Fiddler and mother Georgina Audet made it her mission to preserve the island's square dances. Despite the harsh living conditions and opposition from the church, her father passed on a precious repertoire of songs and dances.
Descended from slaves in the former French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti), Creoles faced discrimination in South American society-too black for some, too French for others. They developed their own style of music: Zydeco.
International star Zachary Richard talks about his journey as a musician, explaining how the American melting-pot ideology tried to eradicate Cajun culture in the U.S. Richard performs his resistance song "Réveille!"
Chicoutimi carpenter Louis Boudreault epitomized the typical Quebec fiddler. He relates how he learned his trade and his introduction to music by his father, Idas.
In Quebec, ruine-babines (literally, lip destroyer) is a common term for the harmonica. It's also the name of a group of young musicians from the Montréal region.
