Denis Pépin & Susie Lemay

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TRADITION BEARER It was in his Portneuf’s hometown of St-Basile, that Denis Pépin first started playing the accordion under the friendly influence of Jean-Claude Petit, a local accordion player. His unusual talent and dexterity were soon recognised and he was quickly ranked as high as the two already renowned Quebec accordion players, Philippe Bruneau and […]

Jean-Marie Verret

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JEAN-MARIE VERRET Porteur de tradition BIOGRAPHIE Many Quebec natives born before the quiet revolution keep memories of Saturday evenings moving to the sounds of the violin and the accordion. As privileged witnesses of this era anchored in popular imagery, four generations of Verret of Lac-Saint-Charles perpetuated the musical traditional repertoire to us. In 1952, from […]