he...
Hi Deb, I see that Lucy wrote you about Fiddle Tunes. Going there would be an excellent way to learn the Q. fiddle style and is how the bulk of us have learned...
... Yes, it was Édouard Richard from Gaspésie. You could contact Guy via the Trente sous zéro website and ask him if he's going to Fiddle Tunes. Even if he...
Alasdair Fraser has also started featuring Q music at his fiddle camps in California, the Valley of the Moon camp in August and the new Sierra Fiddle Camp in...
Howdyall, Deb Collins here... Here in the U.S.A. we have just finished celebrating the Memorial Day HolidayWeekend. This is a very busy time for musicians in...
Hello: I have worn out my Hohner HA 114, so I am planning to have a handmade Cajun one row accordion built for Quebecois/Irish playing. The (Cajun) builder is...
Salut, I saw le Vent du Nord in Windsor last Sunday. It was a beautiful show as always. After the show, I picked up Olivier and Nicolas’ new CD “Un peu...
