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Néo-trad is a musical style from Quebec that arose around the turn of the 21st century. It can be considered a subgenre of Québécois folk music. The term combines the Greek prefix neo, meaning new, and the contraction of the word traditionnelle, as in traditional music.
It basically constitutes modernized Quebec folklore music, usually with rock and/or electronica. Some notable néo-trad artists are Mes Aïeux, and Les Cowboys Fringants. [1] Okoumé can also be considered a néo-trad precursor.
The expression can also encompass all Trad groups, modern times bands playing Québécois folklore (in a traditional way) like La Bottine Souriante, Les Charbonniers de l'enfer, La Volée d'Castors and Les Batinses. Inversely, the term Trad can encompass néo-trad groups.
The reel is a folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type. Of Scottish origin, reels are also an important part of the repertoire of the fiddle traditions of Britain, Ireland and North America. In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey and the waltz, and is also the name of a dance figure.
The culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting predominantly from the shared history of the French-speaking North American majority in Quebec. Québécois culture, as a whole, constitutes all distinctive traits – spiritual, material, intellectual and affective – that characterize Québécois society. This term encompasses the arts, literature, institutions and traditions created by Québécois, as well as the collective beliefs, values and lifestyle of Québécois. It is a culture of the Western World.
As a cosmopolitan province, Quebec is a home to varied genres of music, ranging from folk to hip hop. Music has played an important role in Quebecer culture. In the 1920s and '30s, singer/songwriter Madam Bolduc performed comedic songs in a folk style with Irish influences. Quebec's most popular artists of the last century include Félix Leclerc (1950s), Gilles Vigneault (1960s–present), Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1970s–present) and Céline Dion (1980s–present).
Les Cowboys Fringants is a Quebec folk rock music group formed in 1995 in Repentigny, Quebec. The French word fringant can be translated as "dashing", or "frisky".
The ceinture fléchée or is a type of colourful sash, a traditional piece of Québécois clothing linked to at least the 17th century. The Métis also adopted and made ceintures fléchées and use them as part of their national regalia. Québécois and Métis communities share the sash as an important part of their distinct cultural heritages, nationalities, attires, histories and resistances. While the traditional view is that the ceinture fléchée is a Québécois invention, other origins have been suggested as well including the traditional fingerwoven Gaelic crios. According to Dorothy K. Burnham who prepared an exhibit on textiles at the National Gallery of Canada in 1981, and published an accompanying catalogue raisonné, this type of finger weaving was learned by residents of New France from Indigenous peoples. With European wool-materials, the syncretism and unification of Northern French and Indigenous finger-weaving techniques resulted in the making of Arrowed Sashes. Arrow Sash is the oldest known sash design; produced by Québécois artisans in XVIIIth century, and later on L'Assomption sash after 1852.
Motel Capri is the third album by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants.
Mes Aïeux is a neo-traditional Quebec folk music group founded in 1996.
Karl Tremblay was a Quebecois singer. He was the lead singer of Les Cowboys Fringants, a group he founded in 1994 with Jean-François Pauzé.
Break syndical is the fourth album by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants.
Attache ta tuque ! is a 2003 double live album by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants. This album also included a bonus video DVD with music videos and some shots from the live show.
Route 131 is a Quebec highway running from Lavaltrie to Saint-Michel-des-Saints in Lanaudière. This route, combined with Autoroute 31, provides the key route to Joliette, and then continues northward through Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Saint-Jean-de-Matha and Saint-Zénon for a distance of approximately 125 kilometres (78 mi).
La Grand-Messe is the sixth album by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants.
Enfin Réunis is the name of the fifth album by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants. It's a double album. This album is actually the first two albums by Les Cowboys Fringants 12 grandes chansons and Sur mon canapé. It was created due to high demand as the two first albums were desirable object to hard core fans[...]despite the musical errors, simple songs, and the "cheapo" side of recordings.
En concert au Zénith de Paris is a live album recorded in Paris, France, which was released in 2010 by the Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants. This album mainly features songs from their 2008 studio album L'expédition. The group wanted their fans to have access to other songs recorded on the night they made the live album, so each week since the release of the album, a bonus song was released on their official website.
Sur un air de déjà vu is a studio album released in 2008 by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants. This album mainly features songs with a lighter tone compared to the band's first few albums.
Gus van Go is a Canadian-American producer, mixer, and musician best known for his work with The Beaches, Metric, Arkells, The Stills, The Sam Roberts Band, Lowell, Whitehorse, and Hollerado. Some of his other work includes Wintersleep, Michael Rault, Terra Lightfoot, Said The Whale, The Trews, and Priestess. He is also a member of the band Megative, along with Tim Fletcher and Jamaican reggae vocalist Screechy Dan.
Que du vent is a studio album released in 2011 by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants. It reached number 1 in Quebec music charts during the week of November 14–20, 2011, and peaked at number 60 on the charts in France for the week of November 21–27, 2011.
Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer are an a cappella folk music group formed in Quebec, Canada, in 1994.
Octobre is a studio album released in 2015 by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants. It reached number 1 in Quebec music charts during the week of October 23–29, 2015, and peaked at number 107 on the charts in France.
Le Diable à Cinq is a Canadian folk music group from the Outaouais region of Quebec, who play traditional Québécois folk music. Based in the town of Ripon, the group consists of brothers Éloi, Samuel and Félix Sabourin, their cousin André-Michel Dambremont, and their childhood friend Rémi Pagé.