“‘Plugging in’ can be a dangerous thing to do in a traditional folk environment—just ask Bob Dylan. Or, for that matter, French musician Guilhem Lacroux, who received a ‘mixed’ reaction the first time his groups, Toad and La Baracande, toured the traditional music circuits in their home country. Perhaps it was their ‘harsh noise’ aesthetic that did it. ... La Nòvia is a unique proposition. Consisting of 12 musicians spread between Mulhouse in the east and Pau in the southwest, it’s not really a label so much as, ‘a place to exchange and to meet,’ says Lacroux. It’s also become a key player in the movement to bring France’s oft-maligned and half-forgotten folk tradition into the present day. ...”
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