LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??

Subject: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Feb 09 - 07:02 AM

Their website doesn't say much....but with the "Big Guns" departed..Are they doing much?...or are they (almost) defunct?

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: open mike
Date: 08 Feb 09 - 11:59 AM

their web site says they performed in glascow last week and have other dates in 2009 scheduled. Does Sandy Silva still dance with them?

She used to do percussive dance with Mark Graham, who played harmonica.
They called themselves "Hoof and Mouth"

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: Zen
Date: 08 Feb 09 - 12:13 PM

Yes... they performed at Celtic Connections in Glasgow on 29 January this year so still very much around despite major personnel changes.

Zen

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: sian, west wales
Date: 09 Feb 09 - 04:35 AM

Yep, saw them in Glasgow.

sian

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: Compton
Date: 09 Feb 09 - 05:59 PM

Was that Glasgow gig videoed?...BBC Alba may show it if it was!

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: Bainbo
Date: 13 Apr 09 - 04:35 PM

Were they any good? Thinking of going to see them at Durham, but I'm not sure what difference the line-up changes have made.

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: devonleger
Date: 13 Apr 09 - 07:13 PM

La Bottine Souriante is back BIG TIME!! The amazing Benoit Bourque (Matapat, Le Vent du Nord) has taken over from departed member Pierre-Luc Dupuis. David Boulanger (a colossal young fiddler) has taken over from Andre Brunet. The rest of the lineup is about the same (Denis Frechette passed away last year, I think). Sandy Silva is definitely still dancing with them.

Just saw them at Festival du Bois in Vancouver in early March. AMAZING!!!! They did all the old songs (Ziguezon, La Poule a Colin). Benoit says they are working up new material and will be releasing a new CD.

They sounded just incredible when I saw them.

-Devon Leger

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: doncatterall
Date: 14 Apr 09 - 08:12 AM

they are booked to appear at the Hebridean Celtic Festival in Stornoway in July

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: Marc Bernier
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 07:40 AM

Benoit Bourque is now with La Bouttine! That should work out well for both. He's quite the showman. Does Ives Lambert have nothing to do with them today?

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: devonleger
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 01:53 PM

Yves Lambert left the group a number of years ago. He has nothing to do with the group now. Their newest album "J'ai Jamais Tant Ri" is actually really fabulous, despite being the first album made without any original members (and without Yves). Eric Beaudry is the heart and soul of that album, with beautiful tunes he found from edouard Richard and some great songs.

Here's a link to buy that album:
http://www.trentesouszero.com/008-93.html


Here's a link to Yves Lambert's awesome new group, Le Bebert Orchestre:
http://www.lapruchelibre.com/lambert/eng/index.php

For those who don't know, Andre Brunet, Pierre-Luc Dupuis and Eric Beaudry (the core of the Bottine prior to Benoit coming on) have broken off to form their own ensemble, De Temps Antan. They are simply amazing!!!!!!

http://www.myspace.com/detempsantan




-Devon

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: GUEST,Dahlia
Date: 12 May 09 - 03:09 PM

Eric Beaudry is still with La Bottine Souriante and also with De Temps Antan. La Bottine will perform at the Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival this summer - July 31, Aug 1-2.

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 12:15 PM

I saw La Bottine Souriante yesterday, at the Dublin Irish Festival, and they were just amazing ! They're playing again tonight and tomorrow night, at the Dublin stage. If you're around, don't miss them !
www.dublinirishfestival.org

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: bubblyrat
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 01:19 PM

I love that kind of stuff !! I saw LBS live in Sidmouth a few years back,and they were fabulous !! But then I saw LVDN at Warwick last weekend, and so were they !!Vive Les Quebecois ! Next French treat---Bampton-After -The-Fair (Exemoor) and the Breton contingent ! Les Bombardes ! Les Danseuses ! Magnifique !

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: doncatterall
Date: 03 Aug 09 - 04:48 PM

they were in Stornoway mid-July - amazingly they get better every time I see them! Incredible step dancer with them this time - filmed for prog on BBC Alba - hope it gets repeated sometime - maybe on BBC4??

Subject: RE: La Bottine Souriante
From: GUEST,Dahlia
Date: 07 May 10 - 10:50 AM

La Bottine Souriante will play at Celtic Fest in Chicago this Sunday, May 9th ; Millenium stage. If you're around, don't miss them !

Subject: RE: LBS (la Bottine Souriante-Still Alive??
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 07 May 10 - 11:14 AM

I heard this band maybe 18 years ago and again maybe 3 years ago. It was entirely different. New band was slick, impersonal, with lots of rock/pop overtones. The young people in the audience were thrilled, but for me, the heart of it was gone.