Jou Tou World Music

Imagine Quebec, China, South America, North Africa and Ireland sitting down for a musical session.

JouTou (pr. Joo-Too) is a supergroup of world music veterans lending their formidable chops to music from around the globe — and adding their own global twist! The band’s name derives from the French words “joue tout,” which mean “play everything,” and indeed, the group’s repertoire includes everything from French and North African music to Gypsy, French Caribbean and Quebecois songs and originals based on this diverse array of styles.

JouTou launched in 2002 with a nationally-broadcast CBC Studio One session and has gone on to perform at major Canadian festivals across Canada.

JouTou was founded by Juno-nominated guitarist and oud player Andre Thibault, a Montreal-born musician of Acadian ancestry with deep roots in the world’s French repertoire. A passionate student of flamenco, Andre discovered Arabic music through its connection to flamenco and was inspired to master the oud, a key instrument in the repertoire of French North Africa. In the 90s, he collaborated with the late Egyptian percussionist Adel Awad in Vancouver. He also recorded three solo albums that blended North African and Spanish sound, earning a West Coast Music Award nomination for 1998’s Samar. Later in the 90s, Andre teamed up with the late French hurdy gurdy master Pierre Imbert to form Cordes en Folie, a West Coast Music Award-nominated group that explored French, Spanish and Arabic music. He also joined the Juno-nominated multicultural ensemble, Asza, with whom he performed music from all over the world.

JouTou’s self-titled debut album featured Chinese pipa virtuoso Qiu Xia He, Uruguayan percussionist Pepe Danza and Celtic multi-instrumentalist Amy Stephen of the group Mad Pudding. In addition to French, Gypsy, and Quebecois songs, the album featured Spanish and Arabic music and a version of a Chinese folk song.

Saturday June 23, 2018
Showtime 8:00 PM

Kamloops Curling Club lounge
700 Victoria St
Kamloops BC

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Presented by the Kamloops Francophone Association