Episode 1: Le Vent du Nord and Harry Manx

Air Date: April 24 2012

Le Vent du Nord and Harry Manx. (Video director: Ian Cameron/CBC)

For this Rendez-Vous, world renowned traditional Quebec band meets Harry Manx, a blues singer with a unique style.

Although they had met on the festival circuit, this is the first time they actually played together.  Le Vent du Nord have had many opportunities to collaborate on stage, and they have a very warm approach to playing with other musicians. Harry Manx is a loner with a very open mind. Together, they transformed each other's music by simply being themselves.

To his great surprise, hearing Le Vent du Nord's vocal harmonies on his songs gave a whole new sound to Harry Manx's choruses. This is the very first time that he accepted to sing in French and his genuine approach to music conveyed a new depth to these songs.

This session is a warm and friendly exchange, where artists get acquainted through music and allow themselves to be transported into the other's sonic world.  Playful and uplifting.

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Episode Credits

Musicians
Harry Manx – voice, banjo, mohan vina
Le Vent du Nord is:
Nicolas Boulerice – voice, hurdy gurdy, accordion, snare
Olivier Demers – violin, foot-tapping, (podorythmie), voice
Simon Beaudry – guitar, bouzouki, voice
Réjean Brunet – bass, mouth harp, accordion, voice

CBC Radio 2 team
Director of Radio Music, English services (Toronto): Mark Steinmetz
Radio producer: Sophie Laurent
Host: Rebecca Makonnen

Espace musique team
Director, Espace musique (Montreal): Christiane Leblanc
Radio producer: Guylaine Picard
Production assistant: Jérôme Rocipon
Host: Rebecca Makonnen
Supervisors, Musical and Technical Productions: Yves Cléroux
Supervising technician, Musical Productions and Specials: Michaël Néron
Sound recording engineer: Guy Charbonneau
Assistants: Pierre Dulong, Sébastien Heppel

Video team
Video director: Ian Cameron
Host: Rebecca Makonnen
Technical producer: Denis Beauchamp
EPP supervising technician: Claude Dubé
DOP and cameraman:Jacques Gilbert
Cameraman: Denis Christopherson
Lighting board technician: Miguel Asselin
Video editor: Daniel Audet

Web team
CBC Web Team: Lily Mills, Lily Ames, Geoff Isaac
Photographer: Federico Ciminari

Graphic design
Jasmin Simard