Musique Francais

Several of my friends that i spend a fair bit of time with on the road are from La Belle Province! Montreal to be precise. Similar to myself they are avid music lovers and take their interests and collections very seriously.
I have never been not into french music, but i have also never really been into french music..make sense? I mean we all know Mitsou and her amazing assets...I am talking about her voice you know! We are also well aware of the many Montreal bands who have recorded in english and become quite popular through the years in Canada and internationally. However for myself , I had never purchased a french language record and was unaware of just how deep the talent really is.
I started to become aware of the movement in Quebec during the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. If you follow or read my blog you will know i worked every single day of the games at the mainstage downtown, and despite my grumbles and bitches, quite enjoyed and savour the experience. Now through the powers of the Quebec government and arts associations, several French artists graced my stage and all of them blew my mind! Now after leaving the Olympics and starting the Crazy Love Tour I became friends with some tour mates from Montreal working in both Audio and Video on our tour.
One of these cats is my good friend David who is as passionate about music as I am, and we started to talk about what amazing bands played the Olympics, like Malajube, Les Breast Feeders, Coure De Pirate (please disregard some of my spelling) and many others. David helped me in my quest for quality French music and my personal mission to seek credibility in La Belle Province!
The following are artists in rotation with me and i think you should check out for yourself. Now i am also trying , very lazily i might add, to learn to speak the language. However music knows no language, so despite not having a friggen clue what they are singing about half the time, I am moved by the music, melodies, voices, harmonies, and all things associated with these artists.
Here are a few ...

Karkwa

The winner of this years Polaris prize in Canada for the record "Les Chemins de verre"
Together since 1998 and releasing 4 full length records, this may just be the Francophone answer to Radiohead


Malajube

Again with 4 full length records under their collective belts, this Montreal band is absolutely awe inspiring.
The latest album "La Caverne" has not left my Itunes list in weeks!


Galaxie


Coeur De Pirate
-sorry bout the commercial-


La Patere Rose