From the depths of French Ontario, where trees whisper ancient legends and rivers murmur forgotten stories, emerges Les Rats d’Swompe. Compared to contemporary troubadours, these festive fellows are capable of infusing fever to festival-goers’ feet with their assertive trad-rock, blending the charm of traditional French-Canadian songs with their own compositions and fiddlers’ reels.
On stage, where the action is, the show Élixir promises to shake foundations and captivate fans. These five lumberjacks in plaid take to the stage to fuse trad, rock, pop and punk, conjuring an experience that breathes new life into the sound of traditional fiddling, call-and-response songs and the musicality of yesteryear. A performance that, moreover, has allowed them to share their stories from coast to coast, in the U.S. and as far afield as Europe.