Je Serai Là Pour Noël by Port-aux-Poutines
Port-Aux-Poutines is a French-Canadian duo, formed by Jenna Maloney and Axel Belgarde in St. John’s. They fuse French-Canadian and Newfoundland musical traditions into a fun blend of folk-pop that, at times, takes the familiar and gives it a fresh new face.
A case in point, is ‘Je Serai Là Pour Noël,’ their French version of Ron Hynes ‘I’ll be There Christmas Eve.’
It’s a wonderful cover.
As my French is pretty terrible, I find my focus shifts to the beautiful melody and the emotion behind the vocals… it’s a beautiful track and well worth checking out.
UPDATE: Since I first wrote the post, Port-Aux-Poutines have released a cool multi-continent video for the song. Check it out above.
If you’d like a non-holiday piece of Port-aux-Poutines in the same vein, check out their French-language cover of Buddy Wasisname’s ‘Sarah.’
Get more Port-aux-Poutine over at their bandcamp page.
More Christmas and Holiday Music from Newfoundland & Labrador
Stay tuned for more great Christmas songs from Newfoundland and Labrador.
I'm a big fan of traditional Christmas music, I love to hear a modern rendition of a 300 year old carol but, occasionally, a brand new song comes to my attention and dominates my Christmas listening. Newfoundland and Labrador's musicians have been holding their own in both regards. I’ll be sharing local songs —both old and new— from now until Christmas in my 2023 NL Music Advent Calendar.
Follow along on Instagram stories and get playlists here.
Check out: 2022’s NL Christmas music calendar.
