''La Grand-Messe'' is the sixth studio album by the

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néo-trad band

Les Cowboys Fringants Les Cowboys Fringants () are a Quebecker folk rock band formed in 1995 in Repentigny, Quebec. The French word ''fringant'' can be translated as "dashing", or "frisky". They perform '' Quebecker'' néo-trad music (modernized Quebec folk music ...

. It was released in 2004.

Track listing

Booklet

Guest musician

* Ivanhoe Jolicoeur: trumpet,

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Additional credits

* String arrangement: Marie-Annick Lépine * Brass section arrangement: J-F Pauzé1, D. Jespersen, I. Jolicoeur * Musical arrangement: Each band member does their own arrangements * Realization: Les Cowboys Fringants and Robert Langlois * Sound: Robert Langlois * Mixing: Robert Langlois * Mastering: Jim Rabchuck, Audiobec * Cover concept: Colette Beaudin and Valérie Dupras * Graphics: Jo-Anne Bolduc * Guest star: Vincent Caza

Special notes

* Album composed at

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between January and August 2004 * Arranged between Saint-Charles-de-Mandeville and

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, 2004 * Recorded between June and October 2004, Studio 270, in

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References

Les Cowboys Fringants albums 2004 albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub