Festival Lineup

Coeur de Pirate

Coeur de Pirate made a big splash in the landscape of French music in 2008 with a debut album the same name, which earned her the Felix "Newcomer of the Year," nominated for a Juno and a mention in the long list of Polaris Prize. After the success of North America, c, is Europe's creaking for Montreal, whose album is triple platinum in France and sells over 600,000 copies worldwide. Beatrice Martin made her mark on stage, in Quebec and Europe, putting on the great festivals: Osheaga, the Francofolies Montreal and LaRochelle, Printemps de Bourges and Eurockéennes, to name a few. The ADISQ highlights the extent of its success in 2010, the crowning of Felix 's "Artist who illustrated outside Quebec." Since then, Beatrice has shared the stage and microphone with many great names, among them Robert Charlebois, Francis Cabrel, Julien Doré, Les Trois Accords, Nicolas Sirkis (Indochine), David Usher and Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash, with whom she founded Armistice and the group launched an EP in February 2011. Along with these successful collaborations, its popularity is growing web, her blog friendly staff almost 25 000 visitors per week. In November, Coeur de Pirate will release Blonde, a second highly anticipated album, co-directed by the renowned Montreal Bilerman Howard, who has worked with include Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Basia Bulat and The Dears.