Folk musicReview(Roues et Archets/Proper)The glorious harmony singing and song-writing of the late Kate McGarrigle and her sister Anna was influenced, in part, by the folk songs of Quebec, and Genticorum follow in their tradition with this spirited and entertaining set. This is a trio of young French-speaking Canadian musicians who started out playing jazz and rock before switching to acoustic folk styles, and now mix fiddles, wooden flute and foot-stamping percussion with guitar and bass, treating both traditional songs and their own material with sturdy, confident playing and good humour. The theme of the album is travel and voyagers, though traditional songs about fur traders or the perils of rowing on the Hudson Bay are interspersed with a slinky fiddle dance tune dedicated to a cat or a waltz apparently inspired by stoves and pans. This is a band with a quirky sense of humour and some rousing songs, all in Québécois French; the harmony singing on Grand Voyageur Sur La Drave and the driving, percussive instrumental Reel Circulaire show why they deserve their growing international reputation.
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