Le printemps Paul Hébert (born July 26, 1971) is one of the rare francophone references in the bluegrass idiom which has been predominantly English. In 2007, the “L'Acadie Nouvelle” newspaper dubbed him “Le Roi du Bluegrass” or “The King of Bluegrass”.
Paul Hébert was born into a musical family in Rogersville, New Brunswick, halfway between the Acadian Peninsula and Moncton,. He first learned guitar which quickly became his preferred instrument, playing mostly traditional music. He later learned and mastered the mandolin which often becomes his main instrument on stage. Paul Hébert has been a regular guest on the TV show Pour l’amour du country broadcast on the waves of Radio-Canada, TV5 and ARTV. He is also one of the most demanded back up vocalist in Acadie.
As some of you may know, and some of you may not know, this site has a really great reviews section located at the left side of the screen. It's been populated thus far by only a handful of members. I would like to draw more attention to it as it is a helpful tool for me, it lets me know what you guys are into as well as what I should or shouldn't check out.
Directions on how to upload a product,
Click on Reviews on the left side of the site, then click 'Album Reviews', then 'Upload Products' on the right side. Click the Submit button. Fill out name, upload picture, key words, and album info (song listings...). Click the upload/submit button. Then click on "Post a review" and there you can write your review and rate it on a scale of 1 - 10.
Feel free to post as much as you want and weigh in on albums that are already uploaded.
Basic rules,
1. Only post reviews in the reviews section, no comments on other peoples reviews, keep those conversations in the main section of the forum.
3. No posts/reviews on albums you haven't listened to.
3. List the songs on the album and any other general album information when posting an album.
4. Moderators and Administrators have the right to modify or delete ANY product or product review for any reason they see fit. (Sort review, no product information, advertising, spamming, duplicate...)
5. Have fun and discover new music.
I'm excited to say that we have a Facebook page. Hopefully it will be a great way to expand the community. If you have a Facebook account...be our fan and tell all your Facebook friends. Here's our page:
I found this on YouTube and though it was very interesting:
Description of the above documentary from YouTube:
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Frederick Elgersma - son of an immigrant family from the Dutch province Friesland in Ontario, Canada - was ten years old when he first saw Elvis on television. 'I'm gonna do that', he cried out. That day he wrote his first song.
Thirty-five years and thousands of songs later, Fred Eaglesmith is a singer and guitarist with a substantial group of extremely loyal fans, a celebrity in the small alternative country music scene. There's not a single bar or club on the North American continent, where he hasn't performed yet, either solo or with his band 'The Flying Squirrels'.
The 'farm boy' of strict Reformed upbringing, blessed with great talent for songwriting, hasn't strayed from his roots. He is a hero for those who recognise themselves in his lyrics: about poor farmers, racing trains, ramshackle trucks and love affairs full of misunderstanding. He feels no need to become a star. Due to his intensive travelling, Fred has become an open-minded, self-willed and witty observer.
Yet he had never been to Friesland, the Dutch province that his grandfather Rintje exchanged for Canada in 1939.
In There Ain't No Easy Road we meet Fred at a windy cemetery in the Fries church village Schraard. There he talks to Onno Elgersma, who has drawn up the family tree. In half of the graves, distant relatives rest in peace. That evening he performs for a hall full of relatives. His cousins Betsy and Andries explain to him that they have the same great-grandfather. Fred hardly has time to digest all these impressions before returning to his shack at the harbour of Port Dover, on the wintry Lake Erie. The visits to friends and relatives were brief: as soon as the bus has been fixed, he's back on the road. With a broader horizon and released from a few bad childhood memories and prejudices about the Dutch.
Besides being a portrait of the musician Fred Eaglesmith, There Ain't No Easy Road is an intimate story about family ties, emigration and survival. And furthermore: full of Fred's music from the beginning to the end.
Huib Stam (1956) has been writing about film for 25 years, including ten years for the 'Volkskrant'. He has also worked for VPRO Television. In 2001 he made his first documentary Side Canal B.
There Ain't No Easy Road is his second film.
All songs were written, composed and performed by Fred Eaglesmith.
This film was funded by the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Promotion Fund.
script/director : Huib Stam
camera : Erik Zuyderhoff
sound : Alex Booy and Mark Wessner
editor : Berenike Rozgonyi
sound editor : Mark Glynne (Peter Warnier Studio)
line producer : Hetty Krapels
production : Sara Höhner
producer : Pieter van Huystee
commissioning editor : Rein Tolsma (Fryslân Broadcasting Company)
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