HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF...
By Bernard Bujold -
On New Year's Day 2025, I listened to the songs of La Bolduc, a Gaspé artist who made a name for herself in Quebec in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Newport, near Gaspé, her father, Lawrence Travers, was an Anglophone of Irish descent, and her mother, Adéline Cyr, was of French-Canadian and Mi'kmaq descent. My mother was also a Cyr... I'd have to search the genealogy to find out if I'm directly related to the singer...
La Bolduc's songs told the story of her time, and I was surprised to find that in 2024, we're still grappling with the same political and social problems as we were 100 years ago! The endless debates between politicians, the lack of jobs, too many immigrants, the struggle of the poor against the rich, the cost of groceries, the stress of city life, and many of his songs speak of our close and constant but turbulent relationship with our neighbor the United States and Americans...
Time passes, but history repeats itself...
La Bolduc's oeuvre includes recordings of some one hundred of her many songs.
Happy New Year 2025!
SEE BIOGRAPHY LA BOLDUC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bolduc
By Bernard Bujold -
On New Year's Day 2025, I listened to the songs of La Bolduc, a Gaspé artist who made a name for herself in Quebec in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Newport, near Gaspé, her father, Lawrence Travers, was an Anglophone of Irish descent, and her mother, Adéline Cyr, was of French-Canadian and Mi'kmaq descent. My mother was also a Cyr... I'd have to search the genealogy to find out if I'm directly related to the singer...
La Bolduc's songs told the story of her time, and I was surprised to find that in 2024, we're still grappling with the same political and social problems as we were 100 years ago! The endless debates between politicians, the lack of jobs, too many immigrants, the struggle of the poor against the rich, the cost of groceries, the stress of city life, and many of his songs speak of our close and constant but turbulent relationship with our neighbor the United States and Americans...
Time passes, but history repeats itself...
La Bolduc's oeuvre includes recordings of some one hundred of her many songs.
Happy New Year 2025!
SEE BIOGRAPHY LA BOLDUC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bolduc
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