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Located in Quebec, Le Vent du Nord (The Blowing wind from the North) certainly are a four-member group focusing on the original French-Canadian folk that locals make reference to as Quebecois music (or la musique québécoise in French). The accordion, the violin, the mandolin, as well as the hurdy-gurdy (a musical instrument that dates back to middle ages times and is recognized as the vielle ? roue in French) are prominent elements of the sound, which attracts on influences which range from French middle ages music to United kingdom folk towards the Celtic music of Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany. The Celtic impact in Le Vent du Nord’s function is quite solid — they will have no issue playing jigs and reels — but unlike traditional Celtic performers from Ireland and Scotland, they sing in French. All associates of the group donate to the vocals, and all of these play instruments furthermore to performing. Le Vent du Nord had been produced in 2002, when Nicolas Boulerice (hurdy-gurdy, acoustic piano) fulfilled Olivier Demers (a violin, fiddle and mandolin participant that has used the well-known Cirque du Soleil) had been both participating in a music college in Quebec. A fireplace alarm that proceeded to go off at the institution compelled Boulerice and Demers away from their practice areas, and Demers went outside along with his fiddle in his hands; Boulerice noticed Demers keeping the fiddle and asked him if he understood any previous Quebecois music. Boulerice quickly understood that Demers was a significant expert on traditional Quebecois music, and it didn’t consider each of them lengthy to start carrying out collectively. Le Vent du Nord officially became an organization when Boulerice and Demers became a member of makes with Réjean Brunet (acoustic bass, accordion, piano) and Simon Beaudry (acoustic guitar). Before becoming a member of Le Vent du Nord, Brunet got recorded along with his sibling André Brunet (known for his use the important Quebecois group La Bottine Souriante) as fifty percent of the duo Les Frères Brunet (The Brunet Brothers). Le Vent du Nord’s debut recording, Maudite Moisson, premiered from the Toronto-based Borealis Recordings in 2003, and their second recording, Les Amants du Saint-Laurent, was documented for Borealis the next yr. Borealis released Le Vent du Nord’s third recording, Dans les Airs, in 2007.
