Tag: olivier demers
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Rest of 2020 and into 2021 ebook roundup post
I really ought to post more often, shouldn’t I? This is me clearing out the queue of books I’ve acquired over the last several months, up to and including books received as birthday presents this weekend!
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Victoria/Cumberland 2014 Trip, Day 4: Le Vent du Nord at the Cumberland Hotel, 3/11/2014
Long-overdue concert report on Le Vent du Nord in Cumberland, 3/11/2014! In which all parties involved have a delightful evening, in which there is Actual Photographic Evidence that Simon can smile on stage, and in which I learn directly from Olo that my mammoth is a podorythmie protégé!
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Victoria/Cumberland 2014 Trip, Day 2: Rocks, rocks, rocks
Day 2 of the Victoria/Cumberland trip! In which Anna and Dara explore Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, Mile 0, and a whole lot of rocks; in which, SURPRISE, Le Vent du Nord is staying in their hotel; and in which Dara sings at Norway House!
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Victoria/Cumberland 2014 trip, Day 1: Le Vent du Nord at the Royal Theater, Victoria BC, 3/8/2014
Dara and Anna’s Victoria and Cumberland trip, Day 1–featuring Le Vent du Nord’s symphony show in Victoria! And post-show shenanigans as well!
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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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Le Vent du Nord at Hermann's Jazz Club, Victoria BC, 4/6/2013
I made absolutely no secret of how crushed I was, Internets, when I missed Le Vent du Nord’s Oregon show this past November. And I was quite disappointed as well when the symphony show in Vancouver was cancelled. But tonight, I am thrilled to report that the show at Hermann’s Jazz Club in Victoria, BC,…
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Some shinies from Memoire et Racines!
Collecting these all in one place so I can refer back to them later! Y’all remember how I was gushing about getting to go to Memoire et Racines last summer, right? Well, I’ve had the delight of finding several videos from the show–a couple from a performance that Dara and I actually saw, and a…
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And now, in praise of supremely awesome people
One of the things I’ve always loved about Great Big Sea fandom (and a lot of you who have read my posts over the years can back me up on this) is that it’s filled with genuinely wonderful people. I have been deeply privileged to discover that the same can be said for the extended…
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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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The roundup post of All the Musics!
Internets, I came back from this vacation with a grand spanking total of 13, count ’em, 13 CDs! Most of these were bought in Newfoundland, but considering that Quebec threw me discs by Bernard Simard et Compagnie (and any band that includes Olivier Demers is by definition GODDAMN RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS) AND three out…