Tag: les charbonniers de l’enfer
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Album review: Ici on fête, by Various Artists
I have just enjoyed a delightful holiday present: the compilation album Ici on fête, featuring a LOT of my favorite Quebec trad artists and bands!
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Quebec band recommendations, round 2: Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer!
I said it before and I’ll say it again: goddamn, the gentlemen of Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer can SING. When it comes to hardcore fangirling, okay yeah, I’m flying my fangirl flag VERY high for Genticorum, De Temps Antan, and especially Le Vent du Nord… but musically speaking, the Charbonniers are right up there fighting…
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A guide to Quebec trad for English speakers
Internets, as you all know, I’ve been happily fangirling Quebec traditional music for a couple of years now, and quite a few of you have started to ask me questions about it. And because I like you, Internets, and I want to share with you the musical goodness, I’d like to present for you a…
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And now, to solve an ongoing problem
My belovedest of Daras is at a bit of a loss when it comes to comprehending my rampageous affection for Quebecois traditional music. She doesn’t speak a lick of French, and so I could mention any one of the various bands I’m following, only to have their names just parse to her as “French sounds”.…
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The Great Canadian Adventure, Day 5–MEMOIRE ET RACINES!
I’m going to do an entire post about Memoire et Racines, because I am here to tell you, Internets, that deserves an entire post to itself even if we only made it to one day’s worth of awesome! And this is going to get long, so this is getting a fold!
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A link roundup for the imminent Great Canadian Adventure!
Since Canada is very, VERY nigh, I now present for you, O Internets, this roundup and summary of everything that and I will be doing while we’re there! First up, Toronto! Where we will be enjoying the hospitality of the most excellent , as well as getting to meet Susan Who Is the Most Awesome…
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One week and counting down to the Great Canadian Adventure!
PEOPLE OF ATLANTIC CANADA AND QUEBEC! There are but seven scant days until and I will be among you for two weeks of hanging out, meeting up with people, and general musical awesomeness! We are looking very, very forward to meeting up with , with fellow Le Vent du Nord fan Susan, with hopefully (HEY…
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Une chose merveilleuse
On my way home tonight I was listening to tracks off the album À la grâce de Dieu by the Charbonniers, and in particular, the song “Allons vidons”. Jean-Claude Mirandette was just getting started on the first verse when I had that delightful double-take reaction of HEY HEY STOP I UNDERSTOOD THAT! I backed up,…
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Memoire et Racines is GO!
I just doublechecked the Memoire et Racines site, and see to my massive, massive delight that Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer do, in fact, have a presence on the schedule on the 28th–the day I’m targeting for and me to be there! Which means I will get to see them! Seriously, seriously excited by that! Aside…
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Further arrangements for the Canadian Adventure!
Just snagged weekend passes for Dara and me to the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival, the big festival that was our main reason for going to St. John’s to begin with–even if we’ll be skipping out on it on August 4th to scamper up to Torbay for Great Big Sea instead. 😀 We figured screw…