Bodh'aktan

Bodh'aktan is a band of traditional music fusing elements of traditional Irish, Celtic, Québécois, Maritime and Breton with hard rock, country, polka and punk. The band based in the Canadian province of Quebec is signed with Go Musique, a Québécois label and starting 2013 with FrostByte Media based in Toronto.

Bodh'aktan
Montreal, 2015-06-23
Background information
OriginQuebec, Canada
GenresTraditional Quebec folk music, Irish, Celtic, punk rock
Years active2011-present
LabelsGo Musique
FrostByte
Websitewww.bodhaktan.com
Members
  • Alexandre "Alex" Richard
    Alain Barriault
    Jonathan Moorman
    Éric Tanguay
    Éric Gousy
    Luc Bourgeois
    Benoît Claveau
    Marc-Étienne Richard
Past membersJonathan Moorman
Robert "Rob" Langlois
Marc Angers

The name Bodh'aktan (pronounced Bod Ak Tan), is inspired by a Gaelic term for fisherman's boots or by the French pronunciation for the famous Acton boots Botte Acton. Many of the members wear kilts during their live and very energetic stage performances creating raucous party music using traditional and modern instruments.

Career

The band's debut French-language album was Au diable les remords. Co-produced by Fred St-Gelais, it was released on Go Musique local Quebec label. This was coupled with a tour of Quebec and a European tour including dates in France, Belgium and Germany). They also played many major summer festival in Quebec in 2012 including Les FrancoFolies de Montréal, Le Festival d'été de Quebec and Les Rhythmes du Monde. Their hit "La Sainte Nitouche" (from their second French-album Tant qu'il restera du rhum) with lyrics by Keven Landry and music by Landry and Bodh'aktan became a crossover pop hit for them on the Quebec charts and was put on rotation with many Quebec radio stations and on MusiquePlus, a specialized music channel in the province.

In 2013, the band signed with

FrostByte Media Inc. releasing the album Against Winds and Tides targeting the English-language market in Canada and internationally.[1] The tracks are mostly English-language translations of the album Au diable les remords in addition to four new tracks[2] and one cover song, "Killing in the Name", a folk rock cover by Bodh'aktan of Rage Against the Machine.[3] Artistic collaborations included featuring vocals of Alan Doyle (of Canadian folk rock band Great Big Sea) and Quebec singer Marie-Mai and a guest appearance of German Celtic music band Fiddler's Green in a rendition of their "Fields of Green" featuring Bodh'aktan.[4] The album was released on 8 October 2013 in Canada, the United States, United Kingdom and various European countries. They also appeared in Lafayette, Louisiana International Festival in 2013.

Members

The band members come from various Quebec regions like Iles de la Madeleine, the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Havre-Saint-Pierre and an Englishman.

  • Alexandre "Alex" Richard - lead vocals, guitar, bouzouki, flute and bodhran
  • Alain Barriault - electric guitar, dobro, banjo, vocals
  • Éric Tanguay - accordion, vocals
  • Éric Gousy - drums, vocals
  • Luc Bourgeois - bagpipes, whistles, electric guitar, vocals
  • Benoit Claveau - bass, vocals
  • Marc-Étienne Richard - violin, vocals

Former members
  • Jonathan Moorman - violin, vocals
  • Robert "Rob" Langlois - bass, vocals[5]
  • Marc Angers - violin, vocals

Awards and nominations
  • In 2012, Bodh'aktan debut album, Au diable les remords was nominated for a Felix award for "Quebec Rock Album of the Year".

Discography

Albums
  • 2011: Au diable les remords

Tracklist:

  1. "Les 3 capitaines" (3:20)
  2. "Du rhum, des femmes" (2:33)
  3. "Commençons la semaine" (3:18)
  4. "Les dames du large" (3:05)
  5. "À boire" (3:34)
  6. "Le medley du mal de pieds" (3:22)
  7. "La bonne journée" (4:10)
  8. "Contre vents et marées" (2:43)
  9. "La ballade de Jonathan Lewis" (feat. Marie-Mai) (3:41)
  10. "Passant par Paris" (3:54)
  11. "La grange aux lutins" (2:27)
  12. "Par chez nous" (3:46)

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  • 2013: Against Winds and Tides

Tracklist

  1. "The 3 Captains" (3:18)
  2. "Nothing Left to Lose" (3:18)
  3. "Maids of the Sea" (3:04)
  4. "Sink Another" (3:34)
  5. "Dansez (Dance Hey!)" (feat. Alan Doyle) (2:12)
  6. "Sore Feet Set" (3:21)
  7. "Hell of a Day" (4:10)
  8. "Against Winds and Tides" (2:42)
  9. "The Ballad of Jonathan Lewis" (feat. Marie-Mai) (3:40)
  10. "Streets of Montreal" (3:52)
  11. "The Gnomes of Grand Ruisseau" (2:26)
  12. "Here by the Sea" (3:46)
  13. "Fields of Green" (Fiddler's Green feat. Bodh'aktan) (3:49)
  14. "Killing in the Name" (5:28)

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  • 2013: Tant qu'il restera du rhum...

Tracklist

  1. "La bouteille est agréable" (3:27)
  2. "Dansez (Dance Hey!)" (feat. Alan Doyle) (2:13)
  3. "Les fantômes de l'écoutille" (4:46)
  4. "La démone" (3:07)
  5. "La Sainte Nitouche" (2:38)
  6. "Lambé An Dro" (feat. Tristan Nihouarn) (3:24)
  7. "Salut les disparus" (4:00)
  8. "Le 31 du mois d'août" (4:20)
  9. "La racaille" (3:44)
  10. "Hoompa Hoompa Yeah!" (2:10)
  11. "Trash Tombola" (feat. Yves Lambert) (4:30)
  12. "Le set de balais (Down the Broom)" (2:36)
  13. "La finale" (1:48)
  14. "La valse d'hier" (3:50)
  15. "Le pays des géants" (3:02)
  16. Digital Booklet

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  • 2015: Mixtape (covers) The Mixtape album consisting of classic cover songs that Bodh'aktan plays on stage since 2011

Tracklist

  1. "I Fought the Law" (3:55)
  2. "Salut Salaud (avec Vilain Pingouin & Fred St-Gelais)" (3:57)
  3. "Ring of Fire" (2:38)
  4. "South Australia" (3:26)
  5. "Ace of Spades" (2:40)
  6. "Excursion Around the Bay" (2:45)
  7. "Boisson d'Avril" (4:09)
  8. "Jump Around (avec Jonathan Moorman)" (3:45)
  9. "Galway Girl" (3:14)
  10. "The Old Black Rum" (2:46)
  11. "Highway to Hell (avec Marie-Mai)" (3:24)
  12. "Ladies of Plymouth" (3:17)

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  • 2016: Bodh'Aktan

Tracklist

  1. "Grazie Mille" (2:53)
  2. "Ici" (3:29)
  3. "Besoin d'air" (2:54)
  4. "Zimmerman" (3:29)
  5. "Longtemps" (3:33)
  6. "Interlude (lourde nuit)" (1:14)
  7. "Une autre nuit" (2:44)
  8. "André" (2:11)
  9. "Pourtant" (4:15)
  10. "La suite de la Capitale" (1:28)
  11. "Samedi soir au fais dodo" (3:04)
  12. "Ça prend par surprise" (4:27)

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  • 2018: Ride out the storm

Tracklist

  1. "About things to come" (1:08)
  2. "Nothing but a game" (2:47)
  3. "Get loud" (4:18)
  4. "Heave away" (3:11)
  5. "Black velvet band (featuring Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains)" (4:36)
  6. "Ride out the storm" (3:18)
  7. "The bridge" (4:12)
  8. "Reels" (3:42)
  9. "You are the ones" (3:29)
  10. "Chasing the wind" (4:14)
  11. "Mick McGuire" (2:08)
  12. "We cannot fail" (3:57)
  13. "While I'm away" (3:32)
  14. "We cannot fail (feat. Fiddler's Green)" (3:59)


  • 2019: De temps et de vents

Tracklist

  1. "Ouverture" (0:58)
  2. "Capitaine Deux-Cennes" (2:02)
  3. "L'appel du large" (3:53)
  4. "L'orage" (3:46)
  5. "L'amer" (3:48)
  6. "Le jardinier du couvent" (4:18)
  7. "Set béquate" (3:33)
  8. "La tournée" (1:59)
  9. "Le retour" (2:27)
  10. "Le dernier bateau" (3:41)
  11. "Dans le bois" (3:09)
  12. "Tant qu'il restera du rhum" (5:02)

References
  1. FrostByte Media: A peak at Against Wind and toes Bodh'aktan's charges into the English World Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Irish Punk: Seafra Interview With Bodh’aktan (November 27, 2013)
  3. Irish Punk: Review of Bodh'aktan – Against Winds and Tides
  4. Daniel Coté (5 December 2013). "Avec l'album "Tant qu'il restera du rhum..." Bodh'aktan a réussi l'improbable" (in French). Le Quotiden. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  5. "Langlois quitte le groupe Bodh'aktan | Daniel Côté | Arts" (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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