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Years active
  
2011-present

Origin
  
Québec, Canada (2011)

Record labels
  
Go Musique, Go-Music

Website
  
www.bodhaktan.com

Genre
  
Punk

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Genres
  
Traditional Quebec folk music, Irish, Celtic, punk rock

Albums
  
Tant qu'il restera du rhum, Au diable les remords, Against Winds and Tides, Mix Tape - Les reprises, Bodh'aktan

Members
  
Éric Tanguay, Jonathan Moorman, Alain Barriault, Robert Langlois, Éric Gousy, Alexandre Richard, Luc Bourgeois

Similar
  
Vilain Pingouin, Fred St‑Gelais, Marie‑Mai, Yves Lambert, Alan Doyle

Bodh aktan celtic rock band performs in canada at epcot 5 00pm show 10 20 16


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.

Contents

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 (http://www.monkiosquevirtuel.com/publication/?pub=42f6d37b18&page=2). Many of the members wear kilts during their live and very energetic stage performances creating raucous party music using traditional and modern instruments.

Bodh aktan celtic rock band performs in canada at epcot 2 15pm show 10 20 16


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. The tracks are mostly English-language translations of the album Au diable les remords in addition to four new tracks and one cover song, "Killing in the Name", a folk rock cover by Bodh'aktan of Rage Against the Machine. 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. 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. In 2016 they played at the Wacken Open Air in Germany. Which is one of the biggest Festivals in the World and the largest for Heavy Rock music.

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
  • Marc Angers - violin, vocals

    • Old Members

  • Jonathan Moorman - violin, vocals
  • Robert "Rob" Langlois - bass, 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".

    • 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" (3:41)
    10. "Passant par Paris" (3:54)
    11. "La grange aux lutins" (2:27)
    12. "Par chez nous" (3:46)

    .

  • 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)

    .

  • 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

    .

  • 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)

    .

  • 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)

    Songs

    Salut salaudMix Tape - Les reprises · 2016
    La Bouteille est AgréableTant qu'il restera du rhum · 2013
    La Sainte NitoucheTant qu'il restera du rhum · 2013

    References

    Bodh'aktan Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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