Who is Cowboys Fringants

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Cowboys Fringants, a Quebec neo-trad rock group

Les Cowboys Fringants are a modern Quebec folk music group with a twist. Great texts, sometimes dark and depressing, with music inspired by Quebec tradition. Les Cowboys fringants are one of the most famous neo-trad music group of Quebec. Their live performances are a real treat and made them famous overseas. Discover some of Les Cowboys fringants songs and music videos

Les Cowboys Fringants intro photo By Mdesjard (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons

La manifestation from Les Cowboys Fringants with English translation

My favorite Cowboys Fringants song

The lyrics are just hysterical, you can really make your own video just by the lyrics. Les Cowboys Fringants "La manifestation" is a real funny take at those far right extremists. "At the demonstration, we were dreaming of revolution!" "I came to the conclusion that it will take a lot of sun or else that won't be anytime soon that we'll have a revolution".
Les Cowboys Fringants - La Manifestation (with English subs)
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108 ratings | 116,751 views
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Another favorite Cowboys Fringants tune: Awikatchikaen

Check their live performance

Awikatchikaen is probably one of my favorite Cowboys Fringants song! There is no official music video for it, but many live performances and fan made clips. The best live version I have found is on dailymotion (you can check it here:
Awikatchikaen live!). You will understand why they are so hot live.

Here's 2 other versions you can view: a fan-made one and a live from 2010.
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Blog Posts about Les Cowboys Fringants

A guide to Ottawa-area summer festivals
A celebration of francophone culture and music featuring local, Canadian and international artists, including Swedish-African singer-songwriter Mohombi, Radio Radio, Mia Martina, and Brigitte Boisjoli and Les Cowboys Fringants, at Major's Hill Park.
Les Cowboys Fringants à Pohénégamook Haut en Saveurs
Pohénégamook ? Les organisateurs de l'événement Pohénégamook Haut en Saveurs ont annoncé jeudi dernier que c'est le groupe Les Cowboys Fringants qui fera principalement danser les festivaliers lors de cette fête du 10 au 12 août prochain.
Le bonheur des Cowboys Fringants
Après une tournée glorieuse des salles parisiennes, en début d'année, les Cowboys Fringants ont repris du service au Québec et seront donc de passage au Grand Théâtre Olympia de Deux-Montagnes, le samedi 19 mai, dans le cadre des spectacles présentés à ...
Une chevauchée internationale qui passe par Tring-Jonction
Le samedi 5 mai à l'Hôtel National, les Cowboys Fringants montaient sur scène pour nous offrir leur spectacle « Que du vent » qui reprend plusieurs pièces de l'album du même nom sorti en novembre 2011. La tournée qui débutait en décembre 2011 passait ...

Plus Rien - Les Cowboys Fringants

Plus Rien = nothing left

I don't really love the video. I find the song depressing and scary because it so close to what may happen to our earth very soon if we don't change how we live. I cry everytime I hear the song. This is one of Les Cowboys Fringants classic.

It is the story of a kid who has only a few minutes to live. He is the last human alive. He remembers what his ancestors told him about earth: a nice blue planet, with river and life. Now it looks like a moon, every one died an atroucious death because the human kind kill the earth for profit. Farewell Humanity.
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Cowboys Fringants -- 8 Secondes (English Subtitles)

Another rather depressing, but how true, song by Les Cowboys Fringants. With English subtitles. This is a fan made video, but with this kinda of song only the lyrics matters.
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Latest news on Les Cowboys Fringants

A guide to Ottawa-area summer festivals
A celebration of francophone culture and music featuring local, Canadian and international artists, including Swedish-African singer-songwriter Mohombi, Radio Radio, Mia Martina, and Brigitte Boisjoli and Les Cowboys Fringants, at Major's Hill Park.
Les Cowboys Fringants à Pohénégamook Haut en Saveurs
Pohénégamook ? Les organisateurs de l'événement Pohénégamook Haut en Saveurs ont annoncé jeudi dernier que c'est le groupe Les Cowboys Fringants qui fera principalement danser les festivaliers lors de cette fête du 10 au 12 août prochain.
Le bonheur des Cowboys Fringants
Après une tournée glorieuse des salles parisiennes, en début d'année, les Cowboys Fringants ont repris du service au Québec et seront donc de passage au Grand Théâtre Olympia de Deux-Montagnes, le samedi 19 mai, dans le cadre des spectacles présentés à ...
Une chevauchée internationale qui passe par Tring-Jonction
Le samedi 5 mai à l'Hôtel National, les Cowboys Fringants montaient sur scène pour nous offrir leur spectacle « Que du vent » qui reprend plusieurs pièces de l'album du même nom sorti en novembre 2011. La tournée qui débutait en décembre 2011 passait ...

Mon Pays - Les Cowboys Fringants

My country

Why the French lost their North American colonies to the British according to Les Cowboys Fringants? They drank too much before Plains of Abraham battle and were so drunk they could not fight! For the real Plains of Abraham battle history see here: Plains of Abraham
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More Les Cowboys Fringants videos

Heavy Metal des Cowboys Fringants
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204 ratings | 157,068 views
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Translation of common French-Canadian expressions and slang

to French and English

Blonde: petite amie (girlfriend)
Chaud: saoul (drunk)
Chauffer ta minoune: conduire ta voiture (to drive your car)
Chum: ami (friend)
Toune: chanson (song)

What do you think about Les Cowboys Fringants

  • poddys Nov 22, 2011 @ 5:09 pm | delete
    Interesting sound. I think it would need a few more listens for me to like them, and maybe to see/listen to them in Canada too, that always makes a difference.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Feb 6, 2011 @ 9:45 am | delete
    Thanks for this
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Feb 6, 2011 @ 9:45 am | delete
    Thanks for this
  • Mujjen Feb 2, 2011 @ 1:14 pm | delete
    First time for me to hear them, but I like it!
  • MTF-briguy Jan 12, 2011 @ 4:43 am | delete
    Thanks for introducing me to Les Cowboys Fringants! Merci!
  • SereneSea Jan 11, 2011 @ 9:19 am | delete
    They seem to be awesome .
  • AppalachianCountry Oct 21, 2009 @ 8:18 am | delete
    Fun band. They remind us of an early K D Lange. Thank-you for the video.
  • Aika Sep 6, 2007 @ 5:07 am | delete
    Thanks to squidoo, this is the first time I heard about this band. They are cool, esp the Awikatchikaen. Its kinda punk hardcore. Btw, what is the meaning of Awikatchikaen?
  • Curt Mar 1, 2012 @ 8:40 pm | delete
    Awikatchikaen is a nonsense word. It just shows how crazy the person became while living alone in the woods.

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