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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Genticorum for a House Concert
Thursday May 22nd 7:00 pm $10-

Yes! The hottest French Canadian band out there in an intimate house concert setting at Mike's music space and workshop on Canaan Rd!

THIS IS (mostly) SOLD OUT -- email Mike to check, there have been a couple last minute canellations -- RSVP PLEASE if you cannot come to surrender your seat to the waiting list and/or for detailed directions! michael@canaaninstitute.org

http://www.genticorum.com/
http://www.myspace.com/genticorum
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=17491260684

"Wonderful rhythmic flare ... a very full and glorious noise'" - SING OUT!

Genticorum are fast becoming one of the most sought-after proponents of Québécois musical culture, firmly rooted in the soil of their native land.The energetic and original traditional 'power trio' also incorporates the dynamism of today's North American and European folk cultures in their music.

Weaving wooden flute, fiddle, acoustic guitar, jaw harp, bass and foot percussion with strong vocal harmonies, they offer a blend of traditional songs and tunes as well as original compositions. Their distinctive sound, sense of humour and stage presence make them a supreme crowd pleaser. Since their debut in 2000, Genticorum has forged a solid place for itself on the folk and world music circuit, playing festivals, concerts and dances.

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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Genticorum -- New Cd out! "La Bibournoise"

"Many new bands that strive for their own voice while maintaining links to a well-established folk tradition fall disproportionately to one side or the other. Genticorum's third recording shows a fine balance, like a tight-rope walker, between the two worlds. A relevant, important recording showing deference to the past with an ear to the current Quebecois trad scene." - Matt Large

The Juno and Felix-nominated trio of powerhouse players, who came together seven years ago, just wrapped up an extensive tour of Australia, which included a gig at the prestigious Port Fairy Folk Festival. It was their second trip to the continent after playing another key festival there – Woodford – in 2005. In the past two years, Genticorum has appeared at numerous other prestigious events too, including Celtic Connections in Scotland, the Rainforest Music Festival in Malaysia, Tonder Folk Festival in Denmark, Vijlandi Folk Festival in Estonia, the Independent Music Festival in Alexandria, Egypt and the Rishon LeZion Spring Festival in Tel Aviv, Israel. They've also showcased at WOMEX and toured Denmark, New Zealand and the US.

In addition, the past few years have seen the band build a solid fan-base at home in Canada, where their first two recordings, Le Galarneau and Malins Plaisirs were huge sellers on the folk festival circuit. Thus, the upcoming launch tour for their splendid new CD La Bibournoise (Roues et Archets / Fusion III) will be a particularly momentous occasion.

La Bibournoise builds on Genticorum's trademark sound, which combines precise and intricate fiddle and flute work, gorgeous vocal harmonies, energetic foot percussion and guitar and bass accompaniment into a big and jubilant musical feast. Sometimes it's hard to believe there are just three band-members! As with the group's two previous CDs, the album combines rollicking covers of traditional Quebecois folk songs with a collection of original instrumentals written in the traditional style. La Bibournoise also introduces new sounds as Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand joins Pascal Gemme on violin for some groovy Quebecois twin fiddle on the "le Pommeau" set. As for the traditional numbers, they range from a piece about a monk who sneaks his lover into a monastery to a song about an ensemble of birds and rodents who provide food and music for a poor couple's wedding – until a cat interferes. It's little wonder that the band seems to have so much fun performing the songs, and that audiences have so much fun hearing them!

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Reviews of "La Bibournoise" :
May 1st, 2008
Genticorum - (Roues et Archets)

La Bibournoise
Steve Baylin - Montreal Hour
Miles Davis once said, "Don't play what's there, play what's not there." In the seven years since its inception, rousing roots triumvirate Genticorum - Montreal's foremost champions of traditional Québécois folk music - has (unlike so many others) swiftly come to understand what Davis meant. Mindful of the power of silence, space and the emotional sway of restraint, Genticorum uses concepts to great effect throughout La Bibournoise. Generous in spirit, meticulous in detail and flawless in execution, the trio - a sonic marvel of synergistic chemistry - never step on each other's toes, deferring to song rather than self - a lesson few learn in a lifetime. Still, that's not to say there's any shortage of heel-worn, breakneck bootstompers throughout, the best of which is Hommage à André Alain, an exhilarating tribute to the Quebec fiddle legend, wherein the threesome hit an almost larger than life zenith. But in folk, as in jazz, you can't really play until you can play a ballad well, and Genticorum do just that. Their poignant readings of J'y vas mon train and Valse Beaulieau are worthy of Wizard's Andy Stewart and the brothers Cunningham.

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April 24, 2008
Robert Reid - TheRecord.com

GENTICORUM -- LA BIBOURNOISE (ROUES ET ARCHETS/FUSION)

Genticorum is one of a handful of exciting Québécois folk ensembles to transcend the language barrier and expand into English Canada in recent years.

On their third album, La Bibournoise, fiddler Pascal Gemme, flutist Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand and guitarist Yann Falquet offers listeners the kind of music played for generations in the kitchens and parlours of Quebec. Whether inspired adaptations or original tunes and songs steeped in the tradition, La Bibournoise is an infectious brew of invigorating homespun music
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Canaan Jam Host

French Canadian influence on Cajun music.

Whether or not today's Cajun culture is all that similar to the present French-Canadian culture, Cajun music is closely associated with French-Canadian folk songs of long ago.

Before the Acadians were exiled from Acadia (Nova Scotia) in the 1750s, a large and impressive group of French-Canadian folk songs had already developed. Some of them, no doubt, had their roots in France, particularly Normandy. Many of them had their origins in Acadia. And, like so many other folk songs in other folk cultures, most were sung without accompaniment.

The major musical instrument of the Acadians of Nova Scotia was the violin, or fiddle. It was played at dances and weddings and probably even at wakes. Some people, including Savoy, believe the French-speaking Acadians may have learned to love fiddle music from the Scotch-Irish who inhabited Nova Scotia before the French were cast out. There is evidence that French and Irish intermarried in the province prior to the Acadian expulsion. Perhaps the Scotch-Irish gave the French more than spouses for the short period the two cultures existed side-by-side.

With the expulsion of the Acadians by the British, much of the French influence was gone from Nova Scotia. Many of the Acadians moved into the interior of Canada. A great number of the Acadians, however, finally immigrated to Louisiana. They brought their French folk songs with them and brought their fiddles as well.

Mrs. Lloyde Neil Holmes of Lafayette, a major collector of folk music in the Cajun parishes of Louisiana, says the French folk songs are still in existence in Cajun Country but the traditional Cajun music is indigenous to Louisiana.

In her book "Louisiana-French Folk Songs," Mrs. Holmes notes that French or French-Canadian folk songs were brought from France and Canada. They vary somewhat from the originals in music and words, but vary little in rhythm, she says. Today, few Cajuns sing these songs and they are found in few places other than music collections and in the homes of very old, very traditional French-speaking people. Cajuns do not seem to enjoy these songs as much as they do the tunes, which are native to the Cajuns of Louisiana.

The history of Cajun music begins with the fiddle. The Acadians-turned-Cajuns kept the instrument of their forebears and adapted it to their needs. In the early days of the culture in Louisiana when "country dances" at homes throughout the region were popular, two fiddles, one playing melody, and the other, harmony, were the only accompaniment. It was all the Cajuns wanted. http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001975/Peyton/Peyton10/Peyton10.html
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Based on firm RSVP's via email and facebook; This is about 2/3 full as of Friday morning. I highly recommend RSVP to Mike to reserve your seat ...

Sunday - only a few seats left ...

-m
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Hi Michael,

This is great. You should tell your « waiting list » that I strongly recommend the Serre l’Écoute show ! There are definitely one Genticorum’s favorite Quebecois band; their vocal arrangements are beautiful and well executed, and they have a unique and very interesting song repertoire – not your usual “chanson à répondre”. It will be a great show!

Yann

(from Genticorum)
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Canaan Jam Host

We were full, but ..... I just had a party of 3 cancel due to illness ...
let me know if you want their chairs!
-m
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 3138 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Is there a group of folks who would like to car pool from say, Greenstar? Meet at 6:15 or 6:30?
Louise
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