Une Chanson de Vérité - Folk Songs of the Prairie Metis

By: Lucinda Clemens

Origin: Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Track Listing

14 tracks

La chanson de falcon - Falcon's Song

Track 1 Side 1 01:46
La rose blanche - The White Rose

Track 2 Side 1 01:53
Un Canadien errant - Once a Canadian Lad

Track 3 Side 1 02:25
J'en ai dit donc - The Emigrant's Goodbye

Track 4 Side 1 03:15
Les voyageurs sont arrivés - The Return of the Betrayed Husband

Track 5 Side 1 03:33
C'est dans Jérusalem - The Tale of the Wandering Jew

Track 6 Side 1 04:23
Le départ du soldat - A Soldier Leaves His Girl

Track 7 Side 1 01:38
L'adieu de la Mariée - The Bride's Farewell

Track 1 Side 2 03:00
Un jour la petite - The Fraudulent Confession

Track 2 Side 2 01:33
Vous voulez me faire chanter - The Drinker's Inheritance

Track 3 Side 2 01:39
Petits enfants - An Old Man's Request

Track 4 Side 2 04:40
La lettre de Riel - Riel's Letter

Track 5 Side 2 03:27
Between the Forks and Carlton - Entre les forks et carlton

Track 6 Side 2 01:04
L'adieu de Riel - Riel's Farewell

Track 7 Side 2 03:07

Insight

Coming from Old and New France, or composed on the Prairies, these folk songs present a tableau of the joys, the sorrows, and the dreams of the Prairie Métis during their quest for autonomy between the Battle of Seven Oaks in 1816 and the Battle of Batoche in 1885.

Lucinda Clemens is a singer and musicologist from the Qu'Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan. She learned most of the songs directly from Gaspard Jeannotte, one of the last Metis folk singers. The first performances of the music on the record were given in Italy where Lucinda Clemens trained and is pursuing a concert career.

Lucinda Clemens: vocals
Romano Pucci: flute
Morwenna Minneci Jones: piano, harmonium

Musical arrangements by Lucinda Clemens
Engineered by Daniele Falconi
Recorded at Stone Castle Studios

Historical Photograph / Photographie Historique from Manitoba Provincial Archives / Archives Provinciales Du Manitoba
4 Pages Booklet in French and English Included. 19 Page mini booklet entitled "Listener's Guide" also included