De Temps Antan September 21, 2012

De Temps Antan ("Yesteryear") consists of two current members and one former member of the legendary Quebec group La Bottine Souriante. The two bands share a devotion to Quebecois traditional music, a modern attitude, a tendency toward response songs that get the audience involved, and a high energy level (call it joie de vivre), all boiled down with De Temps Antan to a trio format. De Temps Antan consists of Pierre-Luc Dupuis on accordion, harmonica, and bombarde (a brutally difficult pipes-oboe hybrid from Brittany); Eric Beaudry on guitar, mandolin, and bouzouki; and Andre Brunet on violin, guitar, and foot percussion.