Québec City, QC

A French-speaking city, and so I do.

Gets overwhelmed by tourists six months a year, from April to October, and by snow the other six months. A nice place, though, something european in the architecture and nice places to visit, especially the bars. Don't get fooled by the postal card, there's a city behind that darn Chateau Frontenac.

The music scene is very dynamic, especially for youngs singer/songwriter and somewhat jazz musicians, even if they have to move to Montréal if they want a serious career. I mean, they don't earn a penny, but they're really good. Lots of blues shows too. However, for american folk music, there's absolutely nothing. My favorite record store (dedicated to blues) had closed this summer. The biggest ones are Archambault recordstores, owned by Péladeau Jr, who also owns the half of the province. Recently, they opened a small folk section, so I can buy Folkways records at twice the price, but they still don't know Folk-Legacy.

I ran last year the only radio show dedicated to folk music, on CKIA, but I got tired of that metal music before and after my show.

Next april, we will welcome the Sommet des Amériques, a round of negociation of ZLEA (sorry for the french; go to www.cmaq.net).We will be very pleased to meet you if you want to join to protest.

Simon-Pierre