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Let It Play
''Let It Play'' is the ninth studio album by Canadian musical artist David Usher. It was released on October 21, 2016, via David Usher's own music label, Evil Empire Inc. The album features English translations of French-Canadian songs, re-recorded originals from Usher's repertoire, as well as high-profile collaborations with artists such as Marie-Mai, Alex Nevsky, Monogrenade, Karim Ouellet, Dumas, Ingrid St-Pierre, Caracol, Daniel Lavoie, Dominique A, and . Track listing # "They Will Believe (In This Love)" with Alex Nevsky # "We Will Be Free" with Monogrenade # "Let It Play" with Dumas # "No Cure" with Ingrid St-Pierre # " Black Black Heart" with Marie-Mai Marie-Mai (born Marie-Mai Bouchard on July 7, 1984, in Varennes, Quebec) is a Canadian singer from Quebec. She was initially known as one of the finalists of the first season of the Quebec reality show ''Star Académie''. Background Marie-Mai ... # "Dream of Flight" with # "War Again" with Karim Ouellet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Usher
David Usher (born April 24, 1966) is a British-born Canadian musician, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and activist best known as the front man for the band Moist. He has also released a number of solo albums. He is the founder of Reimagine AI, an artificial intelligence creative studio. Early life David Usher was born in Oxford, England to Thai Buddhist artist Samphan Usher and Queen's University economics professor Dan Usher. He has lived in various places such as Malaysia, New York City, California and Thailand since early childhood, before his family settled in Kingston, Ontario. He attended high school at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute at the same time that Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and Hugh Dillon of the Headstones attended the school. Usher attended Queen's University for one semester before transferring to Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, majoring in political science. Career While studying in Vancouver, Usher helped for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From The Last Day On Earth
''Songs from the Last Day on Earth'' is the eighth studio album by Canadian solo artist David Usher. It was released on October 2, 2012 via MapleMusic Recordings label. Track listing Review —CBC Music CBC Music (formerly known as CBC FM, CBC Stereo and CBC Radio 2) is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It used to concentrate on classical and jazz. In 2007 and 2008, the network transitioned towards a ... References External links *See The Stars - David Usher {{Authority control 2012 albums David Usher albums MapleMusic Recordings albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Mai
Marie-Mai (born Marie-Mai Bouchard on July 7, 1984, in Varennes, Quebec) is a Canadian singer from Quebec. She was initially known as one of the finalists of the first season of the Quebec reality show ''Star Académie''. Background Marie-Mai was born to an actor father Marie-Mai began her interest in music in her early years when practicing piano lessons and also participated in musical theatre. Shortly, she began singing and her grandmother noticed her talent. In the following years, she would help Marie-Mai improve her singing abilities even further. At that time, her grandmother suggested to her that she audition for a new competition, ''Star Académie''. Prior to this, in 2001, she would start to perform in shows at Montreal's Théâtre Musical in the ''Passion intense'' show. She became a finalist in the 2003 edition, in which she was immediately noticed by her pop-rock style. She finished third behind Marie-Elaine Thibert, the runner-up of the competition, and Wilfred L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Nevsky (musician)
Alexandre Parent (born February 17, 1986 in Granby, Quebec, Canada), better known as Alex Nevsky, is a singer-songwriter from Quebec, Canada. He graduated from École nationale de la chanson in Granby in 2007. He participated in Festival international de la chanson de Granby (Granby International Song Festival) in 2009 reaching the semi-final. He also took part in the 14th Francouvertes contest where he was a finalist. He released his debut album ''De lune à l'aube'' in 2010 on Audiogram An audiogram is a graph that shows the audible threshold for standardized frequencies as measured by an audiometer. The Y axis represents intensity measured in decibels and the X axis represents frequency measured in hertz. The threshold of hear .... The album received two nominations at the Gala ADISQ for "Revelation of the Year" and "Best Album of Year - Pop-Rock". He was also named "Révélation Radio-Canada Musique" for 2010–2011. On 30 August 2013, he launched his second album ''Hima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monogrenade
Monogrenade is a francophone band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. History After releasing their first EP in 2009, entitled ''La saveur des fruits'' on Paper Bag Records, they came in second place at the 2010 edition of Les Francouvertes. The band gained attention when the video for their song ''Ce soir'' was featured on Mashable's list of ''Top 10 Stop-Motion Videos on Youtube''. In 2011, they released their first full-length album ''Tantale'' on Bonsound Records. Their second album, ''Composite'', followed in 2014. '' Le Devoir'', February 1, 2014. Band members *Jean-Michel Pigeon ([...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Ouellet
Karim Ouellet (December 8, 1984 – November 15, 2021) was a Senegalese-born Canadian pop singer-songwriter. He released three albums between 2011 and 2016; his second album ''Fox'' won a Juno Award in 2014. Early life Ouellet was born in Dakar, Senegal, on December 8, 1984. He was adopted by Canadian diplomats at the age of one."Karim Ouellet démystifié" '''', January 21, 2013. He lived in France, Rwanda and Tunisia, before his family returned to live in when he was 15. Ouellet learned to play the piano, percussion, and guitar as a chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumas (musician)
Dumas (born Steve Dumas) is a Canadian musician a from Victoriaville, Quebec. Career Dumas released his first album ''Dumas'' in 2001, when he was 21. His second album, ''Le cours des jours'', made him more well-known. The album includes contributions from Marie-Annick Lépine from the group Les Cowboys Fringants on two songs. In 2004, Carl Bastien and Dumas released the soundtrack to the film ''Les Aimants'' by Yves P. Pelletier. Dumas' 2012 album ''L'heure et l'endroit'' debuted at number 11 on the Canadian Albums Chart. Dumas has also produced and written music for other artists, as well as composing music for films. He wrote the theme song for ''Ça sent la coupe'' and ''Love and Magnets'', for which he won an IRIS and a Felix Award. Additionally, he has contributed vocals to several commercials and TV shows, while also collaborating in some of them as a columnist. In February 2018, Dumas released his most recent work, ''Nos Idéaux''. He began a solo tour of Quebec an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid St-Pierre
Ingrid St-Pierre (born in 1985) is a French Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec. Biography Ingrid St-Pierre was born and raised in Cabano, a town within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Her father is a businessman while her mother is a painter and an artist. Since a young age, Ingrid took piano and Gregorian classical singing classes. At age 17, she left her hometown to go study in Quebec City. She later on settled in Trois-Rivières where she decided to study psychology. Ultimately, she left university to pursue a musical career. Musical career She joined independent Canadian record label "La Tribu" in 2011 and still works with them to this day She released her first album ''Petite mam’zelle de chemin'' on May 24, 2011. The album sold relatively well in Quebec and it even won St-Pierre her first nomination for the Breakthrough Award at the ADISQ, the main awards for music in Quebec. Ingrid was called ''Francophone discovery'' by the Public Francophone Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Facal
Carole Facal is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec who writes and performs in both English and French under the stage name Caracol. Early life Born to an Uruguayan father and a Swiss mother and raised in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Facal was trained in classical violin. Always athletic, she left home at 17 to pursue a career as a snowboarder in British Columbia. There, she purchased a guitar and began to write her own music. Career Facal ultimately returned to Quebec and joined the reggae group Kaliroots, also forming (in 1998) a dreadlocked duet act called DobaCaracol with Dorianne Fabreg (Doba). DobaCaracol (the name is a fusion of the two singers' stage names) had a percussive world music sound and toured internationally. The group released two albums, ''Le Calme Son'' (2001) and ''SOLEY'' (2004). ''SOLEY'' sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide, was certified Gold in Canada, and won a Félix Award. Their profile was raised in English Canada with their performance at the 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lavoie
Daniel Lavoie (; born Joseph-Hubert-Gérald Lavoie on March 17, 1949) is a Canadian singer–songwriter, actor, producer, poet, and radio host, known for his song " Ils s'aiment" and the role of Frollo in musical ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. He releases albums and performs on stage in Canada and France and tours in Canada and Europe. Early life Daniel Lavoie was born in Dunrea, Manitoba on March 17, 1949. He is bilingual in English and French, since his family was part of a small French-speaking community in the predominantly anglophone province. He is the eldest of six children. His father was a shopkeeper and his mother a housewife. Daniel took piano lessons with nuns as a little boy and continued his musical education in a French-language Jesuit boarding school, Collège de St-Boniface (now Université de Saint-Boniface), in St. Boniface neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Music In 1967, Daniel Lavoie won the CBC's competition for singer-songwriters, in the television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique A
Dominique Ané (born 6 October 1968), better known as "Dominique A", is a French songwriter and singer. Early life Born on 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. He was passionate about literature and music from a young age. He was interested in the punk music of the time, but at the age of 14, at the beginning of the 1980s, he started to appreciate the dark romanticism of the new wave movement. After his baccalaureate, he studied humanities for a year, and, at the same time, did a range of odd jobs, including his spell as a utility man for an FM radio station in Nantes, where his family lived. At around the age of 16, he started up a band, ''John Merrick'', named after the hero of the film ''The Elephant Man'', a movie by David Lynch. The foursome recorded a vinyl album of somber, tormented songs and gave a number of concerts in the area around Nantes. Later, with the singer Katerine, he recorded a number of songs, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
