Once upon a time, there was a woman named Pastelle LeBlanc, and she was a folk singer. She started a band with her sister and her husband called Vishtèn. They performed great folk music and promoted the niche Acadian culture they grew up in in New Brunswick.
Then Pastelle got breast cancer and died at age 42.
Rather than roll over, the two remaining members took some of their recordings - yes, Pastelle appears on this and she is CLEARLY playing accordion here, and co-wrote the song with her sister and her husband - and turned them into a collaboration and a tribute - Expansion - as part of a project called Vishtèn Connexions, which I guess makes it distinct, but also it isn't.
It's celebratory and beautiful, end to end.
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