Louise Forestier Louise Forestier – 1983- Folk (vinyl)

Louise Forestier Louise Forestier – 1983- Folk (vinyl)

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Born inShawinigan,Quebec, Canada, Forestier was trained in acting at theNational Theatre SchoolinMontreal, but it was as a singer that she first became known in 1966, when she received theRene ClaudeTrophy fromLe Patriote, abote chansonsin east-end Montreal, and was named Discovery of the Year on theRadio-CanadaTV programJeunesse oblige.

In 1968 she was part of the extraordinarily successful revueL’Osstidcho, followed the next year byL’OsstidchomeurtwithRobert Charlebois,Yvon Deschampsand Mouffe. She and Charlebois recorded the landmark song “Lindberg'” and touredFrancein 1969.

In April 1970 Forestier starred in theMichel Tremblay,Franois Dompierremusical,Demain matin Montral m’attend. She continued with acting, appearing inJacques Godbout’s 1972 filmIXE-13, singing on the original film score.

Forestier topped the Quebec charts in 1973 with a version of thefolk song“La Prison de Londres”, performed withguitaristClaude Lafrance, andpianistJacques Perron. With this song Forestier started to turn away from the hardrockof her early career to a repertoire largely inspired by Quebec folk music, and to a more personal style, which she continued through the 1970s.

In 1980 Forestier played Marie-Jeanne, therobot waitressin the Montreal productionLuc Plamondon,Michel Bergerrock operaStarmania. Two years later, with Plamondon as producer, she staged the hit showJe suis au rendez-vous. This was the first of a series of shows in the 1980s, culminating in an appearance withBelgiansingerMauraneas part of theFrancofolies de Montralin 1989.

In 1990 she appeared at thePlace-des-Artsin Montreal as milie Nelligan, the mother of thepoetin the romantic operaNelliganby Michel Tremblay andAndr Gagnon.

Forestier defendedYann Martel’s novelHistoire de Piin theFrenchversion ofCanada Reads, which was broadcast onRadio-Canadain 2004.

In March 2019, she was one of 11 singers from Quebec, alongsideGinette Reno,Diane Dufresne,Cline Dion,Isabelle Boulay,Luce Dufault,Laurence Jalbert,Catherine Major,Ariane Moffatt,Marie Denise PelletierandMarie-laine Thibert, who participated in asupergrouprecording ofRene Claude’s 1971 single “Tu trouveras la paix” after Claude’s diagnosis withAlzheimer’s diseasewas announced

Genre:Folk, World, & CountryStyle:Year:1983

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