Creative duo Ludovick Bourgeois and Fred St-Gelais will receive a Popular Music Award for their hit, “Desert Song,” during the at the 30th Montréal SOCAN Awards Gala held on Sept. 22, 2019, at La Tohu. We met with them so that they explain how their collaboration began, after Ludovick’s late father Patrick Bourgeois phoned Fred while he was trekking the American desert on his own. They also told us the story behind “Desert Song,” a piece of music they didn’t expect to have as much success as it did. That was merely the beginning of their affinity, and they’ve collaborated further on Ludovick’s album, the first single of which, “Que sera me vie,” has just come out.
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