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Newspaper Article
The joual in the clown
2000
Overview
'MUSICIANS' musicians.\" \"The best band in the universe.\" Just mention Canadian group La Bottine Souriante (The Smiling Boot), as they call themselves, and the superlatives start coming. With their recent signing by EMI, the release of the album Rock 'n' Reel, their scheduled top billing next week at MIDEM, the main global music industry bash held in Cannes, the stakes are raised as they begin their new millennium orbit around the earth. \"So far it's going well - we just did our six concerts in Quebec,\" says Yves Lambert, frontman, singer and accordionist as he, with Regent Archambault, the bassist, stir their morning coffee in the bar of Edinburgh's Dalamahoy Hotel on New Year's Eve. \"But not everyone is happy with us being here for Hogmanay. There are messages posted on our internet site saying things like: 'Strange idea to be in Edinburgh for the new Millennium.' The thing is, we've been doing these New Year concerts at home since 1989. There used to be only the Canadian Ballet with The Nutcracker until we began this fete tradition which now is very strong. We just had to do them earlier this year.\" And this, I suggest to them, is one of the hallmarks of the group as a whole: La-Bot-Son are as much a physical as a musical band with a strongly infectious presence that draws you in. The performances I have seen function like pieces of theatre. \"Mais oui,\" says Yves. 'Allez cherchez la publique' - we come on stage with that objective. It's us, but it's also very Quebecoise, that chaleur humaine, that joie de vivre. We go out to recreate that each performance. And there is a magical element about it too. It's never quite the same twice. I am the crazy guy, the clown, the maitre de la fete, but we are a collective and each of us takes his place on stage with his own personality to make the personality of the group. The best time of the band together is on stage. It's our time, when we become ourselves. And each time there is an unknown quality from the group chemistry. And we really look forward to that excitement.\"
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Scotsman Publications
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