TICKETS: https://forms.gle/XoKRvN8Ncj7drKMH7
Time: Wednesday September 17, 2025. Doors at 6:00, concert at 7:30 PM
Address: The Greenroom at the Bluebird Cocktail Bar, 3600 Hickory Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211
Price: $20 in advance // $25 at the door // $10 for students (with valid ID) and children under 18
After registering, please send $20 per adult and $10 per child under 18 or student via Venmo to @raosban, or with PayPal to virgil.osban@gmail.com. You can also pay in cash at the door.
For any questions, contact Richard at raosban@gmail.com
About Babineau & Chartrand
Nicolas Babineau (modern fiddle, acoustic guitar) and Alexis Chartrand (baroque violin, foot percussion) offer a captivating dive into Québec’s musical traditions. Inspired by a century of irresistible dance and fiddle music, they reveal the beautiful intricacy of Québécois traditional melodies. Babineau/Chartrand’s uniquely sensitive and intimate approach brings together modern fiddling and baroque violin, bridging the gap between the old and the new. Hailed in 2019 as “two must-hears of Québécois traditional music” (Penguin Eggs), they have performed throughout Québec and Canada, have shared their folklore with audiences in the United States and Sweden, and have released three albums. Their 2024 collaboration with Nicolas Ellis and Orchestre de l’Agora "was a revelation and an intense emotional shock” (Le Devoir).
Montreal fiddler Alexis Chartrand has traced a singular path across the Québécois traditional music scene. “Known for his pensive reworkings of Québécois fiddle tunes” (Songlines), he has pioneered the use of baroque violin and bows for the interpretation of this repertoire. His partnership with multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Nicolas Babineau has led to the release of three albums, and to many concerts in Québec, Canada, the United States and Sweden. Hailed in 2019 as “two must-hears of Québécois traditional music” (Penguin Eggs), their 2024 collaboration with Nicolas Ellis and Orchestre de l’Agora « was a revelation and an intense emotional shock” (Le Devoir). He has explored the connection between music and dance with percussive dancers Nic Gareiss and Antoine Turmine. He has released duo albums with multi-instrumentalists Colin Savoie-Levac and Cédric Dind-Lavoie.
Active in the traditional Québécois music scene, Nicolas Babineau is a multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer appreciated for his sensitive and versatile musicality. It is the world of Québécois traditional fiddlers, their incomparable style and their unobtrusively rich repertoire, that now inspires his work on the violin. As a guitarist, Nicolas is an accompanist recognized for his poignant, minimalistic approach. His duo with Montréal fiddler Alexis Chartrand, which focuses on melodies inherited from 20th century fiddlers, has performed in Québec, across Canada, in the United States and in Sweden. Numerous ensembles such as Orchestre de l’Agora, Yves Lambert Trio, La Bottine Souriante and Réveillons! have benefited from his virtuosity on the fiddle, the guitar and the mandolin during concerts in Canada, Chile, Spain, France and the United States. Having contributed his talents in the sound engineering, mixing and production of more than 15 folk, he capture the immediacy of unedited performances, offering recordings praised for their “soft and intimate ambiance”, which allows the listener to “focus on the smallest details”.