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About Les Cowboys Fringants
Hometown
Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
Formed
1995
Genre
French Pop
French-speaking Canadian folk-rockers Les Cowboys Fringants—loosely translated as The Frisky Cowboys—are pioneers of the politically charged Québécois neo-trad genre.
∙ The band’s 2002 breakout LP, Break Syndical, earned them international touring opportunities and a Juno Award nomination for Francophone Album of the Year.
∙ They won back-to-back Group of the Year honors at the 2003 and 2004 Félix Awards, which celebrate independent music in Quebec.
∙ With its poetic lyrics and alt-folk musiciality, the band’s 2008 LP, L’expedition, hit No. 2 on Billboard’s Canadian Albums chart.
∙ As part of the 2018 OSM Pop Series, the band played multiple shows in collaboration with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
∙ In 2019, Cirque du Soleil picked the group’s music for their month-long tribute show, Joyeux Calvaire – A Tribute to Les Cowboys Fringants, crafting 18 remixes of their most popular songs.
Members of Les Cowboys Fringants include, or have included, Marie-Annick Lépine and Karl Tremblay.
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