{"id":536,"date":"2014-06-30T18:45:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/?p=536"},"modified":"2017-07-06T19:13:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T19:13:29","slug":"la-famille-leger-releases-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/news\/la-famille-leger-releases-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"La Famille L\u00e9ger Releases New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted: June 2014<\/p>\n<p>La Famille L\u00e9ger just released a brand-new album, <i>L&#8217;Etoile du Nord<\/i>, drawn from their research and travels. It&#8217;s chock full of French-Canadian music, mostly from Acadian sources. Louis L\u00e9ger, the group&#8217;s patriarch, grew up in both Moncton, New Brunswick, and Qu\u00e9bec City, so there are influences from Qu\u00e9bec as well. La Famille L\u00e9ger was also fortunate enough to be invited to the far North of Qu\u00e9bec to Nunavik for the Aqpik Jam Festival a few years ago. They&#8217;ve included two tunes learned from Inuit accordionists in Nunavik on the album as well.<\/p>\n<p>La Famille L\u00e9ger recently played for the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium Annual General Meeting. They also played at a reception for Inuk leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier as part of the <i>Future of Ice<\/i> lecture series. Watt-Cloutier was especially touched by their music. She was born in Nunavik in Northern Qu\u00e9bec and her mother was a great Inuit accordionist. In her closing remarks Watt-Cloutier said that hearing La Famille L\u00e9ger play Acadian music from her home felt as though her mother was present and saying, \u201cYou go, girl!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born of a time when family and friends would gather in the warmth of the kitchens of Qu\u00e9bec and New Brunswick to play and dance time-honored tunes together, La Famille L\u00e9ger keeps that rich tradition vitally alive. The L\u00e9gers play the dancing music of French Canada &#8211; the music handed down through generations in the New World, the music of back porches and kitchen parties. Patriarch Louis L\u00e9ger leads the band on the one-row melodeon (a type of button accordion), son Devon plays fiddle, Devon&#8217;s mom Barbara plays guitar and his wife, Dejah is on piano. This proudly &#8220;old school&#8221; family band will have your own family dancing and joining in on the fun.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about La Famille L\u00e9ger and purchase their new album, <i>L&#8217;Etoile du Nord<\/i>, please go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lafamilleleger.com\/\">http:\/\/www.lafamilleleger.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Devon Ledger is an affiliated graduate of the Canadian Studies Center (2005). The Canadian Studies Center has a Professional Development Program for Graduate Students enabling any U.W. student from across campus to join the Center as an Affiliated Graduate Student. Affiliated Graduate Students are provided with mentorship and opportunities on cross-border studies.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted: June 2014 La Famille L\u00e9ger just released a brand-new album, L&#8217;Etoile du Nord, drawn from their research and travels. It&#8217;s chock full of French-Canadian music, mostly from Acadian sources. 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