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Points: 92 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 04 2016 at 05:55
Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

If you like the prog folk, then try Garolou.  They were Quebec's answer to Steeleye Span or Horslips


I will certainly give them a listen. A lot of bands are on the heavy guitar Hammond organ side so something gentler would give balance.
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Noted, Logan. I'll try to find them on YouTube and give them a listen. Thanks!

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Love the Quebéc scene and the work ProgQuebec has been doing reissuing some. Hope they do June Wallack soon. 

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Bigger on the inside.
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 04 2016 at 00:55
L'Orchestre Sympathique and Conventum are both excellent, among those not mentioned so far.
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Points: 9112 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2016 at 23:52
It wasn't just the local artists that became bigger in Quebec than anywhere else.  Artists like GENESIS, SUPERTRAMP, and CHRIS DE BERG broke early in Quebec, years before anywhere else, and others like STRAWBS were more popular in Quebec than anywhere else.  They even had cults for obscure artists like SHAWN PHILIPS, a Texan largely shunned in his homeland
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Points: 9112 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2016 at 23:50
If you like the prog folk, then try Garolou.  They were Quebec's answer to Steeleye Span or Horslips
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Points: 37598 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2016 at 23:35
My favourite is Dionne - Brégent.
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Excubus is next. Maneige I find is a bit outside of my taste.

Thanks for the comment, Barbu.
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Yeah, they are doing a great job. A bit pricey but worth every penny as far as I am concerned.

Don't forget to check out Maneige and Excubus.
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I've just recently become aware of the rich vein of progressive rock coming out of Québec in the 1970's. Harmonium is the most well-known but there were dozens of bands during the peak years of seventies prog.

I've been using the site progquebec.com to check out bands.http://www.progquebec.com/artistlist.html

CDs can be tracked down at http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Departments/Featured-Labels/ProgQuebec.aspx

So far I've been able to find the albums at Amazon too, though.

ProgQuébec has been reissuing these old recordings in the very recent past and so far most of the albums sound surprisingly good.
I have albums by Harmonium, Et Cetera, Morse Code, Vos Voisins, and Pollen and Offenbach and Sloche are on order. I'm looking at a couple more bands as well.

Though said to be highly influenced by British prog, I often feel there are strong similarities to RPI.
Most of these bands remain obscure because of the French lyrics. It was difficult for them to break outside of French Canada.

A lot of excellent material. Highly recommended for expanding any seventies prog collection!
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