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CANO
CANO, a Canadian progressive rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, was the most successful popular musical group in Franco-Ontarian history. Origins CANO evolved out of the ''Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario'' (''Artists' Cooperative of Northern Ontario''), an artists' collective established in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, in 1970.Kuzyk, Jane. "That Band from Sudbury." ''The Globe and Mail'', November 30, 1977. The cooperative was responsible for developing many of the current cultural institutions of the city's Franco-Ontarian community. The La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Prise de parole, Prise de Parole publishing house, Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, La Nuit sur l'étang and CANO-Musique, as the band was then called, all evolved out of projects launched by artists associated with the cooperative. While based in Sudbury, the cooperative bought an abandoned 320-acre farm in Armstrong, Ontario, Earlton that became an artists' haven and buffalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Aymar
Marcel Aymar (born in Meteghan, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian musician, composer, writer and actor. He moved to Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario in 1972 as a teen and was a founding member of the popular Franco-Ontarian group CANO, playing guitar.Kuzyk, Jane. "That Band from Sudbury." ''The Globe and Mail'', November 30, 1977. During this time, he was also active in the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario. Aymar, with John Doerr and Marc Cholette, wrote the theme song for CBC Television's ''CBC News: The National, The National'' and Télévision de Radio-Canada, SRC's ''Soirée du Hockey'', the French equivalent to ''Hockey Night in Canada''. He also wrote the soundtrack for the film ''Jerome's Secret (Le secret de Jérôme)'', and toured with Robert Paquette and Paul Demers as the performing group Paquette-Aymar-Demers. In 2003, he recorded his self-titled debut solo album, ''Aymar''. The album is diverse, featuring folk cajun styles, rock songs ("Dans un café américain à Paris"), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendezvous (CANO Album)
''Rendezvous'' was the fourth album by the Canadian progressive rock band, CANO. Released in 1979, the album was produced by Jim Vallance, who later married CANO singer Rachel Paiement. ''Rendezvous'' was the band's final studio album with most of its original lineup. On the RPM charts, ''Rebound'' reached No. 97 on December 22, 1979. Track listing # "Rebound" (4:31) # "Entente" (4:56) # "Clown Alley" (3:09) # "Sometimes the Blues" (4:36) # "Other Highways" (4:42) # "L'autobus de la pluie" (5:52) # "Floridarity Forever" (3:45) # "Mime Artist" (5:50) Personnel CANO: *Marcel Aymar - lead vocals, acoustic guitar *David C. Burt - electric guitar, acoustic guitar *Michel Dasti - drums, percussion *John Doerr - bass, trombone *Michael Kendel - vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electric guitar *Wasyl Kohut - violins *Rachel Paiement - lead vocals, acoustic guitar with: *Bryan Adams - background vocals on "Mime Artist" * John Anthony Helliwell - saxophone on "Rebound" *Brian Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse (CANO Album)
''Eclipse'' is the third album by the Canadian progressive rock band, CANO CANO, a Canadian progressive rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, was the most successful popular musical group in Franco-Ontarian history. Origins CANO evolved out of the ''Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario'' (''Artists' Cooperative of N .... Produced by Gene Martynec and released in 1978, the album was the band's first to include English-language material. Most of the album was recorded shortly after the death of founding member André Paiement. Track listing # "Soleil mon chef" # "Earthly Mother" # "Cercles de la nuit" # "Rumrunner's Runaway" # "Moon Lament" # "Ça roule" # "Bienvenue 1984" References 1978 albums CANO albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tous Dans L'même Bateau
''Tous dans l'même bateau'' (''All in the Same Boat'') was the debut album by the Canadian progressive rock group, CANO. Released in 1976, the album was produced by Luc Cousineau and Jon Red Mitchell. In 2021, two of the album's classic songs, André Paiement's "Dimanche après-midi" and Marcel Aymar's "Baie Sainte-Marie," were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame () is a Canadian non-profit organization, founded in 1998 by Frank Davies, that inducts Canadians into their ''Hall of Fame'' within three different categories: songwriters, songs, and those others who have m .... Track listing # "Viens nous voir" (8:35) # "Dimanche après-midi" (3:41) # "Pluie estivale" (2:53) # "Le vieux Médéric" (2:59) # "Les rues d'Ottawa" (3:49) # "En plein hiver" (9:30) # "Chanson pour Suzie" (1:05) # "Baie Sainte-Marie" (9:29) References External links * 1976 debut albums CANO albums A&M Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Paiement
Rachel Claire Paiement (born 1955) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. She is best known as a former member, singer and songwriter for the Franco-Ontarian band CANO in the 1970s."CANO reunites at La Nuit sur l'étang" '' Northern Life'', March 30, 2010. She also appeared as a guest musician on albums by , Michel Rivard, Paul Hyde and many more. She appeared in thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Paiement
André Paiement (June 28, 1950 – January 23, 1978) was a Canadian playwright and musician. He was one of the most prominent Franco-Ontarian artists, playing a key role in developing many of the cultural institutions of the community. Biography Born in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Paiement studied translation at Laurentian University in Sudbury, and got involved in theatre. Paiement, with a group of artists that included Robert Paquette and writer and broadcaster Denis St-Jules, wrote and staged the musical ''Moé, j'viens du Nord, s'tie!'' in 1970. The artists subsequently formed the '' Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel Ontario'', which evolved in a variety of directions. Some of the artists, including Paiement, established the professional theatre company Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario. Others, including Paiement and his sister Rachel, subsequently formed the progressive rock band, CANO-Musique. Paiement himself was active in both the theatre and band projects. His stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Du Nouvel-Ontario
Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (''Theatre of New-Ontario'') is a Canadian professional theatre company. Located in Sudbury, Ontario, the company produces French language stage productions. The company was founded in 1971 by the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario (CANO), a group of artists that included André Paiement, Marcel Aymar, Denis St-Jules and Robert Paquette.Wallace, C. M.; & Thomson, Ashley (Eds.) (1993). ''Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital'' (3rd ed.). Dundurn Press. . p. 249. It evolved out of an informal association of students at Laurentian University who united to write and perform a Franco-Ontarian musical theatre show, ''Moé, j'viens du nord, 'stie!'', in 1970. Other artists later to be associated with the company included Jean-Marc Dalpé, Brigitte Haentjens and Alex Tétreault. The company originally staged theatre productions at Laurentian's Fraser Auditorium. It subsequently acquired a former bakery on King Street in the city's Flour Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lu Zahalan
Mary Lu Zahalan (25 October 1958 – 27 May 2023) was a Canadian rock singer and actress.Paul Benedetti"Mary Lu Who? It's Zahalan and she knows where she's going" ''Hamilton Spectator'', 8 October 1982. Born in Renfrew, Ontario, and raised in Oakville, Zahalan was a Miss Canada finalist in 1975 before embarking on a career as an entertainer. She had entered the contest as a class project while taking a personal improvement class at Sheridan College to overcome her shyness; what she ultimately took away from the competition was an interest in the theatrical production aspects of the experience, so she then enrolled in the college's musical theatre program. She released her debut album, ''Think of Me'', in 1982, and received a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1983. In 1985 she performed vocals on ''Visible'', the final album by rock band CANO, and toured with the band to promote the album."Bravo CANO! Local fans revel in revitali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prise De Parole
Prise de parole ("Speaking Out") is a Canadian book publishing company. Located in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the company publishes French language literature, primarily but not exclusively by Franco-Ontarian authors. History The company was established in the early 1970s by the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario, a group of professors and students at Laurentian University who established nearly all of the city's contemporary francophone cultural institutions."Vive le CanLit français". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 19, 1996. Its first book, released in 1973, was ''Lignes Signes'', an anthology of poetry by Jean Lalonde, Placide Gaboury, Denis St-Jules and Gaston Tremblay, while its first fiction title was ''Hermaphrodismes'', two erotic novellas written by Fernand Dorais under the pen name "Tristan Lafleur".Gaétan Gervais and Jean-Pierre Pichette, ''Dictionnaire des écrits de l'Ontario français: 1613-1993''. University of Ottawa Press, 2010. . The most suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Galerie Du Nouvel-Ontario
La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario is an art gallery in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Originally launched in 1974 by artists associated with the CANO, Cooperative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario, the gallery was first established as part of La Slague, a local Franco-Ontarian community centre. It later moved to the Centre des jeunes, a Franco-Ontarian youth centre, after La Slague ceased operations. In 1995, the gallery was incorporated as a separate organization. The gallery focuses primarily on contemporary art by Franco-Ontarian artists. It is slated to move in 2022 to the new Place des Arts (Sudbury), Place des Arts facility in downtown Sudbury."Sudbury's Place des Arts on track for a 2022 opening" CBCS-FM, CBC Northern Ontario, October 5, 2021. |
La Nuit Sur L'étang
La Nuit sur l'étang is a Canadian music festival, held annually in Sudbury, Ontario. Established in 1973 by Fernand Dorais and a group of students from Laurentian University who were established as the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario, the festival presents a concert program of francophone The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ... musical artists over a night. Franco-Ontarian poets and authors may also give short readings between musical performances. The festival also stages an annual competition for new and emerging Franco-Ontarian bands, La Brunante. The winner of each year's La Brunante is given a slot on the Nuit sur l'étang bill. The festival offices moved in 2022 to the new Place des Arts facility in downtown Sudbury.Arron Pickard"Exterior design for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |