Le Vent du Nord on Bluegrass BKLYN podcast

Bluegrass BKLYN podcast features Le Vent du Nord: fiddler Olivier Demers explores Quebecois music, touring & tapping techniques. Must listen!…

VOISINAGES : new album and tour

Le Vent du Nord rises with a new album and a concert staged by Michel Faubert, inspired by their tours and by Celtic, Acadian, and Francophone music from the Americas….

New single!

We are delighted to share “Par-dessus le pont,” a first EXCERPT from the album VOISINAGES, to be released on October 10. LISTEN ON ALL PLATFORMS This is a story-within-a-story based on a song written in the 18th century by Jean Berger, after he and a friend were briefly locked up on accusations of brutality towards a Montréal bourgeois. Berger wrote a satirical song upon…

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After conquering Europe, Le Vent du Nord brings VOISINAGES to Montreal on Friday, April 17, 2026, at 8 PM at Théâtre Outremont.

A musical journey to the borders of Quebec, Ireland, Scotland and Acadia. From traditional foot tapping to Celtic melodies, a celebration of the roots that unite us.

Show directed by Michel Faubert.

Au Québec en 2026

Concerts

Voisinages Album

“Le Vent du Nord keeps their music both dignified and commanding (…). Their alluring je ne sais quoi revolves around masterful musicians providing snappy instrumentals, evocative vocals, rousing responses in sweet, tasteful, dynamic musical arrangements full of soul and spirit.”

“Spirited, open-hearted calls”

“It takes precisely two seconds and a rapid cascade down the piano keys before there’s zero ambiguity about who you’re listening to: it’s unmistakably Le Vent du Nord (…) When the second track, Bienvenue, shifts into a reel and the foot-stomping kicks in, it becomes impossible not to get swept along. // ”När spåret Bienvenue efter en mer stilsam inledning övergår i en reel och fotstampet börjar är det omöjligt att inte ryckas med”

“This album is everything you’d expect, and more. Epitomising the energetic contemporary folk of Quebec, Le Vent du Nord have been lauded and awarded more times than I can remember. (…) What to highlight? There’s so much good stuff, from the comic-protest song Par-Dessus le Pont with its topical resonance of the punishment for satire directed at the powerful, to the achingly beautiful Fleur Radieuse by André Brunet for his wife. In between are the pastoral Le Canotier as a birch bark canoe navigates the mighty St Lawrence, the warlike Carillon with its tale of blood and British defeat, and that turlute L’Acadie which puts me in mind of the calypso Banana Boat Song.”

“Whether traditional, like the rambunctious call-and-response of opener ‘Par-dessus le pont’ or newly-minted from the five members of Le Vent du Nord themselves (Nicolas Boulerice, André Brunet, Réjean Brunet, Olivier Demers and ‘new kid’ André (Dédé) Gagné), these tunes are spirited, open-hearted calls for more honesty and reconciliation. Even after 23 years on the road, it’s brilliantly clear that Le Vent du Nord have lost none of their passion, creativity and joy.” ★ ★ ★ ★

#1 TOP ALBUM & #1 TOP ARTIST

“Embarrassment of musical talent”

#10 Transglobal World Music Chart

“In this day and age, the music of Le Vent du Nord is just the tonic we need and ‘Voisinages’ provides it.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— Tom Povey, RnR Magazine (UK nov/dec 2025)

“Quebec folk band Le Vent du Nord are one of the most exciting and energizing live acts on the traditional music circuit.” “At a time when the US is turning its back on its neighbors from the north, Le Vend du Nord’s call “for more openness and reconciliation; an invitation to be more neighborly” couldn’t be more timely.”
— ARTSFUSE (Boston, USA)

“This far into their musical career, Le Vent du Nord have no difficulty conveying their passion for their music; it’s a joyful life-affirming listen.”

— AMERICANA UK

“Their work keeps the French language and the province’s rural repertoire alive while renewing it through rhythmic invention and harmonic depth. “Du Nord au Sud” draws on Quebec dance-tune phrasing. The twin fiddles of Brunet and Demers carry the lead in close counterpoint, with Boulerice’s hurdy-gurdy drone sustaining the centre and foot percussion marking the beat. Réjean Brunet’s bass and diatonic accordion hold the low register, while Gagné’s guitar and bouzouki trace the harmonic turns.”

— RHYTHM PASSPORT (USA)

20 Printemps Album

Album winning 3 prizes: Félix, Opus and Songlines