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Ensemble Pour Haïti
''Ensemble pour Haïti'' ("Together for Haiti") was a French Canadian telethon that was held on January 22, 2010 at 8 PM ET / 9 PM AT. The special, a relief concert to help those affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake, was simulcast on Radio-Canada, TVA, V, Télé-Québec, LCN, MusiquePlus, MusiMax and TV5, as well as on the Espace Musique, NRJ, RockDétente, Boom FM and Corus Québec radio networks. The event raised approximately CDN$6.65 million. The two-hour event was hosted by Luck Mervil and France Beaudoin, and featured appearances by Annie Blanchard, Ariane Moffatt, Brigitte M, Bruno Pelletier, Daniel Boucher, Diane Dufresne, Doriane Fabreg (Doba), Elisapie, H'Sao, Gregory Charles, Lynda Thalie, Marc Hervieux, Marco Calliari, Marie-Chantal Toupin, Marie-Élaine Thibert, Marie-Ève Janvier and Jean-François Breau, Marie-Josée Lord, Marie-Jo Thériault, Mario Pelchat, Maxime Landry, Muzion, Nadja, Nomadic Massive, Paul Piché, Pierre Lapointe, Renée Martel, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian French
Canadian French (, ) is the French language as it is spoken in Canada. It includes multiple varieties, the most prominent of which is Québécois (Quebec French). Formerly ''Canadian French'' referred solely to Quebec French and the closely related varieties of Ontario (Franco-Ontarian) and Western Canada—in contrast with Acadian French, which is spoken by Acadians in New Brunswick (including the Chiac dialect) and some areas of Nova Scotia (including the dialect St. Marys Bay French), Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland & Labrador (where Newfoundland French is also spoken). In 2011, the total number of native French speakers in Canada was around 7.3 million (22% of the entire population), while another 2 million spoke it as a second language. At the federal level, it has official status alongside English. At the provincial level, French is the sole official language of Quebec as well as one of two official languages of New Brunswick and jointly official (derived fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RockDétente
Rouge FM (or Rouge) is a network of French-language adult contemporary radio stations broadcasting throughout Quebec, Canada. Established in 1990 as RockDétente, they are owned by Bell Media. All "Rouge" stations broadcast in the same markets as Bell's mainstream rock network, "Énergie", although Énergie also has a few stations in markets not served by "Rouge FM". Although the stations concentrate on French adult contemporary music, it would mix in English music as well (especially in areas outside of Montreal and Ottawa, where English radio service is not available) much like Cogeco's "Rythme FM" network, which has fewer stations than "Rouge". The flagship radio station is Montreal's CITE-FM. The Astral jingles on this network are different from the adult hits jingles used by Astral's English-language adult contemporary stations, nut the network uses a very relaxing acoustic tune. On August 18, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. EDT, all RockDétente stations were rebranded as "Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Chantal Toupin
Marie-Chantal Toupin (born July 14, 1971) is a Quebec singer. She has released a number of pop and soft rock music albums. Toupin has sold over 300,000 albums in Canada and has had two albums certified platinum. Early life Toupin was born in Montreal, Quebec, growing up in the city's Rosemont neighbourhood."Sous le charme de Marie-Chantal Toupin" Maud Cucchi, ''Le Droit'', 24 September 2011 Career Toupin released her first album, ''Apres Tout'', in 1997, and followed this soon after with a self-titled album." Marie-Chantal Toupin"''AllM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Calliari
Marco Calliari is a singer-songwriter born in Quebec from Italian parents. He began his career in 1989 in forming the thrash metal group Anonymus alongside Carlos Araya and brothers Daniel and Oscar Souto. Since 2003, he pursued a solo career that has so far released three albums: ''Che la vita'', ''Mia dolce vita'', and ''Al faro est''. With his first album, ''Che la vita'', Calliari found a way to reconnect with his parents' country of origin. The album, based on Italian folklore and jazz influences, won Calliari the Galaxy award in the summer of 2004, given by the CBC at a music festival in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and was nominated at the Gala MIMI in 2005. An active member of the Italian community in Montreal, he has also participated in first two editions of Ritalfest, a festival honoring Italian music in Quebec. Discography Albums * ''Che la vita'', 2003 #Bella luna #Angelo #Che la vita... (camminar) #Il scelto #Lacrime #Queste parole #Amore #Tierra #Solo #Matta m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Thalie
Lynda Thalie (born on 25 June 1978) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Algerian origin. Her family immigrated to Canada and resided in Quebec province since 1994. She has released three albums and has also written her autobiography entitled ''Survivre aux naufrages'' published in 2011. In popular culture * Radio-Canada and RDI picked her as one of 4 Algero-Canadian personalities for its documentary series ''Mon Algérie et la vôtre''. She also visited Algeria for the occasion recounting her experiences of homecoming after so many years. * Her 2009 single "Rallye aicha des Gazelles" is the theme song for the Moroccan Rallye Aicha des Gazelles for the year, a rally event reserved only for women. * In 2010, she took part, alongside many other Canadian artists in Ensemble pour Haïti ("Together for Haiti"), a French Canadian telethon that was held on 22 January 2010 in aid of victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. * She has provided vocals for the soundtrack of films by Michel Cuss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Charles
Gregory Charles (born February 12, 1968) is a Canadian performing artist of Trinidadian origin. Biography Charles' father Lennox was a black anglophone of Trinidadian origin; his mother was a white francophone Canadian. Charles was born in Montreal, Quebec, was raised in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham and studied at École de musique Wilfrid-Pelletier in Montreal. At the age of 7, he won a category of the Canadian Music Competition, after which he performed with most of the country's symphonic orchestras. In 1979, he represented Canada at an international piano contest in Paris and at Carnegie Hall in New York. Charles was also a part of Petits-Chanteurs du Mont-Royal choir, which performs at the Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal and graduated from College Notre-Dame high school in Montreal as well. Shortly after entering law school in 1989, Charles obtained a television role which brought him to the attention of a wider public: that of Julien, a young student who comes to study i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Dufresne
Diane Dufresne, (; born 30 September 1944) is a French Canadian singer and painter, and is known for singing a large repertoire of popular Quebec songs. Dufresne was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She lived in Paris from 1965 to 1967 where she studied voice with Jean Lumière and dramatic art with Françoise Rosay. While there, she performed in noted such as , , and . On her return to Montreal, she began a collaboration with composer , and lyricist Luc Plamondon. In March 2019, she was one of 11 singers from Quebec, alongside Ginette Reno, Céline Dion, Isabelle Boulay, Luce Dufault, Louise Forestier, Laurence Jalbert, Catherine Major, Ariane Moffatt, Marie Denise Pelletier and Marie-Élaine Thibert, who participated in a supergroup recording of Renée Claude's 1971 single after Claude's diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease was announced. In 2023, she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Awards and recognition * 1987 – Félix Award, best pop show: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Boucher (musician)
Daniel Boucher (born October 7, 1971) is a List of Quebec musicians, Québécois musician. Born in Montreal, he has released three studio albums; ''Dix Mille Matins'' on October 12, 1999, ''La patente'' on February 24, 2004, and ''Le soleil est sorti'' on November 11, 2008. From his own saying, "Le soleil est sorti" is his favourite of them. In 2006, he portrayed Renfield in the Québec production of ''Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort''. Discography * 1999: ''Dix Mille Matins'' * 2004: ''La Patente'' * 2007: ''La Patente'' / Live * 2007: ''Chansonnier'' / Live * 2008: ''Le Soleil est sorti'' * 2014: ''Toutte est temporaire'' Personal life As of 2021, Boucher was living in Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, Quebec, Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, Quebec. References External links Official Daniel Boucher websiteDaniel Boucher on Myspace * 1971 births Living people Canadian male musical theatre actors Canadian male singers Canadian rock singers French-language singers of Canada S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Pelletier
Bruno Pelletier (; born August 7, 1962) is a Canadian singer, musician, and actor who is known as the “Genius of French Music”, and for playing Pierre Gringoire alongside Daniel Lavoie as Frollo, in English and French. Life Pelletier was born in Charlesbourg, a suburb of Quebec City. In 1983 Pelletier performed in the bands Amanite and Sneak Preview, which sang in English. He later started a group called Pëll, singing in French. At 23 years old, he moved to Montreal, where he sang in bars. In 1989, he participated in the rock competition Envol, where he was awarded a special mention. In 1991, he had a role in the musical ''Vu d'en haut'', presented at the Festival of the Montgolfières in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The following year, he joined the musical spectacle ''Les fous du rock'n'roll'', in which he has performed forty times. Career In 1992, he released his first self-titled album in October and played the role of James Dean in the rock opera ''La Légende de Jim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariane Moffatt
Ariane Moffatt (born 26 April 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Known for working across multiple musical genres, Moffatt's music combines elements of electronica, jazz, folk, and pop. A francophone, she is bilingual and has recorded tracks in both French and English. Her 2002 debut album ''Aquanaute'' went platinum in Quebec, earning 11 nominations at the 2003 ADISQ Awards and winning three Félix awards (for Discovery of the Year, Album of the Year – Pop/Rock, and Album Producer of the Year). She is known in Quebec for two well-received singles from ''Aquanaute'': "La barricade" and "Dans un océan". Early life Moffatt grew up in Saint-Romuald, a suburb of Quebec City on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. After completing Grade 11, she moved to Montreal where she earned a Diplôme d'études collégiales in music at Cégep de Saint-Laurent, then a Baccalauréat in popular music and classical singing from UQAM. Career After university, Moffatt went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
