Salomé Leclerc

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Salomé Leclerc
Background information
Birth nameSalomé Roux-Leclerc
Born (1986-04-27) April 27, 1986 (age 38)
Sainte-Françoise-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada
GenresPop, folk-rock
Occupation(s)songwriter, performer, recording artist
Instrument(s)Vocals, Guitar
Years active2010-present
LabelsAudiogram

Salomé Leclerc (born April 27, 1986) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec.[1]

Biography[edit]

Leclerc studied music at the École de la chanson de Granby,[2] before releasing her debut album Sous les arbres in 2011.[3] She received a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination in 2012 for the song "Dans la prairie".[4]

She followed up in 2014 with 27 fois l'aurore.[5] She performed at the Francofolies de Spa in May 2015, where she won the Prix Rapsat-Lelièvre,[6] and at the Francofolies de Montréal in June 2015, where she won the Prix Félix-Leclerc.[7] In the same year, she received a second SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination in 2015 for the song "Arlon".[8]

In 2016 she released the EP Live au Treatment, comprising four songs recorded at Philippe Brault's Treatment Room studio.

Her third album, Les choses extérieures, was released in 2018,[9] and was a longlisted nominee for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize.[10]

She has also performed in the group Louve, with Marie-Pierre Arthur, Ariane Moffatt, Amylie and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne.[11]

Discography[edit]

  • Sous les arbres (2011)
  • 27 fois l'aurore (2014)
  • Live au Treatment (2016)
  • Les choses extérieures (2018)
  • Mille ouvrages mon cœur (2021)

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