Robert Sylvain
Chère Leonore
This is part of a series of posts detailing the recreation of each song in Mémère’s Notebook, including their historical roots, various versions in print and field recordings, analysis of Elisa’s rendition, the process of researching the melodies, transcribing and translating the French lyrics, and the eventual arranging, performing and recording of these old Acadian…
Retour du Congrès Mondial Acadien
https://cma2024.ca/fr/programme/artistes/robert-sylvain-steve-muise Robert Sylvain and Steve Muise are set to return to old Acadie for the huge international festival CMA 2024, reaffirming Maine’s contributions to the Acadian diaspora, and Acadians’ contributions to Maine culture. We’ll be playing two concerts, in downtown Yarmouth, and in Steve’s parents’ homeland area of Pubnico, as well as many house concerts…
Maine Historical Society July 11th
Merci! Robert Sylvain and Steve Muise brought the house down with their Acadian tunes and Geary Brewing Company and 1820 Brewing Company kept us refreshed in the summer heat at our first Beer in the Garden. Thank you to all who came out, and we’ll see you at the next one! https://www.mainehistory.org/…/beer-in-the-garden-august/
Chansons du Vieux Québec
Thanks to Whit Ford who came to the MHS show and gave me this old tome of folksongs from Québec. Lo and behold, if it didn’t contain a song I’ve been chasing recently, “La Sourde Muette” which has many many odd versions that I’m starting to put together for Volume Two. For those who read…
2024 Rassemblement
Saturday morning I’ll be presenting selections from the Franco American Programs audio archives that I recently digitized from 50 year-old reel-to-reel tapes for inclusion in the new Franco American Digital Archives/Portail franco-américain Saturday night I’ll be leading a singalong of simple traditional Franco-American songs in French and English from the late great Michael Parent’s songbook,…