Aleksi Campagne is a Canadian singer-songwriter, who won the Canadian Folk Music Award for French Songwriter of the Year at the 19th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2024 for his album For the Giving / Sans rien donner.[1]
The son of folk musicians Connie Kaldor and Paul Campagne,[2] he studied classical and jazz violin in university.[3] He released a self-titled debut album in 2018.[4]
For the Giving / Sans rien donner, released in 2023, is a 20-song double album, featuring ten songs in both English and French versions.[5] Although fluently bilingual, he collaborated with his aunt Michelle Campagne to translate the lyrics into French due to the complications inherent in translating song lyrics. Le Devoir gave the album a favourable review, comparing its blend of folk, jazz and indie pop influences to both Patrick Watson and Half Moon Run.[5]
He also performs with his mother as both a supporting musician in her band and an opening act.[2]
References
edit- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024.
- ^ a b Small, Alan (November 9, 2023). "Folk music veteran Connie Kaldor keeps it in the family". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ^ Jenna Melanson, "Aleksi Campagne announces bilingual album, For the Giving / Sans Rien Donner". Canadian Beats, July 9, 2022.
- ^ Brendan Kelly, "Aleksi Campagne isn't 'just a folksinger with a guitar'". Montreal Gazette, April 4, 2018.
- ^ a b Sylvain Cormier, "«For The Giving/Sans rien donner», Aleksi Campagne". Le Devoir, August 4, 2023.
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