Boréal Tordu

http://www.borealtordu.com/home.html Bor?al Tordu began when fiddler Steve Muise and singer-songwriter Robert Sylvain discovered a mutual interest in the music of their shared Acadian heritage. Both are sons of native French speaking parents. Both end up finding their roots through their music. More than a revival, this is the reinvention of a culture almost lost to a new generation. The result is a rhythmically unstoppable, lyrically fantastic blend of Acadian traditions with original Americana sensibilities.

Since 2003, Bor?al Tordu has played to enthusiastic English and French speaking audiences throughout New England, The Adirondacks in NY, Quebec, and the Canadian Maritimes. They have been featured three times on Maine's 207, NPR, CIFA Radio 104.1 Nova Scotia, WMPG 90.9 Portland, ME, CBC Radio Canada, Lakes Region Radio 94.1 Poultney, VT and Robert Resnick's, All the Traditions on Vermont Public Radio. Their 2006 release La Bonne Vie was called ?an inspiration to the Franco-American community? by Dirty Linen Magazine, and has been heard on the PBS series Now with Bill Moyers. Most recently, Le Centre de la francophonie des Ameriques has selected Bor?al Tordu's recording of Steve Muise's song "le Par-en-Bas" to appear on a CD compilation put together by none other than Zachary Richard.


The band features Acadian fiddler/accordionist extraordinaire, Steve Muise, named Maine Music Educator of the Year 2007, and Acadian singer-songwriter and dobro player Rob Sylvain, known for his work in the band Douce with Matthew Doucet of Lafayette, Louisiana. Rounding out the rhythm section is Pip Walter on guitar and backing vocals and Andy Buckland on upright bass. Thrice nominated for the Portland Phoenix reader's poll award for Best World Music Act, Bor?al Tordu continues to innovate and abide in a genre by itself.