WORLD MUSIC - VISHTÈN’S STORY – A TALE OF TWO ISLAND
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VISHTÈN’S STORY – A TALE OF TWO ISLAND Tracks: Figeac; Monsieur L'Matou; Shédiac Bridge ;Mariez Moi; Without Words; Belle Vue; Esprit Du Bon Vin; Vériné; Hermine; Valse Minette; Ben C Ben; Comment Ça Phil?; Reel Du Pendu; Jolie Coeur; Hariat; The Hills of Bounty Artists: Emmanuelle LeBlanc, bodhran, piano, whistles, dance, voice; Pascal Miousse, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, voice; Pastelle LeBlanc, accordion, piano, dance and voice; Louis-Charles Vigneau, guitar, banjo, mandoline, voice In the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence off of Canada's east coast, lays tiny Prince Edward Island and nearby, the even smaller archipelago known as the Magdalen Islands (les Îles de la Madeleine). In addition to being connected today by a ferryboat, both Islands have a shared history and a shared cultural tie that dates back several centuries. This cultural tie tells a story of early French Acadian settlers seeking a better life in the new world. In their quest to survive, many of these settlers eventually became fishermen and carried with them their musical traditions as a means of celebrating their survival. There still exists today a small enclave in Prince Edward Island where the French culture is predominant while the Magdalen Islands still remains primarily French. There has been a musical connection between these two places for centuries, traded back and forth through trips made on fishing boats in the old days and marriages among the French people which have taken place over the years. A musical marriage that embodies the spirit and the sound of this connection in the present is the contemporary Acadian traditional group Vishtèn. Today the four members who make up Vishtèn, Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc, Pascal Miousse and newest member Louis-Charles Vigneau, have become a distinctive and powerful international voice for traditional music from this part of the world. Twin sisters Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc were raised on Prince Edward Island and grew up in a household where fiddle music was commonplace. Their musical parents opened their home night after night to local and traveling fiddlers and musical jams into the wee hours were a regular occurrence.