Tag: andre brunet
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Fiddle practice log 10/26/2021
Today’s fiddle practice: reviewing André Brunet’s lovely La fée des dents, and exploring how I can make it sound lovely when _I_ play it! (Spoiler alert: still not as good as André. Yet!)
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Fiddle practice log 10/11/2021
Fiddle practice log for 10/11/2021 features me playing with one of my favorite Andre Brunet tunes, Ciel d’automne, to see if I could figure out where I want to put slurs in the A part!
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De Temps Antan at St. James Hall, Vancouver BC, 11/8/2014
De Temps Antan rock the hell out of St. James Hall in Vancouver, BC, on November the 8th, 2014! In which the shenanigans feature feedback loops between the fiddler and the guitarist, mammoths tapdancing on my spouse’s head, and a nonzero number of musicians who didn’t escape unhugged!
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De Temps Antan at the Rogue in Vancouver BC, 3/2/2014
In which Dara and I raid the Rogue in Vancouver for our post-Festival-du-Bois De Temps Antan concert–and bring friends with us! Because De Temps Antan is too awesome NOT TO SHARE.
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Festival du Bois trip, Day 1: Saturday!
Part 1 of splendid shenanigans in BC this weekend at Festival du Bois! Featuring sets by Bon Debarras, De Temps Antan, La Famille Leger, and Vishten!
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Quebec tunes sheet music
I had a couple different people hitting my site today looking for sheet music to La Bottine Souriante tunes–specifically, “Hommage à Philippe Brunea” and “Valse d’hiver”. Since I am not actually a sheet music site, I direct interested parties to these links: Montreal Session Tunebook: Tunes from Quebec (which has both of the tunes in…
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Harrison Hot Springs BC July 2013 trip, Day 3: De Temps Antan, Round 2
In which our heroine and supervillain hike around the lake, in which the mammoth makes a break for it (but is thankfully recovered!), in which the festival suffers an accident (which we do not see), and in which perfectly ridiculous amounts of fun are had seeing De Temps Antan–and then getting pics with them afterwards!…
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Harrison Hot Springs BC July 2013 trip, Day 2: De Temps Antan, Round 1
In which our heroine and her supervillain spend their first full day in Harrison on beach exploration, music played and music watched, and lake wading! And in which De Temps Antan rocks the afternoon with sunglasses and a bouzouki that can goddamn roar!
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Harrison Hot Springs BC July 2013 trip, Day 1: Getting here
In which our heroine and her belovedest supervillain take a leisurely scenic drive to visit our fair neighbors to the north, in which they arrive at the charming B&B which will serve as their Lair for the weekend, in which Jean-Claude Mamut does indeed issue hir blessing upon the proceedings, and in which they encounter…
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Album review double-header: Celtic Fiddle Festival
Being the raving fangirl of Quebec music that I am, I’ve happily identified several skilled musicians who are now well and thoroughly in the category of “I want to purchase every single note these people EVER RECORD EVER”. And very high on this list is André Brunet! I didn’t know it at the time, but…