Les Tireux d'Roches

Artist Information

Biography

For 15 years, this Quebec world-trad group has been playing traditional music inspired by the Quebec repertoire, with a uniquely creative touch. Live or recorded, Les Tireux d’Roches know how to impress crowds and never go unnoticed. Storytellers, singers and musicians, Les Tireux d’Roches have developed a unique repertoire of traditional stories and songs called 'modern future', they take you on a fantastic musicial, story-filled, multi-coloured voyage into an imaginary New-World-of-old.

Les Tireux d'Roches regurarly tours in Europe, they participated to the Folk Alliance Showcases in San Diego and Montréal,they played at "Les Francofolies de Montréal" and at lots of other major scenes in Montreal including Le Medley, Le Club Soda, La Place des Arts and Le Corona. Their concert has also been presented at Radio-Canada (CBC). They performed official showcases at the OCFF Conference in 2006, RIDEAU in 2006 and Folk Alliance Canada in 2005. They also played major festivals in Canada including Calgary Folk Music Festival, Mission Folk Music Festival, Harrison Festival of the Arts, Winterfolk, Mémoire et Racines, La Grande Rencontre, Festival du Voyageur, Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France and many more.

They released their fourth album "Cé qu’essé ?" under the CFM Musik label and distributed by Select Music and IODA.

Their third album « Roches, papier, ciseaux !» was nominated at ADISQ and Folk Alliance Awards




Latest reviews

"... (St-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec), where speech is flamboyant and everyone has a bounce in their step. With their third album, this band, one of the best to come out of the actual acoustic "trad" tendency, demonstrates this well. Artistic qualities abound..." 8.5 / 10
(Yves Bernard, Journal ICI Montréal)

" With a passionate flair for traditional as well as world beat music, these 6 talented musicians create an efficient symbiosis between Québécois folk, and diverse sonorities rooted in Scandinavia, north Africa and the Balkans."
(Patrick Ouellet, Journal VOIR, Montréal) ***

"Following a lengthy period of creation and research, the group submits a musical document of great quality."
(Pascale Gilbert, Le Journal de Trois-Rivières)

"Of these eleven particularly generous tunes, the beautiful "Fresque du colon" stands out. It uses more than ten minutes of your precious listening time without ever wasting a second."
(François Houde, Journal Le Nouvelliste)


"The arrangements prove to be quite mature. Band members occasionally stray from the narrow path of traditional Quebecois music to venture into world beat. The result is a peculiar sound setting it apart from its peers."
(Philippe Meilleur, Montréal Campus)


"Les Tireux d’Roches shine in each musical style they encounter. In their eclectic universe, they glow with integrity."
(Yaelle Azoulay, Revue Folklore)

Their album "Roche, papier, ciseaux" should figure amongst your favourites.
(Jean-Paul Plante, Hebdo Maskinongé)

"No doubt this group and their 3rd recording with its gruff vocals and imaginative musical constructs will turn heads and excite a few ears, and hopefully, south of the border too. "
(Patty-Lynne Herlevi, Cranky Crow World Music)

Instrumentation

Denis Massé - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Accordion, back vocals
Dominic Lemieux - Banjo, Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, back vocals, bouzouki.
Pascal Veillette - back vocals, feet, Harmonicas
Luc Murphy - soprano saxophone, flute, Clarinet, back vocals
David Robert - drum

Discography

Album : Cé qu’essé ? (Feb 2010)
Album : Roches, papier, ciseaux (Feb 2006) Folk Alliance Awards and ADISQ nominee
Album : J'joue mon air... (2002)
Album : La boîte de silence (2000)

Official Website

http://www.tireuxderoches.com

Links

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Agency site

Audio

• La Jambe Alarte
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• Reel de la fesse crampee
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• Ce qu'esse ?
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• La Servante
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• Soldat - Slavhadswa
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• Les Saisons
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• Le banc d'Jos
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• Oh Mémé
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Video

Les Tireux d_Roches en spectacle 9 décembre 2010 - Cabaret-Théâtre du Vieux-Saint-Jean [www.keepvid.com]

Tireux_Medley_web.mov

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Press

• one of the best to come out of the actual acoustic "trad" tendency [+ Show ]
  

  "... (St-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec), where speech is flamboyant and everyone has a bounce in their step..."... (St-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec), where speech is flamboyant and everyone has a bounce in their step. With their third album, this band, one of the best to come out of the actual acoustic "trad" tendency, demonstrates this well. Artistic qualities abound..." 8.5 / 10
  

• The Quebec folklore group lunches a second album [+ Show ]
  

  Many people think that traditional music is redundant. That’s what we try to avoid, redundance », ex...Many people think that traditional music is redundant. That’s what we try to avoid, redundance », explains Denis Massé, Tireux d’Roches leader. The second album of the group, titled « J’joue mon air », is quite different from the first one. Furthermore, this Saint-Élie’s band brings our Quebec folklore back to life with instruments that are not necessarily so traditional…

• With a passionate flair for traditional [+ Show ]
  

  " With a passionate flair for traditional as well as world beat music, these 6 talented musicians cr..." With a passionate flair for traditional as well as world beat music, these 6 talented musicians create an efficient symbiosis between Québécois folk, and diverse sonorities rooted in Scandinavia, north Africa and the Balkans."
  

• the group submits a musical document of great quality. [+ Show ]
  

  "Following a lengthy period of creation and research, the group submits a musical document of great ..."Following a lengthy period of creation and research, the group submits a musical document of great quality."
  (Pascale Gilbert, Le Journal de Trois-Rivières)
  

• precious listening time without ever wasting a second [+ Show ]
  

  "Of these eleven particularly generous tunes, the beautiful "Fresque du colon" stands out. It uses m..."Of these eleven particularly generous tunes, the beautiful "Fresque du colon" stands out. It uses more than ten minutes of your precious listening time without ever wasting a second."
  

• The result is a peculiar sound setting it apart from its peers. [+ Show ]
  

  "The arrangements prove to be quite mature. Band members occasionally stray from the narrow path of ..."The arrangements prove to be quite mature. Band members occasionally stray from the narrow path of traditional Quebecois music to venture into world beat. The result is a peculiar sound setting it apart from its peers."
  
  

• they glow with integrity [+ Show ]
  

  "Les Tireux d’Roches shine in each musical style they encounter. In their eclectic universe, they gl..."Les Tireux d’Roches shine in each musical style they encounter. In their eclectic universe, they glow with integrity."
  

• should figure amongst your favourites [+ Show ]
  

  Their album "Roche, papier, ciseaux" should figure amongst your favourites. (Jean-Paul Plante, Hebd...Their album "Roche, papier, ciseaux" should figure amongst your favourites.
  (Jean-Paul Plante, Hebdo Maskinongé)
  

• imaginative musical [+ Show ]
  

  "No doubt this group and their 3rd recording with its gruff vocals and imaginative musical construct..."No doubt this group and their 3rd recording with its gruff vocals and imaginative musical constructs will turn heads and excite a few ears, and hopefully, south of the border too. "
  

Setlist

2 sets of 45 minutes or 1 set of 90 minutes.

We perform very well at doing a good first part for a main show as well as entertaining 20 000 people during a festival as the main event!

For french speaking crowds, Les Tireux d'Roches also performs some story telling.

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