ON TOUR FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA/NZ - OCTOBER 2012

Le Vent du Nord (The Wind of North) is a Canadian folk music group from Quebec. The band, formed in 2002, performs traditional Quebecois music (which is heavily influenced by Celtic music from both Ireland and Brittany) in French. The group's membership consists of Rejean Brunet (vocals, diatonic button accordion, acoustic bass guitar, piano and jaw harp), Simon Beaudry (vocals, guitar, Irish bouzouki), Olivier Demers (vocals, fiddle, foot-tapping and guitar), and Nicolas Boulerice (vocals, hurdy gurdy, piano accordion, piano).