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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…
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,…