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Penguin Eggs, CD Review >>
Here's another characteristically buoyant collection of Quebecois songs and tunes from Le Vent Du Nord, their third since 2003's Maudite Moisson! If you've heard anything of their earlier work their will be a few surprises here. Rejean Brunet replaces the ebullient Benoit Bourque and contributes accordion, bass and piano, and as a whole this is perhaps a slightly more upbeat collection than the previous Les Amants Du Saint-Laurent. But otherwise it is business as usual and a pleasurable business it is. Highlights for me include the a cappella Le vieux cheval anchored as it is in atypical metronomic foot stomps. Also, there's the very French (as in France) waltz Petit reve III composed by Olivier Demers, and a beautiful set of tunes collectively titles Du Labrador a Montmagny. So, while Dans Les Airs does not take Le Vent Du Nord that far from what they've been doing all along, it vertainly cements their place as one of the most consistently enjoyable groups on the North American traditional music scene.
By Richard Thornley 03/01/08 >> go there
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