Hometown: Grande-Vallée/Gaspésie, Ontario
A bassist trained in jazz singing, she accompanied many Québec artists (Ariane Moffat, Stefie Shock, Mara Tremblay) before unveiling her own musical project in 2009, with a self-titled first album coproduced with François Lafontaine and Louis-Jean Cormier. The pretty Gaspésienne mastered the art of being a frontwoman and received several honors: the SPACQ’s André “Dédé” Fortin Award for New Songwriter of the Year, the SOCAN’s Pop Song of the Year award for “Pourquoi” as well as three ADISQ nominations in 2009. Same story for her second album, Aux alentours (2012 in Québec and in France on the Polydor label): critics gave it rave reviews and fans couldn’t get enough. A hushed, steamy atmosphere: bodies, voices and harmonies intertwine, curl up against each other, and cast a lasting spell. Marie-Pierre Arthur completely seduces us with her third opus, Si l’aurore, which was launched on February 16, 2015 in Québec, on the Simone Records label.