-- English Message below -- Salut Marcel, Sylvain et tous les joueurs de "ruine-babines", L'année dernière, j'ai eu un échange avec Mario Forest. Il me...
Great idea, Guylain! I'm all for this. I started out playing blues, then moved to the United States. Now I'm learning all I can about traditional Canadian...
Québecois harmonica players use this humorous term to refer to their instrument. The closest easy translations I can come with in English are chop-buster...
Hello Guylain, Yes, it is a very good idea. Here harmonica players in Quebec city : Louis-Simon Lemieux Sylvain Rodrigue and other players of the group «...
Hello guys, Happy to see reactions to my proposition. Still, to me the question remains : who, when and where ? And, as stated by Winslow : what ? ... I am...
Winslow, the word Babines refer to the lips of animals in our language and I think that the term ruine-babine was created with a bit of mockery, harmonica...
... Of course players can be contacted and an informal meeting put together on an unofficial basis. All it takes is the work of contacting people and inspiring...
... pattern. ... It ... was ! ... amazed. ... I agree. Listening to some of the great harmonica players, like Labbé or Lacroix, and even the not-as-great (but...
This thread is very interesting. We could be witness to important historical events in the life of harmonica trad québécoise right here at le Café (and ...
You're right Winslow, the "bombarde" is also called ruine-babine and it's particularry true when one slaps that spring onto one of his lips.... One's lucky if...
Lucy, You won't regret your trip to M & R. Although it's not huge in terms of assistance (like Guylain said) the who's who are defenitely there. Most of the...
... Yes, this term is used in English, though more in England than in North America. Direct translations also occur in other languages - mundorgel (German)...
Marcel, All this time I thought you were talking about the bombarde (reed instrument, horn!) used in Breton trad music ! (you stumped me when you said it has...
popular mistake : the bombarde is a small shalm ,, double reeds and six holes http://www.bmol.org/culture/bombarde/bombarde.us.htm the jew's harp is a "...
As a matter of fact, that one slipped out of my mind but, True, that squacky flute that I sometime compare to a dentist drill is also called a "bombarde".... ...
... six holes ... guinbarde could ... I learned that "guimbarde" was jaw harp and "bombarde" was a shawm, but I have been told by people from Québec (and have...
-- ENGLISH MESSAGE WILL FOLLOW -- Ça y est ! Pourquoi ne pas le faire ? Pourquoi ne pas partir quelque chose ? Pourquoi pas un association de joueurs...
Yes indeed , both words have been used for the same purpose whitout any problem until 1970 when Alan Stivel made his first show in Montréal and some people...
... Maye come up with a short name, like "Quéharp" or "Harmonica Québecois" or "Québec à bouche" that is specific to the musical style (the name "Harmtrad"...
Salut à tous ! Pour le loisir de tout ceux qui n'ont pas la chance de venir à la session du mardi soir à la Barberie à Québec, j'ai mis dans la section...
Guylain, I really enjoy playing harmonica. Often it's a solo activity while driving on long distances (wonder if they will put out a law agains this a bit like...
André, thanks so much for that sample of music from La Barberie pub in Québec City. It's beautiful. I want to catch a plane to la belle province now. Will...
-- English version below -- Bravo Guylain, c'est une très bonne nouvelle d'apprendre que Gabriel Labbé appuierait toute démarche sérieuse d'association. ...
... Just for the record, were present at the barberie that night : -Éric Favreau, Violon (Entourloupe) -Antoine Gauthier, Violon (Les Chauffeurs à pieds) ...
wow! let me try again. I can see that the new version of my webmail will not do accent marks properly. Bonne annee a tous ! Normandais group "Mes Souliers Sont...
Salut, Well, these blokes are 100% French... I heard they improved a lot since I saw them some 7 years ago, but it wasn't hard for them to get better, they...
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