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ANNETTE
Biography
Folk/rock singer-songwriter ‘Annette’ has the ability to slip through the keyhole of life to gather up, heart in hand, music
and lyrics that touch the soul and jump start the heart. She’s been part of the music scene for over twenty-five years,
having worked with groups Folle Avoine and Hart Rouge before embarking on a solo career. Singing in both French and
English with her brother and sisters, her work with Hart Rouge spans more than ten years and boasts an impressive list
of accomplishments: six albums, several radio hits and many tours across Canada, Europe and the United States.
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Annette then decided to leave Hart Rouge to pursue a solo career and released in 1997 a debut album with Zero
Musique Records called “Sauter de Haut.” The album garnered excellent reviews and generated three radio hits that
climbed the charts in Québec and French Canada.
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“SAUTER DE HAUT, Annette’s first solo project, is probably the best album released by a female artist in Quebec in years. Annette recounts her experiences with a combination of flair and modesty to make her more than just an interesting writer. Definitely someone to discover.”
Laurent Saulnier, Voir Montréal
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She then took some time to change gears, to start a family and to teach. During this time, she hosted
Radio-Canada/CBC’s afternoon drive show in Saskatchewan and was chosen for the ‘Artist in Residence’ program for two straight years.
With a new perspective and the desire to once again devote herself to music, Annette then came back with her first English album in 2009 called ‘You Gotta Laugh’ and J’peux pas demander mieux (2010).
“Annette Campagne returns with her first English album with fabulous results. Heavily influenced by the great folkie singer-songwriters of the 70’s like James Taylor and Carly Simon,
Annette takes the genre and makes it all new again. Light funky rhythms, gorgeous melodies
and introspective lyrics make this one a winner.”
Duke Eatmon, CBC Montreal
Her songs have the ability to create a ‘comfortable connectedness’ and a ‘feel good atmosphere’. Her writing is positive, not in a ‘fleur blue everything is wonderful way’, but
one based in a faith-infused reality and self-empowering optimism, weaving through life’s
paradoxes with a mix of compassion, contemplative detachment and humour leaving one
with a refreshing sense of hope and faith. She delivers a mix of contemporary folk, melodic pop and acoustic rock with a sweet and soulful voice.
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She proves she is the quintessential Canadian artist; the bilingual, straight-
shooting poet of a prairie girl who has seen the world but who revels in her prairie roots. She’s the hip, urban musician standing in a field of wheat
singing about heartbreak and the thrill of new beginnings; about the refusal to compromise; about fury and forgiveness.
Annette’s music is smooth and soulful with a hit of big sky country. It is the work of an artist whose mettle has been
tested.
Be it through her province wide gospel choir project, or
her most recent venture ‘The Girl’s Got Soul’, a vlog mixing ‘soul talk’ with her music, Annette always puts
her heart into it. She is already preparing her next album, which will be released in October, 2014.
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Quotes:
It may be a different tack for Annette Campagne to sing in English - or at least, to sing entirely in
English. But the sparkling songwriting that put Hart-Rouge on the map so many years ago puts this allAnglo effort alongside the best of contemporary performers like Shawn Colvin. The hook-filled “Let You
Go” is one of the catchiest songs this year.
Mark Rheaume, CBC Radio
“Annette Campagne returns with her first English album with fabulous results. Heavily influenced by
the great folkie singer-songwriters of the 70’s like James Taylor and Carly Simon, Annette takes the
genre and makes it all new again. Light funky rhythms, gorgeous melodies and introspective lyrics make
this one a winner.”
Duke Eatmon, CBC Montreal
“I love this album. The music is very very catchy, the guitars, the drums, beautiful melodies that you
easily get at- tached to, it’s a ‘feel good’ album that you would listen to in your car! Annette has a
beautiful voice! I give this an 8.5 on 10!”
Josée Perrier, Monsieur Showbiz
‘This long awaited album makes you feel good and comfortable all at once. The music is great and the lyrics are even better. It makes you want to pack up your car and take a road trip where the <ields are yellow, the sun is hot and the horizon never stops. I love it! This album is on heavy rotation on my ipod, that’s for sure!’ !
Nathalie Bernardin, RDGE
‘The former Hart Rouge singer owned the stage at the Prince of Wales in Assiniboia with con<ident vocals. She revved up her folk style with blues and rock and walked it back home again to the story-­‐telling melodies. With her pure sweet vocals, Annette proved she can wrap her voice around the highs and the lows, and her hands around any style she chooses. !
Pam Mytroen, Assiniboia Times !
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Nominations and prizes
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2011:Nominated at awards gala ‘Les Trille d’or’ as Western Canadian artist of the year.
Nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award for best francophone recording of the year
Recipient of the ‘Prix Mercure’ for her contribution to arts and culture in Saskatchewan
Winner of the ‘Musiclips’ CBC contest
2010:Winner of Songwriter Universe best song of the month contest with Freudian slip
1997: Socan songwriter’s award for the song ‘Inconditionnel’
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Discography:
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1989-1996: 7 albums with the groupe Hart Rouge
1997: Annette: Sauter de haut
2009: Annette: You Gotta Laugh
2010: Annette Campagne: J’peux pas demander mieux
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Noteworthy
The Times - Friday, October 22, 2010 A21
Annette Campagne Performs in Assiniboia
Photo by Joyce Simard
Annette Campagne performs with the Assiniboia Community Choir. Also on stage is Annette’s husband, Dave Lowlor on the keyboard,
her sister Solange (right) and her brother Paul (on far right).
By Pam Mytroen
Times Contributor
“I like to rock it up a
bit,” says Annette
Campagne. No kidding.
The former Hart Rouge
singer owned the stage
at the Prince of Wales
October
16th
in
Assiniboia with an ambush on guitar and confident vocals. Her husband Dave Lowlor accompanied on keyboard,
revving up her folk style
with jazz and blues and
walking it back home
again to the story-telling
melodies.
Though growing up in
Willow Bunch and singing everywhere with her
large family, this was her
first time performing in
Assiniboia. “I made it
big,” she said, sliding into
several of her own compositions such as “This
Life With You” and “You
Gotta Laugh”. With her
pure sweet vocals
Campagne proved she
can wrap her voice
around the highs and
lows, and her hands
around any style she
chooses.
Campagne invited her
sister Solange and her
brother Paul to the stage
in the second half of her
show. An impromptu
“Wheat Pool Song” revealed what it was like
for her as a child. “Our
Dad rented us out.” she
said, “We sang at funerals, weddings, Co-op annual meetings, and of
course the Wheat Pool
Board gatherings.” The
audience laughed along
with them when they ‘improvised’ some of the
words and notes, but enjoyed the taste of her
childhood - the harmony
and fun that Campagne
grew up in.
The Hart Rouge trio
showed what they’re capable of in “Plant Your
Fields”. This call to plant
and to pray for rain is like
a beautiful beckoning to
return home to family and
faith.
After releasing nine albums, and entertaining
audiences in Manitoba,
Quebec, the U.S. and
Europe, the singersongwriter has returned
to her prairie roots and
calls Regina home where
she parents, teaches, directs a French gospel
choir at the university,
and performs.
Though she’s enjoyed
success, Campagne admits that there’s been
pain on the journey. She
spoke of how she has
learned to forgive. “Forgiveness, though we
think we’re doing it for
the other person, is
something we do for ourselves. This heavy burden is lifted from us.” She
wrote, “Only Forgiveness Knows,” a meaningful tribute to grace.
Did the Assiniboia
Community Choir put the
moves on Campagne or
the other way around?
Our Choir showed their
true versatility, singing
Gospel, “I’m Saved,”
and “I get Joy” as background for the lively
Campagne. They re-
membered their choreography and got the entire
audience grooving.
“Wow; Amazing; I like
her stories” were some
of the comments the
young people had for
Annette Campagne.
She’s proof that our province grows and inspires
outstanding artists.
As premiere concert
for the year, Campagne
set the tone. Assiniboia is
once again privileged to
have the Assiniboia Arts
Council - sponsored by
OSAC, Sask. Lotteries
and Conexus - bringing in
world class talent to our
stage.
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The Kipling Citizen
Kipling, Saskatchewan
Kipling Community Choir
performs with Campagne
Friday, February 18th, 2011
Staff photo by Laura Kish
Kipling Community Choir performs with Annette Campagne.
by Laura Kish
Kipling & District Arts
Council held their 3rd of 4
in the Series of Stars For
Saskatchewan featuring
Annette Campagne on
Sunday evening, February 13th to an audience
of over 130 including
guests coming from all
over including Regina,
Montmartre, Glenavon,
Kennedy, Windthorst as
well as from Kipling.
Originally from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan
and now living in Regina
singer-songwriter Annette
Campagne has performed
her style of pop-folk-rock
music all over the world
charming audiences, singing in both French and
English.
Former music student of Campagne’s, Gent
Laird of Saskatoon on
upright base has been Annette’s musician off and
on for five years.
Campagne grew up in
Willow Bunch on the family farm until the age of
18, then moved to Winni-
peg for 4 years and then on
to Montreal for 12 years.
Wanting to do something
a bit different, she came
back to Saskatchewan for
what was supposed to be
six months. That was until
she met her husband, had
a son who is now 5, and
she stayed for 18 years.
She taught in Gravelbourg,
was an Artist in residence
in Regina.
“I started to play guitar
at age 10, I wanted to be
just like my brother,” says
Campagne “I watched him
play and I would copy
him...I guess you could say
I shadowed him.”
Annette Campagne has
a style all her own which
the audience enjoyed very
much by the toe-tapping
to her music and the audience participation during a
few of the songs. Between
songs good-natured Campagne also shared many
stories, mainly about funny
moments in her own life.
Speaking with a bit of a
French accent she had
quite a comical side to
her.
“I remember the exact
moment I wanted to be a
singer and entertainer,” she
recalls “it was at an Alice
Cooper concert.” She then
sang an Alice Cooper song
“Only Women Bleed”.
And of course the evening would not be complete without a little bit of
the blues!
During the final portion
of the evening, the Kipling
Community Choir were
invited on stage to perform
along with Campagne.
“I grew up singing in
the choir,” explains Campagne therefore in each
community where she performs she prearranges for
the local community choir
to join her on stage and
had a very good response
in Kipling.
“I wish the community
success,” says Campagne
at the end of the evening
and goes on to say “I felt
so appreciated through this
whole OSAC tour.”
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Staff photo by Laura Kish
Annette Campagne performed to an appreciative crowd on Sunday, Feb. 13 at
the Kipling Community Centre.
Feedback from Annette’s 2009-2010 OSAC Tour
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Annette’s sister Solange and brother Paul joined her onstage for a few numbers before 22 of our
Community Choir members sang three numbers as her back-up Gospel Choir.
Great variety, great interaction,great evening!
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Comments from the audience:
“Excellent show! Bring them back again!
“Wonderful evening, enjoyed Annette’s style and beautiful voice.”
“Fantastic evening. It would be nice to do it again.”
“Great evening, wonderful energy and such a lot of talent!”
“WOW. Lively and energetic, very personable with her audience.
“Very nice to see local talent join with Annette, a not-so-far local talented gal from Willow Bunch going
places in the music field.”
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Our audience thoroughly enjoyed their evening with Annette and our community choir. We had a new
group of ladies join us for the first time from a neighbouring community and they were to excited to be
there and already planning to come to the next show because they enjoyed this one so much.
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Annette was able to get great audience participation during her performance. Audience really enjoyed
having local choir involvement. She had great rapport with the audience and told hilarious stories.
Standing ovation at end of show and requests for an encore. Lovely. She spent quite a bit of time mixing
with the audience at after show reception.
Great rapport with audience and community. Stage Performance included the community choir.
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