Tag Archives: Quebec folk music

Yann Falquet’s Les Secrets Du Ciel

Posted on 8th May 2024 by Gary Whitehouse

Guitarist and singer Yann Falquet steps outside the familiar confines of Genticorum, the Quebecois folk trio in which he has recorded and toured for more than two decades, with a set of traditional songs on Les Secrets Du Ciel. Though … Continue reading →

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Gwazigan’s Y’Vait du monde 

Posted on 25th March 2016 by Jack Merry

This album’s a sheer delight, but then I tend to like anything that comes from the Quebec musical tradition. This is a group with violin, mandolin, guitar, vocals — and Uillean pipes. Yes, Uillean pipes! Brigid, me dear wife, says … Continue reading →

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Vishtèn’s Mosaïk

Posted on 10th June 2013 by Gary Whitehouse

Among what is now a plethora of artists and groups playing the traditional music of Francophone Canada, the trio Vishtèn is taking things in a different direction. Their release Mosaïk could maybe be described as progressive Acadian, in much the … Continue reading →

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Reveillons!’s Quiquequoidontou? and Belzébuth’s Les Péchés du Diable

Posted on 11th July 2006 by Gary Whitehouse

Quebecois traditional music combines the jigs and reels of Celtic music with some French folksong elements, plus its own particular style of foot percussion, nearly always done by someone seated in a chair and tapping their feet on a resonant … Continue reading →

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