Hommage aux Colocs

Depuis 2003, L'Hommage aux Colocs sillonne le Québec avec pour seul but de poursuivre la tradition et d’honorer la mémoire de ce groupe phare de la musique québécoise et de son leader charismatique : Dédé Fortin.

Des chansons entraînantes aux performances endiablées, tout est mis en œuvre pour vous faire revivre vos plus beaux souvenirs de cette musique intemporelle. Des paroles imagées à l’harmonica déchaîné, vous vous retrouverez, le temps arrêté, à écouter une parcelle de notre histoire en musique. Peut-être même sans le savoir, vous connaissez chaque chanson et soyez assuré que votre préférée, elle sera jouée!

Pour se défouler, célébrer ou simplement se rappeler, ces cinq passionnés vous feront revivre le groupe, l’instant d’une soirée.

Since 2003, L'Hommage aux Colocs has traveled across Quebec with the sole purpose of continuing the tradition and honoring the memory of this flagship group of Quebec music and its charismatic leader: Dédé Fortin.

From catchy songs to frenzied performances, everything is done to make you relive your fondest memories of this timeless music.

From colorful lyrics to the raging harmonica, you will find yourself, in time, listening to a piece of our history in music.

Perhaps even without knowing it, you know every song and rest assured that your favorite, will be played! To let off steam, celebrate or simply remember, these five enthusiasts will make you relive the group, the moment of an evening.

Ryan Langdon

At a strapping and athletic 6’3”, 240 lbs., Ryan Langdon is kind of hard to miss.  

But when you hear the first few notes of his brand new single, the up-tempo stomper “Lit In The Sticks,” you’ll notice there’s something else about this 2019 CMAO Rising Star nominee and Niagara Falls, Ontario-based country singer that’s hard to miss… His booming baritone and stadium-sized voice.

It’s as engrained in his DNA as is his ability to sing country music.  “It’s funny,” admits Langdon, 29. “I sang as a kid and loved many music genres, but I always had that country sound. Even when I experimented with a variety of genres and material, friends would say, ‘Man, I don’t know if you’re trying, but you sound like a country singer.’ It was just my voice.”

Of “Lit In The Sticks” Langdon shares, “This is a high energy country song that makes you want to party. It doesn’t matter where you are from or what’s in your wallet, anyone can get lit in the sticks."

And that rich and resonant hook-filled tone is just one of the first things that connected with fans on Langdon’s previous Slaight Music single “Leave Me Right,” a memorable debut produced by Jeff “Diesel” Dalziel (Brett Kissel, Dan Davidson, The Washboard Union) and co-written by the acclaimed Jessica Mitchell (“Workin’ On Whiskey,”) multiple CCMA Award winner Patricia Conroy and Dave Thomson (Lady Antebellum.) It knocked Langdon out the moment he heard the demo.  “It’s such a cool song because it’s very close to my personality,” says Langdon. “If you’re in a relationship and it’s not going as planned and you can feel the other person is losing interest, it’s very relatable. “The song says, ‘If you’re not interested, you may as well let me know now and just leave me right – don’t drag me along for three or four years. Just get it over with.’ It’s hip.”

Recently, Langdon has been honing his craft in Nashville, writing with “Leave Me Right” partners, Patricia Conroy and Dave Thomson along with Emma Lee and Karen Kosowski his co-writers and producer (Kosowski), on his newest single “Lit In The Sticks” out now.    

On June 16th, Langdon will perform in Ottawa at the CMAO Awards (Country Music Association of Ontario Awards), where he is nominated for Rising Star.

Now the road work begins………