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Four exceptional Québec vocalists – Dany Laliberté, René Lajoie, Benoit Miron and Patrick Olafson – make up the group whose performances leave no one unmoved. Inspired by some great names and powerful voices (Josh Groban, Il Divo, Michael Bublé), these four singers hold audiences spellbound with the scope of their performances, amazing harmonies. With impressive credentials earned together or as solo artists, the four members of TOCADÉO present the most beautiful songs of our times, from My Way to Somewhere, including a few original pièces.
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LE VENT DU NORD presents La Part du Feu, a brand-new concert staged by Michel Faubert, and a new focus on group performance. Armed with an unmatched live experience, our four talented singers/multi-instrumentalists are pushing back their personal limits. This show features ballsy original songs and tunes, more diverse and textural moods than ever before, magnificent vocals, and sophisticated arrangements that marvelously highlight the lyrics.
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BREABACH (ÉCOSSE/U-K) & LE VENT DU NORD
produce exlusive collaboration as part of Scotland innovative Tune Up tour. The two bands recognize the common link between their cultures and their music, through the migration of people from Scotland over to Québec in the past. During the proposed tour, the aim of the musicians is to discover more about their common heritage through their music and to create a collaborative approach to performing this. Music and songs originating from Scotland will be followed on their journey across the ocean to their new home in North America, where a new interpretation gave them a new life. Both bands will perform their own music and will also collaborate together in a way which reinforces the links between the two nations and their music. The presentation to their audiences will provide an evening’s entertainment as well as an enjoyable lesson in cultural history. Workshops also on offer.
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MAUVAIS SORT has conquered the hearts of countless fans on many continents throughout the years. Known for their generosity and charm, the group moves everyone that hears them, and in the fall of 2009 they will present their fifth show (by Guy St-Onge), a veritable culmination of 10 years of work inspired by the music of past generations. Blending talent and passion, Nicolas Geoffroy (guitar and foot percussion), Stéphanie Richard (accordion), Patrick Giroux (violin), Guillaume Côté (drums), David Gagné (bass), and Alexandre Dion and Isabelle Verville (horns) create a meeting point that is unique to their generation, a veritable fusion of pop-rock and grassroots music: the future of folk!
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Created in 2005, Swirl Crush presents English-language rock with amazing melodies. Originally a trio, there are now four members on stage: 2 guitars, bass and drums. These guys have their feet firmly planted on the ground, though, and know there is still a lot of work to do. They are presently putting the finishing touches on their new album, which should be on the racks in spring 2010.
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After more than 200 shows following the beat of their first album over some 83,895 kilometres, last April 3 GARS SU’L SOFA launched their second album and show, Cerf-volant. The trio, still inspired by the splendour of everyday life, dispense personal and intimate lyrics imbued with a poetry that remains fresh and moving. With the addition of a drummer-percussionist, the group’s new show takes on a definitely more percussive character, nurturing a folk-like tendency with nostalgic accents that flirt from time to time with country.
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LES CHARBONNIERS DE L'ENFER have been burning the boards of venues all over Québec for the past 10 years. It is the only «québécois» a capella group specialising in the research and interpretation of the oral tradition repertoire. To the rhythm of their voices, is added the tap of their feet. The group is formed of five experienced singers who have developed a harmonic complicity very much of here. The originality of their approach is marked by their sense of the actualisation of the repertoire which ensures, at the same time, the continuity of the vocal heritage.
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In the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, the ESQUIRE Show Bar was renowned as the Mecca of Rhythm’n & Blues in Montreal and was an absolute must for the stars of Soul touring in North America. James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Otis Redding, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Wilson Pickett, B.B. King… were among the great artists to have performed at the Esquire Show Bar of Montreal. To recreate the unique ambiance of the famous Stanley street nightclub and to relive the unforgettable music, 17 live artists will be performing on stage. Chosen among the most popular Soul artists in Québec are Sylvie Desgroseillers, Michael Dozier, Frank Julien and Andrew Leader.
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1755 has defined Acadian music and has a fan base that spans many generations. Acadian poet Gerald LeBlanc, who penned many of the band’s songs, once said that 1755 has written one of the most important chapters in contemporary Acadian music. With more than 30 years of experience on the stage, 1755 has inspired many of today’s Acadian artists. «In short, it was their genuine accents and attitudes that won crowds over with blunt honesty. » By Jesse Robichaud - Times
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Something new from Lanaudière traditional music veterans Normand Miron (accordion and vocals), André Marchand (guitar, foot percussion and vocals) and Michel Bordeleau (banjo, mandolin, fiddle, foot percussion and vocals). These gentlemen need no introduction—they have criss-crossed Quebec and found success well beyond our borders with popular traditional groups such as La Bottine Souriante, Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer.. These delightful wags have also recruited renowned bass player Raynald Dupras. Les Mononcles delivers traditional music at its best, with more than enough high spirits to go around !
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The group’s show ImmortellementCélèbre has come a long way since March 2008. In fact, NOIR SILENCE have mounted many stages throughout Québec since then and performed at the FrancoFolies de Montréal, Festival du Lac des Nations and Festiblues International de Montreal. But the popular quintet pushes the envelope even further, simultaneoulsy presenting their acoustic show SimpleMortel. In this new work they reveal an intimate universe through thoughtful arrangements and a moving approach to songs from their most recent album and the seven preceding ones.
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