... 1892. Of course! I should have gone home and looked it up! ... Canadian Pacific at one time encompassed a transcontinental railroad (Canada's first, and an...
I am curious about the use of Piano Accordion in Traditional Quebec music. I believe Philippe Bruneaus father played Does anyone know who was and is playing a...
I've seen the band "Le vend du nord" and heard their CD. Nicholas Boulerice plays the keyboard accordion and I think his music is beautiful. Their CD includes...
I am trying to fund a new single row accordion so am offering the following... the perfect Quebec 3 row Early 1970's Corona II, New Old Stock and in Mint...
hi winslow, that's really interesting about the guitars on those old recordings. i also have heard some that use horns, saxes, and clarinets in ways not ...
Several years ago I learned a tune called Ma Mere Chantait from a Michel Mallette cassette tape called Hier et Aujourd'hui. In the liner notes the tune is...
Dear Jim, I want to answer your questions about Ma mère chantait but, my english is not very good. I will try. Francois Cousineau is a very good music whriter...
Thank you Brigitte and Henry. It's nice to know a little bit about the tunes. I imagine it's the same tune but I've never heard the lyrics because the Michel...
Sure. Here are ABCs for Ma Mere Chantait as I learned it from the Michel Mallette cassette. T:Ma Mere Chantait M:3/4 L:1/4 C:Music by Francois Cousineau ...
<Electric guitar accompanying fiddle (starts like a reel but turuns <out to be something like a ragtime tune) <Bériault, Tony & Joannette, Émile - Reel Duc...
I know the one you mean. The same duo made one other record that is at the BNC/NLC. In both, it's just box and fiddle, and they don't quite play in perfect...
FW: GABRIEL YACOUB US tour dates April 12th > 26thHi there, I know this might be a bit off-list, but my friend VINCENT LEUTREAU has just sent me the dates of...
Hello: I have for sale a Hohner 4-stop melodeon in the key of D. Played but in very good condition with tight bellows, reeds in tune. Comes with hardcase....
A,long while back, we had a discussion of Philippe Bruneau and the Prix du Canada. Someone mentioned that he had rejected a major award, perhaps that one. The...
Hi Winslow, hi everyone, The "one" that did mention about Phillipe Bruneau's refusal of the award was me. I don't know Phillipe personnally but I do know ...
... i love listening to recordings of philippe bruneau, but i am very puzzled about his political stance. did he want more government subsidies of traditional...
I love this citation from Umberto Ecco , in Foucault's Pendulum : " To every complex question , there is a simple answer , and it is wrong " Mr Bruneau was...
... Phillipe was invited (by a close ... in province of Quebec until his retirement. ... I remember that statement. I can't help wondering, when does a ...
Just a small change in topic, I had to let you all know that I, (my wife, really) tried the Tourtiere recipe posted by Legerdeuxmains in the Files section. I...
In addition to having a fabolous collection of old 78 rpm recordings in realuadio and mp3, the Bibliotheque National du Canada/National Library of Canada also...
Hi, Someone asked a while back about foot tapping instruction. About 6 minutes into this show, for example, there's close-up of fiddler's foot tapping. Great...
Hi Andy, I don't know how this vision of Quebec came to you but I can say that here, in Quebec, we do have the exact opposite way of seing things. The American...
A very simple but delicious desert tipical from Quebec: Called: La beurrée d'sucre du pays You bake a home made bread... When cold, cut a huge slice from...
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