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Thursday, March 5, 2015

FEATURED CDs AT CELTIC-FOLK-PUNK RADIO (6-8 MARCH 2015)

Carotté "Punklore et trashdition" is the featured album at Celtic-Folk-Punk radio.

This is the weekend schedule:

Friday 6 March 2015
6h00, 10h00, 14h00, 18h00 and 22h00 (CET, Paris-Berlin-Rome time)
Saturday 7 March 2015
2h00, 6h00, 10h00, 14h00, 18h00 and 22h00 (CET, Paris-Berlin-Rome time)
Sunday 8 March 2015
2h00 (CET, Paris-Berlin-Rome time)

Songs from Barachois (Prince Edward Island) and La Drave (Quebec) will be played too.

There are two different playlists, and therefore every 4 hours the songs won't be the same. Besides, the order will be different every day. That is, if you can only listen to the radio on Friday,  for instance, at 22h00, you can listen again on Saturday at 22h00, since the songs won't be exactly the same.
Tune in and enjoy!

1) CAROTTÉ

Carotté is a French Canadian band mixing traditional Quebecer music and punk. "Punklore et Trashdition" is their debut album.
Line-up:

Médé Langlois : electric guitar, backing vocals
Manu Lavallée : banjo, harmonica, guimbarde, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Eric Roberge : lead vocalsbacking vocals
Max Doré : drums, backing vocals
Simon Lavallée : bass, backing vocals


2) BARACHOIS

(Info from Wikipedia)
Barachois was a Canadian band from Prince Edward Island that played traditional Acadian music.

Biography

The group was formed in the mid-1990s. Hélène Bergeron and Albert Arsenault are siblings, and Louise Arsenault is a distant cousin of theirs, but Chuck Arsenault is not related. The name of the group refers to a barachois, an Acadian word for a type of shallow lagoon found on the ocean shores of eastern Canada.

Paul Gallant was a former member of the band when it was known as the "House Party Band" and continued to pursue a career with "Le Conseil des arts de Chéticamp" as well as writing songs for several artists from the East Shore.

The band's self-titled debut album was nominated in 1997 for three East Coast Music Awards, winning one of them, Francophone Recording of the Year.

Barachois toured Canada and the US, as well as 15 other countries.

The band amicably retired in 2003. Chuck and Albert toured as a duo for another 7 years enjoying success internationally with a concept including comedic skits as well as traditional music. Louise and Hélène went on to found and perform with two other traditional French-Acadian bands: Les Girls and Gadelle.
 
Members

The members of the group were:

Albert Arsenault - fiddle, percussion, bass, vocals
Hélène Bergeron - keyboard, guitar, fiddle, vocals
Louise Arsenault - fiddle, guitar, vocals
Chuck Arsenault - guitar, horns, vocals

Discography

1995 Party Acadien
1996 Barachois- Acadian Music from Prince Edward Island
1999 Encore!
2002 Naturel

3) LA DRAVE

La Drave was a punk/metal band from Quebec playing traditional music. They released a couple of albums and then went on hiatus. The second album is still available at Bandcamp for free. Two songs from their debut album are available at Reverbnation. Their old website is down.


MORE NEWS!!!!

A live album and a seminal studio album will be played every Saturday. These are the albums that will be played on Saturday 7 March 2015:

- La Bottine Souriante "En spectacle" at 20:00 CET
- Los Carayos "Persistent et signet" (1987) and "Au prix où sont le courges" at 22:58 CET

Info about those bands:

1) La Bottine Souriante
(Info from Wikipedia)

La Bottine Souriante is a folk band from Quebec, Canada specialising in traditional French Canadian folk music, often with a modern twist.

Formed in 1976 by Yves Lambert, Andre Marchand, and Mario Forest, they have toured extensively through North America and Europe. In 1990, the band integrated a four-piece horn section with traditional instruments such as accordion, fiddle, guitar, piano and double bass, in order to add an element of jazz to their music. In 1998, they contributed a song to the Canadian Celtic music compilation by The Chieftains, Fire in the Kitchen.

The group's name means "the smiling boot", which refers to the appearance of a work boot with worn-out soles.

Members

The line-up for LBS has changed numerous times (not unusual for folk groups), and its sound has evolved accordingly. The band started out with a very French Canadian feel with guitar, accordion and fiddle, but has expanded to include other styles and instruments. Although founder Yves Lambert has left the group, LBS continues to perform, and a new wave of young musicians joined the group in 2002.

LBS's current line-up is:

Éric Beaudry (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, podorythmie) 2002-
Pierre "Pedro" Bélisle (keyboards, piano accordion, piano, trumpet) 2000-
David Boulanger (vocals, violin, podorythmie, percussion)2007-
Benoît Bourque (accordion, bones, podorythmie, vocals) 2009-
Robert "Bob" Ellis (bass trombone, tuba, percussion) 1990-
Jean Fréchette (saxophone, flute, penny whistle, clarinet, percussion, vocals) 1990-
Jean-François Gagnon-Branchaud (fiddle, guitar, voice) 2011-
Jocelyn Lapointe (trumpet, flugelhorn) 1993-
François Marion (electric bass, acoustic bass guitar)2007-
Sandy Silva (percussive dance)
André Verreault (trombone) 1990-

Past Members include:

Yves Lambert (accordion, jaw harp, harmonica, melodeon, (solo) vocals) 1976- 2002 (founding member)
André Marchand (guitar, feet, (solo) vocals) 1976–1988 (founding member)
Mario Forest (spoons, harmonica, vocals) 1976–1979, 1980–1984 (founding member)
Gilles Cantin (guitar, feet, (solo) vocals) 1977–1981 (deceased)
Jacques Landry (bones, bodhrán, fiddle) 1977
Pierre Laporte (fiddle, (solo) vocals) 1977–1981
Lisa Ornstein (piano, fiddle) 1979
Guy Bouchard (spoons, guitar, fiddle, vocals) 1980
Martin Racine (guitar, mandolin, feet, fiddle, vocals) 1980–1997
Daniel Roy (flageolet, jaw harp, bones, bodhrán, (solo) vocals) 1982–1985
Bernard Simard (guitar, (solo) vocals) 1984–1986
Michel Bordeleau (snare drum, guitar, mandolin, feet, fiddle, (solo) vocals) 1987-2002
Régent Archambault (double bass, electric bass, vocals) 1988-?
Denis Fréchette (piano accordion, flugelhorn, piano, trumpet, vocals) 1988–1999 (deceased)
Laflèche Doré (flugelhorn, trumpet) 1990–1993 (deceased)
André Brunet (violin, guitar, vocals, podorythmie, percussion) 1997-2006
Pierre-Luc Dupuis (vocals, accordion, harmonica) 2002

Guest players

Dominique D'Haiti (fiddle) on Je voudrais changer de chapeau
Ron di Lauro (trumpet, flugelhorn) on La Mistrine
Michel Dupire (percussion) on La Mistrine
Jacques Landry (bodhrán, bones) on La traverse de l'Atlantique
Danielle Martineau (piano) on La traverse de l'Atlantique
Dominique Messier (drums) on La Mistrine
Lisa Ornstein (fiddle, piano) on Les Épousailles, Chic & Swell and Je voudrais changer de chapeau
Anne Perrot (cello) on Je voudrais changer de chapeau
Daniel Plamondon (viola) on Je voudrais changer de chapeau
Daniel Roy (spoons) (bones) on Les Épousailles

Discography

Albums

Y'a ben du changement (1978) – (Gold)
Les Épousailles (1980)
Chic 'n Swell (1982)
La Traversée de l'Atlantique (1986)
Tout comme au jour de l'An (1987) – (Platinum)
Je voudrais changer d'chapeau (1988)
Jusqu'aux p'tites heures (1992) – (Platinum)
La Mistrine (1994)
En spectacle (1996)
Xième (1998, also released in the United States as Rock 'n Reel) – (Gold)
Cordial (2001)
Anthologie (2001) – (Gold)
J'ai jamais tant ri (2003)
Anthologie II, 1976-2005 (2006)
Appellation d'origine contrôlée (2011)

Contributing artist

The Rough Guide to the Music of Canada (2005)

Awards and achievements

La Bottine Souriante has received the Canadian Juno award for Best Roots/Traditional Album on three occasions for Je voudrais changer d'chapeau in 1989, Jusqu'aux p'tites heures in 1992, and Cordial in 2002. They have also received several Félix Awards from the Quebec recording industry: four Best Folk Album of the Year awards for Jusqu'aux p'tites heures in 1992, La Mistrine in 1995, En spectacle in 1997, and Xième in 1999, two Best Traditional Album awards for Cordial in 2002 and J'ai jamais tant ri in 2004, and one Best Sound (Technical) of the Year award in 1993. Furthermore, they have received four gold records for Y'a ben du changement, En spectacle, Xième, and Anthologie and three platinum records for Tout comme au jour de l'An, Jusqu'aux p'tites heures, and La Mistrine. They are known for their high energy live performances and in 2000 were voted Best Live Act at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. BBC Radio 3 has also played their music in mainstream programmes.

2) Los Carayos

(Info from Wikipedia)

Los Carayos was a French band which released four albums between 1986 and 1994. They were active mostly in Paris in the mid-1980s, but side interests of the musicians, notably of Manu Chao, did not allow the band to take off.

Their songs were largely of a parodic style, mixing rockabilly, punk, blues, and various genres of folk from throughout the world, especially country, and hispanic music. They were also influenced by Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who is famous for his work in movie soundtracks.
 
Name

Carallo (Galician spelling) or caralho (Portuguese one, both pronounced the same) are slang words with several meanings including "penis".
Members

The members of Los Carayos have gone on to achieve success in separate projects on the French and world music scenes. The group members include:

François Hadji-Lazaro (also in Pigalle and Les Garçons Bouchers): vocals and diverse instruments
Manu Chao (also being in the Hot Pants, then founding Mano Negra): vocals and guitar
Schultz from Parabellum: vocals and guitar
Tonio Chao (Manu's brother, also being in Chihuahua, then in Mano Negra)
Alain from Les Wampas

Discography

Hot Chicas (1986) - this album also featured music from Hot Pants
Ils Ont Osé LIVE (1986) All or Nothing Rec. (D. Pasquier prod)
Persistent et Signent (1987)
Au prix où sont les courges (1994)

Further info:


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