New album - Lumière dans le noir

These songs are the exploration of a musical universe rich in emotion.
Inspired by hard times and hurricanes and by the courage and tenacity
necessary to overcome.

CD signed by Zachary are available in our boutique.

Visit Zachary Richard on MySpace

Zachary is now ready to receive visitors on MySpace.  For the English language version, visit:

www.myspace.com/zacharyrichard1

For the French language version:

www.myspace.com/bayoudesmysteres

Let's be friends!!!!

New downloads section

Our newly expanded downloads section is more important than ever. In it you’ll find clips and interviews, several dating back many years (don’t laugh too hard at the 1980s clip. Thankfully, hair styles have changed). You will also find presentations in French and in English of several of the songs from the new album. I hope that these will enhance your listening pleasure.

Nouveau conte

L'Histoire de Télésphore et de 'Tit Edvard dans le grand Nord

Now available in our boutique.

Inspired by my return to Québec after 15 years of absence, this story was written one long winter night in 1998. It is the story of two Louisiana characters, a blind turtle and a one-eyed crawfish, who are projected into space by accident and who wind up in Saint-Boniface-des-Agréments (Saint Boniface of the Agreeables), Québec. The friends they meet and how they ultimately get home is the subject of the tale. On the way, the little Crawfish, Edvard, discovers his own roots in meeting the lobsters of Homardie. According to Cajun folk-lore, the crawfish of Louisiana were originally lobsters in Nova Scotia who followed the Acadians into exile. The rigors of the journey took such a toll that they all shrank from a few pounds to a few ounces. Edvard’s discovery of his identity mirrors my own. In 1975, the young Louisiana singer that I was, ran full into his roots at a place called la Butte à Napoléon (Napoléon’s hill) in Cap-Pelé (Bald Cape) New-Brunswick.

Here are the dates and venues for upcoming performances.

May, 2008

May 17 - 8PM St. Jérôme, Québec, Salle André Prévost www.enscene.ca

May 22 - 8PM Montmagny, Québec, Salle Edwin Bélanger www.adls.ca

May 23 - 8PM   Ste-Marie de Beauce, Salle Méchatigan www.ovascene.com

June, 2008

June 21 - 9PM  St. Côme, Québec,   Festival

June 22 - 9:45PM  Aylmer, Québec,   Parc des Cèdres. Festival.  www.imperatif-francais.org

June 23 - 9:30PM  Shawinigan, Québec,   Station plein air Val Mauricie.  Festival.  www.festivalete.ca

June 24 - 9PM    Montreal, Québec.  La Fête Nationale du Québec.   Parc Maisonneuve.