Andrea Lindsay is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter, who won the

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at the Juno Awards of 2010 for her album ''Les Sentinelles dorment''."Francophone singers on Ontario tour"
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'', February 7, 2014. Originally from

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, Lindsay was raised as an anglophone, but learned French as an adult after visiting France at age 18. Later settling in

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, she formed the band Tuesday 5 with Jennifer Bacchet,"Renaissances"
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'', February 5, 2009. releasing the English language album ''Here and Now'' in 2003. Her subsequent albums as a solo artist have all been in French. In 2011, she also participated as a supporting musician in a reunion tour by the

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rock band

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. She is married to musician Luc de Larochellière."Andrea Lindsay et Luc De Larochellière: des amours et des chansons"
'' La Presse'', February 14, 2013. In 2012, they released the album ''C'est d'l'amour ou c'est comme'' as a duo.

Discography

*''Here and Now'' (2003, with Tuesday 5) *''La Belle Étoile'' (2006) *''Les Sentinelles dorment'' (2009) *''C'est d'l'amour ou c'est comme'' (2012, with Luc de Larochellière) *''Le Jazz et la Java'' (2016)

References

Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian singer-songwriters Living people Musicians from Guelph Singers from Montreal French-language singers of Canada Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year winners Canadian women pop singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-singer-stub