FRANCO FESTIVAL CALGARY AUGUST 18, 2018

Artists

Aude Ray
Be my Home , bilingual (5 english 3 french), JazzFolk, an amalgam of work from the past two years, inspired by dreams, recorded Live-of-the-floor by sound engineer Irvine Russell at Bunker7 in Pemberton, BC. Aude Ray's music with piano by Rosalind Steel, bring undertones of Jazz mixed with Folk influence. The Montreal Culture and passion for life comes out in Aude Ray's energetic personality, style and lyrics and her melodies bring freshness from the coastal Pacific mountains of Canada.

Kizaba
KIZABA is a songwriter and singer who plays African percussion and drums on stage. By his fascinating Congolese Afro-house electronic music and electrifying, his words in French, lingala and kicongo, KIZABA offers a show dancing and unifying for the general public.

Michelle Grégoire
Jazz pianist and composer Michelle Grégoire’s music has been described as “ingenious”, “elegant”, “balanced”, and “original with great depth and imagination”. A proud Métis artist, raised in Manitoba and fully bilingual in French and in English, Grégoire has toured across Canada with her jazz quintet and her music is heard regularly on XM Radio and various jazz programs across North America.