De Temps Antan

Pedal power

by James M. Manheim

posted 3/1/2007

The traditional music of the Quebec trio De Temps Antan ("Yesteryear") is all acoustic, but you might say it has a reliable power supply. The main engine is foot percussion, known in French as podorythmie. It's compelling stuff! I downloaded a seventy-minute podcast of a De Temps Antan performance from a Quebec roots music website and listened

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