Only a few weeks after walking the boards of the largest country music festival in the world, singer Matt Lang will perform at Maisonneuve Park on Tuesday for the big show of the National Day in Montreal.
The singer-songwriter from Maniwaki, who did not speak a word of English when he recorded his first album in Nashville, said he was impatient, but above all honored to participate in the national holiday, to share the scene with monuments of music like Robert Charlebois and to do it in French.
“It is certain that I could not design to sing in English in Saint-Jean. I didn’t want that, and I just couldn’t, even if it was for my songs. For me, it is important to do so in French, “he said fervently to the QMI agency during an interview.
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The singer said he was after all amused to see people’s reactions on social networks, who wonder what kind of songs he will perform during celebrations and if he will scratch one of his own compositions.
“I see all kinds of it. I find it fun to see that people are still attached and they wonder if I am going to do English-speaking tures or in French … it will be interesting, “he said, laughing.
“I have never hidden to be a Franco and I can’t wait to show people here what I am able to do as Quebecois. Especially since, when I go elsewhere, whether in English -speaking radios or elsewhere in the English -speaking market, people greet me in French. And that, I find it a great brand of respect, ”he said.
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“I am a Quebecer. My roots are Quebecois. My first language is French. It is French Quebec. When I speak, when I assert myself, it is the Quebec words that come out first, “continued the singer Country, now represented by three major American labels established in Nashville.
Tuesday, Matt Lang will share the scene with, among others, Robert Charlebois, Sara Dufour, Loud and Yann Perreau. We can also hear him take up in his own way the title of Martine St-Clair Tonight, love is in your eyes et The old man of the river de Gaston Mandeville.
“Years ago, I had released a somewhat country version. So I’m going to resume this song. I’m really, really happy, “he said in an interview.
The big show of the Quebec National Day in Montreal, led by Guylaine Tremblay, will be broadcast simultaneously on here TV and VAT, on June 24 from 8:30 p.m., as well as on the waves of the 96.9 CKOI, of the five rhythm and CIME FM stations.
