Le Rêve du Diable (''The Devil's Dream'') is a Canadian
folk music
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group from
Quebec
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. It is one of the oldest
folk music
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bands in the
province
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, and has been performing folk music for more than forty years.
History
The band was founded by Gervais Lessard and Claude Méthé in 1974. In recent years the band's members include Lessard and Claude "Le Clin" Morin. The band made their first,
eponym
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ous album in 1976.
["Sympathie pour Le (Rêve du) Diable"]
''La Presse'', 11 December 2014. Dominic Tardif. They have since then released eight albums, the latest in the fall of 2013.
In May 2012 Le Rêve du Diable received the Quebec Medal of the National Assembly.
A documentary film about Le Rêve du Diable was created by filmmaker Feber E. Coyote in 2013.
The band continues to perform and present workshops about traditional music at festivals.
"Succès pour le Gala Doux"
''Le Journal de Lévis'', 18 September 2014
Discography
*1976: ''Le Rêve du Diable''
*1977: ''Rivière Jaune''
*1979: ''Délires Et Des Reels''
*1982: ''Auberge le Rêve du Diable''
*1991: ''Avec Cholestérol''
*1996: ''Résurrection''
*2002: ''Sans tambour ni trompette''
*2013: ''Avec tambour et trompette''
*2016: ''Un choix d'enfer, les grands succès''
Special guests
*2016: ''Chansons pour Hank'' (Feber E. Coyote, Productions Feber)
Filmography
*1975: "La veillée des veillées" (André Gladu, National film board of Canada)
*1982: "Crac!" (Frédéric Back, National film board of Canada)
*2014: "Le Rêve du Diable: avec tambour et trompette" (Feber E. Coyote, Productions Feber)
See also
*List of bands from Canada
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*Music of Quebec
As a cosmopolitan province, Quebec is a home to various genres of music, ranging from folk to hip hop. Music has played an important role in Quebecer culture. In the 1920s and 1930s, singer/songwriter Madam Bolduc performed comedic songs in a ...
References
External links
Québec Info MusiqueLe Rêve du Diable discography
at allmusic
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Musical groups established in 1974
Musical groups from Quebec
Canadian folk music groups