Vishten / Baal Tinne February 9, 2011

Vishten
There's an old saying that goes something like, “ Go out and make your mark in the world exploring the new ways but don't turn your back on your roots”. The members of Vishten have been doing just that for the past seven years, touring their brand of new-traditional Acadian music in over 1000 performances rendered in 8 different countries. Made up of third generation Acadians living separate but Parallel musical experiences, twin sisters Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc from Prince Edward Island, Canada have teamed up with Pascal Miousse and Louis-Charles Vigneau from the nearby Magdelen Islands to create a sound that incorporates elements of the new ways while retaining and staying true to the essential Acadian spirit of their roots. The sound is essentially Celtic but with a difference. The songs are French, sung by each band member, alone or in four part harmony. The foot percussion drives the rhythm in a fiddle tune at times yet refrains itself in the gentler musical moments. The band members are accomplished multi-instrumentalists and step-dancers incorporating the fiddle, guitar, accordion, penny-whistle, banjo, mandolin, piano, jaw-harp and bodhran into each performance. They are surely making their mark in the world today as their musical maturity comes through to captivate audiences wherever they play.

Baal Tinne
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Baal Tinne was founded with the express goal of exploring the full dynamic possibilities of Irish music, while staying respectful to the tradition of the music. Tapping some more contemporary styles and influences such as jazz, the band focuses much of their time aiming to take tunes from their traditional rhythm and building emotion, tension, dynamics into their sets. The result is a unique sound that stretches from emotive laments to powerful, explosive sets with a driving rhythm that pushes tunes to their climactic limits.

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