Party Acadien - 1995 album of PEI Acadian kitchen party music

Party Acadien is a live recording of an Acadian kitchen party on Prince Edward Island from 1995. Recorded by CBC and produced by Jim Hiscott and Grady Poe, the album features some of the best Acadian fiddlers on the island. Violoneux/Fiddlers: Albert Arsenault, Eddy Arsenault, Louise Arsenault, Peter Arsenault, Hélène Bergeron, Anastasia DesRoches Autres musiciens/Other Musicians: Amand Arsenault (guitar) Marie Arsenault (piano) Philippe LeBlanc (piano, flûte traversière) Grady Poe (guitar) 0:00 1. La Reel des Acadiens (c. Edward P. Arsenault) / Trip to Windsor (c. Dan R. MacDonald) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Anastasia & Louise 2:54 2. Christy Campbell (trad) / Big John McNeil (trad) / McNabb's Hornpipe (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Anastasia & Peter 7:20 3. Reel Traditionnel (trad) / Reel des Insulaires (c. Felix LeBlanc) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Louise 9:40 4. La Bastringue (trad) / St. Malo (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Albert, Peter 12:50 5. Homeward Bound (trad) / Reel de St. Anne (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Anastasia, Peter, Louise & Albert 19:49 6. Swallowtail Jig (trad) / Teviot Bridge (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Anastasia 21:52 7. Cutting Ferns (trad) / Brenda Stubbert's Reel (c. Jerry Holland) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy, Albert, Hélène & Peter 24:01 8. Princess Reel (trad) / Lord MacDonald's Reel (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy 26:43 9. La Marmoteuse (trad) / Road to Boston (c. John Campbell) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy, Albert, Hélène & Peter 29:37 10. Pigeon on the Gate Post (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy, Albert, Hélène & Peter 31:30 11. Far From Home (trad) / Homeward Bound (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Anastasia & Peter 34:18 12. Reel Traditionnel (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy 36:10 13. Reel du Pendu (trad) / Reel du Cordonnier (trad)- Violoneux/Fiddlers: Albert 39:03 14. Reel de Gaspé (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Albert 40:32 15. Jackie Coleman's (trad) / Put me in the Box (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Anastasia & Louise 42:41 16. Reel du Brae (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy, Albert, Hélène & Peter 45:05 17. Reel Traditionnel (trad) / Dillon Brown (trad) / Twin Sisters (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy 48:30 18. Heather on the Hill (trad) / Farmer's Reel (trad) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy, Albert, Hélène & Peter 50:44 19. Jack Daniels (c. John Morris Rankin) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy, Albert, Hélène & Peter 52:49 20. La Reel des Acadiens (c. Edward P. Arsenault) - Violoneux/Fiddlers: Eddy, Albert, Hélène & Peter --------------- NOTE: We do not own the copy right to this recording but are presenting it via fair use as a cultural critique of Acadian music. If the copyright owner wishes us to remove this video, please email acadiefiddle at gmail. The goal with posting this video is not to profit, but to educate the public about the history of Acadian folk music, which is so little known.