Hart-Rouge

Hart-Rouge
OriginCanada
GenresFolk, pop
Years active1986 (1986)–present
MembersPaul Campagne
Michelle Campagne
Suzanne Campagne
Past membersAnnette Campagne
Carmen Campagne

Hart-Rouge are a Canadian folk music group,[1] consisting of siblings Paul Campagne, Michelle Campagne, and Suzanne Campagne.

Originally from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, the Campagne family are among the most notable Fransaskois personalities in Canada.[2] Hart-Rouge was the original name of their hometown. The three previously recorded and performed with several other family members as Folle Avoine, the French name for the common wild oat, and formed Hart-Rouge with another sibling, Annette Campagne, when that band ended.[3] During their music career, they were based at first in Winnipeg, Manitoba,[3] and later in Montreal, Quebec.[4]

The band perform traditional folk songs and original material in both English and French. They have also recorded some material in Canadian First Nations languages.[5]

Annette left the band in the mid-1990s, with the band continuing as a trio with collaborating session musicians.[6]

Connections

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Their sister Carmen Campagne, who had been a member of Folle Avoine, also continued a career in music, performing independently as a children's entertainer.[7] Their father, Émile Campagne, has also released two albums of traditional folk songs.[8]

Paul Campagne is married to folk singer-songwriter Connie Kaldor.[9] Their son Aleksi Campagne is also a singer-songwriter,[10] who won the Canadian Folk Music Award for French Songwriter of the Year in 2024 for For the Giving / Sans rien donner, an album of songs he wrote in collaboration with Michelle Campagne.[11]

Discography

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Albums
  • Hart-Rouge (1988)
  • Inconditionnel (1990)
  • Le dernier mois de l'année (1992)
  • Blue Blue Windows (1993)
  • La fabrique (1994)
  • Bonsoir Québec (1995)
  • Beaupré's Home (1997)
  • Nouvelle-France (1998)
  • Une histoire de famille (1998)
  • J'ai fait un rêve (2001)
Contributing artist

References

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  1. ^ Shepherd, John (2005). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. Continuum. pp. 57–. ISBN 9780826474360. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. ^ Greg Barr, "Francophone pop band tries to find its bilingual niche". Ottawa Citizen, January 17, 1989.
  3. ^ a b "Song from the Hart; Winnipeg French group off to Europe". Montreal Gazette, August 12, 1987.
  4. ^ Brendan Kelly, "English album is a natural for Hart Rouge; After all, Montreal's Hart Rouge recorded en francais while in their native Western Canada". Montreal Gazette, October 16, 1993.
  5. ^ Helen Metella, "Bilingualism haunts Hart Rouge; Deejays refuse airplay". Edmonton Journal, April 20, 1989.
  6. ^ "Hart Rouge is red hot". Ottawa Citizen, August 13, 1998.
  7. ^ Janice Kennedy, "Daughter of singing family thrives on bilingual repertoire". Ottawa Citizen, May 25, 1992.
  8. ^ Roger Levesque, "Home is where the Hart is for trio of versatile musical siblings". Edmonton Journal, May 20, 2003.
  9. ^ Pacholik, Barb (19 January 2017). "Prairie songstress Connie Kaldor dancing to her own tune". Regina Leader Post. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  10. ^ Small, Alan (9 November 2023). "Folk music veteran Connie Kaldor keeps it in the family". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  11. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners". Exclaim!, April 10, 2024.
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