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Film, Video Conversation with Vishtèn

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Title

  • Conversation with Vishtèn

Summary

  • Members of the band Vishtèn paid homage to their traditions and to the historic and strong musical connections between their two island Acadian communities.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-03-21.

Notes

  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Vishtèn, Stephen Winick.
  • -  Recorded on 2019-03-21.
  • -  Vishtèn is an award winning Canadian band that performs both traditional and original Acadian music with rock energy. Their original "neo-traditional" compositions blend updated versions of French and Celtic genres. The trio comprises multi-instrumentalists Emmanuelle and Pastelle LeBlanc from the Evangeline Region of Prince Edward Island, and Magdalen Islands' native, Pascal Miousse. These three artists are accomplished solo musicians as well. Located off the north coast of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island is home to a small but thriving a Francophone Acadian community with a rich tradition of song and instrumental music. Nearby, the even smaller archipelago of the Magdalen Islands (les Iles de la Madeleine) is predominantly Francophone, recognized for its distinctive French dialect, songs and unique fiddling style. All three members of Vishtèn were raised in homes in which traditional music, percussive dance and kitchen parties were part of everyday life.
  • -  Stephen Winick is a writer-editor in the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024696418

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Conversation with Vishtèn. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-21, 2019. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696418/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2019) Conversation with Vishtèn. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-21. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696418/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Conversation with Vishtèn. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-21, 2019. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024696418/>.