Prairie folkies content to
explore their

HART ROUGE just might
be Saskatchewan's answer
to the Rankin Family ~
with a French twist.

But where Cape Bre-
ton’'s Rankins paid tribute
to their. Celtic-maritime
roots, Hart Rouge concen-
trates on exploring its un-
ique, prairie-based, French
Canadian heritage.

Comprised of three si-
blings who play modern
foik, Hart Rouge sits atop
the divide between French
and English in Canada —
and the North American
continent.

The three members hail
from a large, musical fa-
mily in the prosaicaly-
named Willow Bunch, one
of a few French-speaking
communities in the pro-
vince.

The seven Campagne
family kids alf have musi-
cal talent.

The performed together
in the 1970s at folk festi-
vals, with Paul, Michelle,
Suzanne and Annette later
forming Hart Rouge.

When Annette decided

From B14
Firefighters

International Assacia-
tion of Fire Fighters.

It follows on the heels
of a massive fund-raising
drive by Vancouver fire-
fighters that collected
$600,000 for the New York
relief.

Thornhill firefighters
have opted to stick with
the tradition of raising
money for muscular dys-
trophy this year.

PRAIRIE born French falkies Hart Rouge appear Fri-

day evening at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre.

to leave the band in the
mid-‘90s, it signalled the
band’s shift to a more

taots-based sound.
The bilingual band re-
leased a self-titled CD in

French roots

1988, followed by /ncondi-
tionnel in 1991, earning
Hart Rouge a SOCAN
award.

Hart Rouge’s first Engl-
ish project was 1992's
Blue Blue Windows, a title
inspired by their a cappela
version of Neil Young's
classic song of lament,
“Helpless”.

Since then, the band
has established a national
and North American fol-
lowing with a string of al-
bums, including Beaupre’s
Home.

The 1997 release helped
the band earn a spot on the
U.S. acoustic festival
scene.

Nouvelle-France, re-
leased in 1998, was a fur-
ther exploration of the
French experience in
North America,

Hart Rouge appears at 8
p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 at the
R.E.M, Lee Theatre, pre-
sented by the Terrace
Concert Society.

Tickets are available at
Erwin’s Jewellers in the
Skeena Mall.

still plan to raise money for New York

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 14, 2001 - B3

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