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    Les Chauffeurs à Pieds

    « Here comes the next big thing from Quebec. »

     FolkWorld – Germany

     

    « Les Chauffeurs à Pieds have become one of the most impressive and innovative groups on the Quebec scene. »

     Dirty Linen Magazine – USA

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    « Here’s a fine festival band, absolutely no doubt about it. »

     Living Tradition Magazine – UK

     

    « The band offers not only formidable drive and joy, but a lightness of touch that makes the music perfect for dancing. »

     Sing Out! – USA

     

    « One of their finest quality is the way they are able to express the sort of people they are through their music; it is full of zest, humour, vitality and commitment. »

     fROOTS Magazine – UK

     

    « They have created something different – finally – from the Quebecois trad scene. »

     Steve Fruitman, CIUT FM – Toronto, Canada

     

    « J’ai été conquis par une énorme dose d’originalité dans les arrangements, et une qualité musicale rare. »

    Trad Magazine – France

     

    « Then at the peak of excitement, and this excitement was full of peaks, all Chauffeurs’ players sang out, their voices layering the harmonies and bringing the crown to his feet. »

     The Chronicle Herald – Halifax, Canada

     

    « Les Chauffeurs à pieds sont plus libres et plus fous que jamais avec De ses couteaux microscopiques »

     Yves Bernard, Le Devoir – Québec

    Past shows (selection)

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    Québec
    Festival d’été de Québec
    Carnaval de Québec
    Festival international des arts traditionnels, Québec
    Festival Mémoire et Racines, Joliette
    Les FrancoFolies de Montréal
    Festival celtique international de Montréal
    La Grande rencontre, Montréal
    Mondial des cultures, Drummondville
    Festival La Virée, Carleton

     

    Rest of Canada
    Vancouver Folk Music Festival, British-Columbia
    Mission Folk Music Festival, British-Columbia
    North Country Fair, Alberta
    Winnipeg Folk Festival, Manitoba
    Festival du Voyageur, Manitoba
    Harbourfront Centre, Ontario
    Celtic Roots Festival, Ontario
    Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, Nova Scotia

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    United States
    Chicago Celtic Fest, Illinois
    Cityfolk Festival, Ohio
    New Bedford Summerfest, Massachussetts

     

    Europe
    BBC Radio 2 Cambridge Folk Festival, England
    XVIIth Commonwealth Games, England
    Sidmouth Folk Week, England
    Warwick Folk Festival, England
    Brampton Live Festival, England
    Celtic Connections, Scotland
    Skagen Festival, Denmark
    Gooikoorts Volksmusiek festival, Belgium
    Picnic Festival, Belgium
    Festival Musiques et Traditions, Belgium
    Festival Awaranda, France
    Festival Interceltique de Lorient, France
    Festival des musiques d’ici et d’ailleurs, France
    Festival Il Mondo in Musica, Italy

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    Australia
    Port Fairy Folk Festival
    Blue Mountains Music Festival

     

    Africa
    Xe Sommet de la Francophonie, Burkina Faso

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    French-Canadian Traditional Music

    The four musicians of Les Chauffeurs à pieds (meaning either Drivers on Foot or The Feet Warmers) are incontestably among the best in Canada for playing reels and jigs on fiddle, harmonica, mandolin, recorder, French horn, guitar, and foot tapping, as well as signing traditional upbeat or old ballad songs. With its eight albums, including some nominations for prestigious awards, its collaboration with several well-renowned artists, enthusiastic reviews from the media, successful international tours, not to speak of its musical intelligence and twisted sense of humour in English, Les Chauffeurs à pieds confirms its status among today’s main folk bands.

    Contact + booking
     

    Antoine Gauthier

    1-418-440-9090

    musique@leschauffeurs.com

     

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    Antoine Gauthier is a renown fiddler, mandolinist, singer and poet. He has recorded an album entitled “Quebec Traditional Fiddle” with his mother Céline Fortin on piano, and is actually preparing a second one. Several of its compositions are played by diverse musicians in Canada and abroad. He is the founder of Scorbut Records and Director General of the Quebec Council for Intangible Heritage.

    Louis-Simon Lemieux is a master fiddler, harmonica player, guitarist, foot percussionist and singer. He is regularly playing within various projects or groups, notably with his father fiddler Daniel Lemieux, with whom he recorded two albums. He teaches music on occasion during specialized camps. Louis-Simon is also a well demanded soundman at his own Studio des Trois Lits in Québec City.

    Benoît Fortier is an outstanding recorder, harmonica, French horn, bass and keyboard player as well as a vocalist. He holds a master degree in interpretation (French horn) and a master degree in composition. Benoît regularly works within important projects soliciting its numerous creative talents, notably with symphonic orchestras.

    Olivier Soucy is a guitarist, fiddler, harmonica player and singer with an incredible sense of music. He performs within different projects or bands. He notably realized his own solo ‘trad-folk-electroacoustic’ album entitled Patrimoine Irréel. Oliver teaches agronomy at Laval University.

    VIDEO PROMO 2017