Festival de la chanson de Tadoussac: here are five outstanding shows that made it possible to forget the bad weather of the weekend

It was not the gloomy weather of the weekend that was going to overshadow the Festival de la chanson de Tadoussac. Rich in its programming, the talent of its artists, its intimate character and its exceptional setting, it won over festival-goers for this 39^e successful edition.

“The magic still worked”, underlined Sunday in interview Julien Pinardon, who concluded his mandate at the direction of the Festival with this edition. Despite the weekend’s weather, Mr. Pinardon draws up a very positive assessment. “It is certain that it was felt a little on the sales on Saturday with the light rain in the morning, but we are very happy with the whole and the great progress”, indicated the director, specifying that the team in was always figuring out the numbers for entries.

The secret places and stages located in enchanting settings could not always be used wisely and the organization had to turn to plans B on Saturday and Sunday by relocating certain shows, but everything went very well .

Here is our review of the most remarkable shows presented during the festival.

Worth

Favorite Friday for Valaire who ignited the village with his recent opus, jazz futon. “Tadou, you made the difference for us and tonight we have a long memory!” exclaimed Luis Clavis, evoking the moment when the floor of the Café du Fjord had collapsed due to the enthusiasm of the audience in 2007 during a show by their former group, Misteur Vallaire.

Their accomplice and collaborator Alan Prater, leader of The Brooks, was particularly on fire and accompanied the quintet which reconnected in its own way with its jazz roots.

Punctuated by short choreographies à la boy bandsthose featuring Thomas Hébert and Jonathan Drouin, respectively on trumpet and saxophone, were particularly nice, and from a tribute arrangement of thelove is a monster to Karim Ouellet, the show turned out to be the most danceable and festive, especially during By my side. Beautiful big happiness!

Elliot Maginot

On a stage adorned with garlands of light, Elliot Maginot came to offer a musical journey of great beauty to a packed church on Saturday evening. Surrounded by his four musicians, the Maskoutain performed his enveloping songs with his unique voice, starting his show with Easy Morning and concluding it with Holy Father passing through several melodic pearls of his repertoire.

Moments of grace followed with True Love Might Not Find You in the Endacoustic guitar, harmonica and transverse flute, You are Freeon the piano and underlined by the sweetness of the clarinet and the artist’s remarkable interpretations of to see a friend cry from Brel or even Hello boo mom by Alain Souchon. Elliot Maginot undeniably conquered the public.

Katia Rock

The charismatic Katia Rock offered two generous shows featuring her album Uapen Nuta / Land of our ancestors. Accompanied by a drummer and two guitarists, the multidisciplinary Innu artist presented herself in a magnificent native white dress. While storytelling, poetry and music, she shared her folk rock universe, sung in Innu-aimun, while drawing on her ancestral repertoire.

Her warm voice stood out on Tshin Nemushum (Toi mon grand-père), written by the poet Joséphine Bacon “on the back of a doily after a performance by Chloé Sainte-Marie”. Energetic, assumed, dancing and challenging his audience to sing along, especially in When day breaksshe also delivered a beautiful a cappella moment alone on the teueikan (traditional Innu drum) with Nukum by Cyrille Fontaine.

Hilaire’s Hostesses

The psychedelic rock group did not hesitate to lend themselves to the game in the basement of the church on Friday evening. A little after midnight, the members of the group appeared on stage with pastor’s collars before being joined by the singer Serge Brideau, sporting pontifical robe and headdress. The latter blessed festival-goers with a version of Washed Up Rock Bandfrom their album No time to fool around released last year. Throughout the high-energy and crazy show, Brideau kept playing his character to the hilt, opening the songs with prayers, sermons and preaching the good word to an enthusiastic crowd.

Philip B.

Sunday afternoon, Philippe B returned to the festival after several years of absence and superbly concluded it to the sound of his guitars and his piano, warm in the church of Tadoussac rather than outside.

Accompanied by a keyboardist and a guitarist, he came slowly to deliver his new album New administrationperforming for the first time in Tadoussac his new songs such as Pauline at the farm, I’m waiting for you And Exit / Exit, particularly standing out with the voice of Ariane Bisson McLernon magnifying the whole thing.

Drawing from his vast repertoire, he also offered Hypnagogia, Short hair, long hair, Summer Or We will go to the sun. A great moment of softness and light greatly appreciated by the public.