Hello, everyone! I've seen references to Metis tunes but don't know much about them but suppose that they're Quebecois with a different flavor? Are there some...
you might want to have a look at the National Film Board film, How the Fiddle Flows, by Gregory Coyes. My review of the film can be accessed at the following...
Hi Ned, The publishing wing and store of The Gabriel Dumont Institute in Saskatchewan offers several items: Drops of Brandy CDs vols 1 and 2 Drops of Brandy...
From the QueTrad Archives, a wealth of info contributed last year by Winslow: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/QueTrad/message/1985 Sorry, two years ago!...
I highly recommend the Drops of Brandy collections, both the CDs and the books. It's not quite accurate to call Métis music a branch of Québécois music....
Hi, Ned, I'm a fiddler from Caledon, Ontario. Metis fiddle music comes from Western Canada - particularly Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It arose from the...
Hi everyone, I wondered if anyone might be driving to Ann Arbor from East Lansing from the De Temps Antan show on March 5. I'm trying to find a ride for...
This city is to the North of Ann Arbor, right? I would love to help but if I'm driving I'll be going from the South. Mar. ... From: Anjili Babbar Date:...
Dear Elizabeth, Winslow, Jeff, and John -- Thank you so much for the wealth of suggestions regarding CDs, tunebooks, websites, etc. for learning more about...
Hi Folks, I found an item for those of you who are interested in the Metis culture. On the CBC's Global Village last week I heard a song in the language of the...
Hi Folks, You can hear samples of 'Bucksaw Jig' and other native songs- for ... Native/dp/samples/B000A5E6OG/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/102-7772670- 9793706#disc_1 ...
Hi Folks, I just found a bargain-priced CD on sale, at Walmart of all places, called Louis Blanchette et son Harmonica. It has 20 selections,all reels, sounds...
Hi Folks, A web search didn't turn up reference to this album, so its distribution may have been targeted at the Quebec market. Its distributer is: ...
Hi Marc, According to the book "Musiciens traditionnels du Québec"of Gabriel Labbé, Louis Blanchette was born in Rivière-du-loup, on December 5, 1905. He...
Several of Blanchette's recordings are borrowed from non-Quebecois traditions. Even the ones from Que tradition are often given different names. These include:...
This happens very often , titles get changed . some tunes come from various origins , celitc of course but also from some unlikely places like Italy and...
Winslow, Thanks for the correction on 'Miss McLeod's' and the alternate names for these tunes. A celtic musician I know once told me he had collected 18...
Sylvain, My 90 year old neighbours with whom I drink tea once a week both used to dance to traditional music when they were young. Micheline tells me that they...
Hi, Andre Brunet interview today on local radio station, in a few minutes from now, on a radio show that goes from 6-7 pm, tonight. I don't know if they have...
Winslow, You wrote: He did record a version of Soldier's Joy, but under another title (I ... No, It was I who got mixed up-I had heard 'Soldier's Joy', but...
I am new to the group (today). I live in CT and have been playing by ear for years but I am at a dead end as far as getting any better. My brother and I play...
Thanks for the information, Lucy. Mar. ... From: photogchik Date: 03/01/07 16:56:41 To: QueTrad@yahoogroups.com Subject: [QueTrad] De Temps Antan Hi, Andre...
http://rendezvousfrancophonie.com/ I stumbled on this site and thought I'd pass it along. From March 09 to 25, 2007, Nine Million Francophones will get...
http://www.portlandsymphony.com/files/File/email/psoHeader.jpg PSO performs with Le Vent du Nord Celtic Color and Canadian Clippers Saturday March 24 at 8:00...
I'm participating in a Trad group in Toronto area, and I'm looking for lyrics to songs from the album j'joue mon air by Les Tireux d'Roches. Does anyone know...
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