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Le Rêve du Diable (The Devil's Dream) is a Canadian folk music group from Quebec.[1] It is one of the oldest folk music bands in the province,[2][3] and has been performing folk music for more than forty years.[4]

Le Rêve du Diable
Origin	Quebec, Canada
Genres	Folk
Years active	1974 (1974)–present
Website	www.lerevedudiable.com

History

The band was founded by Gervais Lessard and Claude Méthé in 1974.[5] In recent years the band's members include Lessard and Claude "Le Clin" Morin.[6] The band made their first, eponymous album in 1976.[7] They have since then released eight albums, the latest in the fall of 2013.[7]

In May 2012 Le Rêve du Diable received the Quebec Medal of the National Assembly.[8]

A documentary film about Le Rêve du Diable was created by filmmaker Feber E. Coyote in 2013.[9]

The band continues to perform and present workshops about traditional music at festivals.[10]

Discography

• 1976: Le Rêve du Diable
• 1977: Rivière Jaune
• 1979: Délires Et Des Reels
• 1982: Auberge le Rêve du Diable
• 1991: Avec Cholestérol
• 1996: Résurrection
• 2002: Sans tambour ni trompette
• 2013: Avec tambour et trompette
• 2016: Un choix d'enfer, les grands succès

Special guests

• 2016: Chansons pour Hank (Feber E. Coyote, Productions Feber)

Filmography

• 1975: "La veillée des veillées" (André Gladu, National film board of Canada)
• 1982: "Crac!" (Frédéric Back, National film board of Canada)
• 2014: "Le Rêve du Diable: avec tambour et trompette" (Feber E. Coyote, Productions Feber)

See also

• List of bands from Canada
• Music of Quebec

References

External links

• Québec Info Musique
• Le Rêve du Diable discography at allmusic

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