Mes Aïeux


Mes Aïeux is a Québécois group from Canada founded in 1996.

Style

Although a leader of the Quebec "neo-traditional" scene, the band takes a definitely modern slant on that style, borrowing stories and characters from French Canadian folklore to write about modern themes with a touch of humor. These themes include globalization, politics, generational conflicts, over-medicating, the frenetic pace of modern life, recent Quebec history, etc. Some of their songs involve personalities from Quebec history such as "La Corriveau", "The Great Antonio" and "Alexis le Trotteur". The band also wrote humorous songs about Québécois cultural phenomena such as poutine.

History

In November 2005 their album En famille went platinum and their two earlier albums, Ça parle au diable and Entre les branches both went gold. In December 2006, En famille was certified double platinum and their album Tire-toi une bûche went gold after three weeks.
In 2005 Mes Aïeux was honoured with a Félix Award for the category of Best Contemporary Folk Album for En famille, in addition to being nominated for Group of the Year.
In 2007 Mes Aïeux won 3 Félix Awards for the Group of the year, Best selling album and song of the year.

Line-up

Current members

Since their founding, the group has released six albums: