| Entrevues | Articles | Citations | ENTREVUES A Down-Home Acadian Party By Deena Waisberg for Canadian Living Online Magazine Interview with Barachois By Sean McSweeney of Adhoc, Sunday 1 August, 1999. Arts on the Air Package on Barachois An Acadian music group from Prince Edward Island/German concert tour By Thomas Marzahl, 10.6240, kein HON Bitte fünf Jahre archivieren! ARTICLES Review: BARACHOIS Naturel Kerry Dexter , Dirty Linen Magazine: October/November '02, Tallahassee, FL Barachois Naturel Patrick Plouchart, Trad Magazine No. 84, France, 02-Jul-02 Barachois comes of age Campbell Webster, The Guardian, Charlottetown, PEI., 14-Sep-01 Barachois gets Juno nomination CBC web site, , 02-Feb-00 Mix of humor and music a delight Greg Burliuk, The Kingston Whig-Standard, Kingston, Ontario, 30-Jun-98 Un petit Vendredi soir sympa... Richard Labbé, La Presse, Montréal , 25-Jun-98 Acadian musicians teem with life in 'best' show Gail Sjuberg, Gulf Islands Driftwood, , 13-May-98 Live Review Barachois (Celtic Connections) Peter Fairbairn, The living Tradition, , 20-Jan-98 Barachois? quirks involves audience By Edward Walton, Daily News, Prince Rupert, B.C., 11-Jan-98 High-energy Barachois delights Acadie en fête Stephen Pedersen, The Chronical-Herald The Mail Star, Halifax NS, 27-Oct-97 Un violon vaut mille mots Dawn Smyth, Le Front, , 04-Sep-97 Ovation debout pour Barachois Pière Fortier, L'Acadie Nouvelle, , 17-Feb-97 CITATIONS DE PRESSE "THIS IS THE MOST TOTALLY ENTERTAINING GROUP WE HAVE EVER SEEN PERFORM IN CONCERT." Bill Margeson, Irish American News, Chicago, 06-Mar-02 "WHAT A SHOW....FROM THE SECOND THE SHOW BEGAN, BARACHOIS BAND MEMBERS ALBERT, HELENE, LOUISE AND CHUCK, HELD THEIR AUDIENCE SPELLBOUND..." Sue Gallant, The BUZZ Arts & Entertainment, Summerside P.E.I., 01-Sep-00 "BARACHOIS GAVE A FIRST-CLASS DEMONSTRATION OF HOW TO DRIVE A THOUSAND PEOPLE MAD WITH DELIGHT..." Stephen Pederson, The Chronical-Herald, Lunenburg, NS., 12-Aug-00 "IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A FRESH, EXCITING SOUND WITH PLENTY OF TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE BUT AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL OF SHOWMANSHIP AND FUN....THIS IS A COVETABLE CD INDEED, AND ONE OF THE BEST TO COME OUT OF NORTH AMERICA IN RECENT YEARS..." Alex Monaghan, Irish Music Magazine, UK, 01-Jun-00 "WELL-EARNED STANDING OVATION WAS THOROUGHLY RESOUNDING..." Ann V. Harvie, The Brooks Bulletin, Brooks, Alberta, 15-Mar-00 "LES QUATRES COMPÈRES N'ONT PAS LEUR PAREIL POUR ENVOÛTER LE PUBLIC DÈS LE PREMIER MORCEAU" Haut Anjou, Chateau Gontier, France, 20-Aug-99 "...CES QUATRE MUSICIENS LA SONT LA TEMPÊTE. ILS VOUS ENTRAÎNENT DANS UN VÉRITABLE SHOW VOUS LAISSANT À PEINE LE TEMPS DE REPRENDRE VOTRE SOUFFLE. DE L'ÉNERGIE À REVENDRE." La Presse de la Manche, Saint-Vaast-La-Hougue, 15-Aug-99 "...THE TREMENDOUS BARACHOIS, FROM CANADA, NOT ONLY SERIOUSLY FUNNY, ALL FOUR MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY TALENTED MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL MUSICIANS, SINGERS, AND PERCUSSIVE STEP DANCERS...THEY TRULY STOLE THE SHOW." Warwic Folk Festival, The Living Tradition, 09-Jan-99 "THE TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN CAN FLAT-OUT PLAY AND SING AND CLOG AND GO FOR A CROWD'S HEART... FRIDAY NIGHT'S SHOW KICKED OFF WITH THE EIGHT FURIOUSLY CLOGGING FEET OF BARACHOIS, CAPTIVATING AND ADORABLE...THEIR MUSIC WAS SUPERB. " David Perry, The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts, 27-Jul-98 "THE NIGHT'S BIGGEST SURPRISE WAS BARACHOIS, AN ACADIAN QUARTET FROM PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND THAT COMBINED FRENCH LYRICS, VIVACIOUS DRIVE, DAFFY WIT AND A THEATRICAL FLAIR..." Daniel Gewertz, The Boston Herald, 25-Jul-98 "THEIR CONCERT LAST NIGHT AT THE GRAND THEATRE WAS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING AND DELIGHTFUL I'VE BEEN TO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. CHIEF AMONG THE DELIGHTS WAS ITS UNPREDICTABILITY." Greg Burliuk, The Kingston Whig-Standard, Kingston, Ontario, 30-Jun-98 "BARACHOIS? LE FEU, MES AMIS!" Richard L'abbe, La Presse, Montreal, 27-Jun-98 "THE PROVERBIAL ALL - SINGING, ALL DANCING (OFTEN WHILE SEATED) TROUPE, THIS FOURSOME FIDDLED, STEP DANCED AND MIMED THEIR WAY THROUGH ACADIAN TALES OF TUMMYACHE AND HEARTACHE ALIKE, THEIR PERCUSSIVE FEET DRIVING THE MUSIC ALONG WITH NO LITTLE VERVE. ONE OF THE HITS OF CELTIC CONNECTIONS SO FAR." Rob Adams, The Herald, Glasgow Scotland, 21-Jan-98 "AND OH! HOW THEY DANCED. SITTING DOWN, STANDING UP, INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A FOURSOME, THEIR RED SOCKS FLASHED AND BLURRED.... DON?T MISS ANY OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BARACHOIS IN CONCERT." Peter Fairbairn, The Living Tradition, United Kingdom, 20-Jan-98 "AN ECLECTIC ALCHEMY OF HUMOUR AND TOP-NOTCH MUSICIANSHIP HAD SUNDAY?S AUDIENCE AT THE PAC BOWLED OVER BY BARACHOIS. " Edward Walton, TheDaily News, Prince Rupert, B.C., 11-Jan-98 "THE WHIMSICAL HUMOR AND EXPLOSIVE ENERGY OF BARACHOIS...PROPELLED THE 12TH LUNENBURG FOLK HARBOUR FESTIVAL HOME SUNDAY NIGHT ON A TIDAL WAVE OF YOUTHFUL HIGH SPIRITS...(THEY) BOWLED OVER THE FINAL NIGHT'S AUDIENCE..." Stephen Pedersen, The Halifax Mail-Star, Halifax, N-S, 08-Nov-97 "WHEN IT COMES TO DELIGHTING THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF A CROWD, NO ONE DOES IT BETTER THAN BARACHOIS. THIS BOUNCY QUARTET OF ACADIAN MUSICIANS FROM PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HAVE GOT IT ALL - ENERGY, HIGH SPIRITS, WIT, CHARM, AND MUSICAL DYNAMITE. " Stephen Pedersen, The Mail Star, Halifax NS, 27-Oct-97 "AVEC BARACHOIS, IL FALLAIT S'ATTENDRE À TOUT, À UN SPECTACLE D'HUMOUR ET DE DANSES À CLAQUETTES, À UN DRAME SUBTIL BIEN CACHÉ SOUS LES SOURIRES... À UNE EXPLOSION DE COULEURS." Dawn Smyth, Le Front, 04-Sep-97 ""... YES , EVEN IF THE TONDER FESTIVAL IS 23 YEARS OLD, AND MUSICAL PHENOMENA ARE PLENTY, BARACHOIS WAS SOME OF THE MOST UNRIVALLED / INIMITABLE, IN THE BEST MEANING OF THE WORD, THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. " K. Frandsen, Berlignske Tidende, Danish perss review, 31-Aug-97 "TRANSCENDANT LES BARRIÈRES LINGUISTIQUES, BARACHOIS NOUS A MONTÉ UN DIVERTISSEMENT D'UNE TELLE QUALITÉ QU'IL POURRAIT À MOYEN TERME S'ATTRIBUER LE TITRE DE MEILLEUR SPECTACLE DE L'HISTOIRE DU SHOW BIZZ ACADIEN." Pierre Fortier, L'acadie Nouvelle, 17-Feb-97 "BARACHOIS IMPRESSED THROUGHOUT WITH THEIR SENSE OF FUN AND SHOWMANSHIP... EARNING A STANDING OVATION. " (Vancouver Folk Music Festival), The Georgia Straight, Vancouver British Columbia, 25-Jul-96 "LA GRANDE FORCE DU GROUPE, C'EST LA CAPACITÉ DE SES MEMBRES DE DRIVER L'ÉNERGIE DU MONDE QUI LES ÉCOUTE" Raoul Duguay, La Voix acadienne, 20-Mar-96 "...IT WAS BARACHOIS, A LOVABLE QUARTET OF ACADIANS FROM PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA, WHO DELIVERED THE MOST ENTERTAINING SET OF THE FESTIVAL. THEIR CELTIC MUSIC WAS EXHILARATING FROM THE OUTSET, WITH PLENTY OF SURPRISES SPRINKLED IN." Dan Willging, In Tune & Inside Arts, 06-Jan-96