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Artist profile · EPK Québec — country, bluegrass, Cajun Country: Canada

Margaret Tracteur

Margaret Tracteur is the alter ego of Gabrielle Noël Bégin: a one-woman band on banjo, kazoo, tambourine and foot-played percussion, swinging country, bluegrass, Cajun and Québec song — yodel included.

Margaret Tracteur — official artist photo
© Margaret Tracteur
Origin
Québec
Discipline
One-woman band — country, bluegrass, Cajun, swing, yodel, Québec song
Formations
Solo; trio “Margaret Tracteur et les Faucheuses fauchées”

Biography

Alone on stage, Margaret Tracteur plays everything at once: banjo and kazoo in her hands, tambourine and percussion at her feet. Her repertoire draws on country, bluegrass, Cajun and swing, not forgetting yodel or Québec song.

After the EP Mettre la charrue devant les bœufs (2021), she released the album L'heure du thé avec Margaret Tracteur. She was the house band of the 2023 GAMIQ and has played the Francos de Montréal, the FME, the Festivoix, the Carnaval de Québec and the Festif de Baie-Saint-Paul.

In trio form, “Margaret Tracteur et les Faucheuses fauchées” joins her with Valéry St-Gelais (double bass) and Sandra Boulanger (violin). On 20 November 2026, she opens the Coop Les Faux Monnayeurs night at Café Campus, as part of the Mundial Montréal OFF.

Stages and milestones

Mettre la charrue devant les bœufs (EP, 2021) · L'heure du thé avec Margaret Tracteur (album) · House band of the 2023 GAMIQ · Francos de Montréal, FME, Festivoix, Carnaval de Québec, Festif de Baie-Saint-Paul · Coop Les Faux Monnayeurs night — Mundial Montréal OFF, 20 November 2026

Discography

Mettre la charrue devant les bœufs (EP, 2021) · L'heure du thé avec Margaret Tracteur (album — Bandcamp)

Gallery

Margaret Tracteur — official photo
Official photo — © Margaret Tracteur

Calendar

  • 20 November 2026 — Montreal, Café Campus — Coop Les Faux Monnayeurs night (Mundial Montréal OFF nights) · 8:15 p.m.

Show formats

  • One-woman band — solo (banjo, kazoo, tambourine, foot percussion)
  • Trio — Margaret Tracteur et les Faucheuses fauchées

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