Mélisande (électrotrad)

Mélisande (électrotrad) is a Canadian folk music group, who perform a contemporary spin on traditional Québécois folk music.[1] The group's core members are Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand and Mélisande Gélinas-Fauteux, a married couple from Beloil, Quebec,[2] who perform with a rotating collective of supporting musicians and dancers.

The band released their self-titled debut album in 2014.[2]

They followed up with Les métamorphoses in 2015,[1] for which Gélinas-Fauteux won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Traditional Singer of the Year at the 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards.[3] Their third album, Les millésimes, was released in 2017,[4] garnering the band two more Canadian Folk Music Award nominations, for Traditional Singer of the Year and Pushing the Boundaries, at the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards.[5]

Discography

  • Mélisande (électrotrad) (2014)
  • Les métamorphoses (2015)
  • Les millésimes (2017)

References

  1. 1 2 "Melisande (electrotrad): Les Metamorphoses". PopMatters, May 6, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "La Grande Rencontre: trad de famille". La Presse, May 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ "National music award thrills Rheaume; Ottawa singer-songwriter honoured along with Shari Ulrich and Coig". Ottawa Citizen, December 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mélisande (électrotrad) en mode plus dansant". Le Devoir, February 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim, September 21, 2017.
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