Le Vent du Nord (The North Wind) performs original songs as well as traditional Québécois music, which is heavily influenced by Celtic music from Ireland and Brittany. As noted on its website, the group is considered “a driving force in progressive folk” that “captures the energy and mirth of a Saturday night kitchen party, infusing old Québec with a breath of fresh, cosmopolitan air.”
Since its founding in 2002, Le Vent du Nord has racked up several prestigious awards, including two Junos (the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy), a Canadian Folk Music Award, and “Artist of the Year” at the North American Folk Alliance Annual Gala. The rollicking quartet consists of Nicolas Boulerice (vocals, hurdy gurdy, piano accordion, piano), Olivier Demers (vocals, fiddle, foot-tapping and guitar), Simon Beaudry (vocals, guitar, Irish bouzouki), and Réjean Brunet (vocals, diatonic button accordion, acoustic bass guitar, piano and jaw harp).
Tickets are $25 general admission (free for JSC students with ID) and can be purchased in advance by calling 802-635-1476 or emailing JSCDibden.BoxOffice@jsc.edu. Tickets also may be purchased at the box office starting one hour before show time.
The group’s performance at JSC is co-sponsored by Young Tradition Vermont, a nonprofit organization group dedicated to promoting and supporting traditional music and dancing by youth in New England and Quebec. Sponsors of Young Tradition Vermont include Concept2, Bari and Peter Dreissigacker, Vermont Violins, the Robert F. Hunsicker Foundation and the Turrell Fund. For more information, visit www.youngtraditionvermont.org.
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