Carole Facal is a

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singer-songwriter from

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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

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, 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

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, also forming (in 1998) a

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ed 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

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. Their profile was raised in English Canada with their performance at the 2005 Live 8 Toronto concert. DobaCaracol broke up in 2007, after which Facal began work on her first solo album, ''L'arbre aux parfums'', released in September 2008.Olivier Robillard Laveaux
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and numerous other musical influences, was released to acclaim and led to two cash awards and a

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nomination for Francophone Album of the Year. In December 2009 she was scheduled to play as the lead act for

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on a brief tour of Atlantic Canada. A European tour (France, Belgium, and Switzerland) followed in March 2010. Her 2011 release was entitled ''Blanc mercredi'', followed by the album ''Shiver'' in 2012, which was the first one consequently in English language. Caracol released an album in November 2018 named ''Symbolism''. The album originated with an encounter with producer Joey Waronker (Beck, Atoms for Peace) during a creative trip to Los Angeles. After he fell in love with her demos, he decided to work with her. They went on to record 12 songs where Caracol reached a new height in authenticity and artistic expression. She then continued the exploration at her headquarters of Studio de l'Est, with her long-time allies Seb Ruban & Toast Dawg, producers from Montreal. ''Symbolism'' also involved a collaboration with multidisciplinary artists The Doodys and artistic director Fred Caron.

Personal life

Carole Facal is a younger sister of the Quebec politician

Joseph Facal Joseph Facal (born 12 March 1961) is a Canadian politician, academic, and journalist in the province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2003 and was a cabinet minister in the governmen ...

, a former

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cabinet minister. She has a child with her boyfriend.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Facal, Carole Canadian people of Swiss descent Canadian people of Uruguayan descent Canadian women rock singers Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian singer-songwriters Canadian women guitarists Musicians from Sherbrooke Living people French-language singers of Canada Best Original Song Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian women pop singers Year of birth missing (living people)