Gabrielle Shonk | |
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Background information | |
Born | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Origin | Quebec City, Québec, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Gabrielle Shonk is a Canadian singer-songwriter. [1] She received a Juno Award nomination for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019 for her self-titled debut album. [2]
The daughter of an American father and a Québécois mother, Shonk was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Quebec City. [3] Although fluently bilingual, she writes songs almost entirely in English, which she attributes to having been influenced primarily by anglophone rather than francophone music. [1] Her album does, however, include three French-language songs co-written with Patrick Sauvageau. [1]
She was a competitor on the second season of TVA's La Voix in 2014, [4] but was eliminated from the competition after losing a duel round to Mathieu Lavoie. She released her debut album in late 2017. [5] During the same period, she recorded a cover of Beyoncé's " Halo" for the soundtrack to the Cirque du Soleil show Crystal. [6]
Gabrielle Shonk | |
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Background information | |
Born | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Origin | Quebec City, Québec, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Gabrielle Shonk is a Canadian singer-songwriter. [1] She received a Juno Award nomination for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019 for her self-titled debut album. [2]
The daughter of an American father and a Québécois mother, Shonk was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Quebec City. [3] Although fluently bilingual, she writes songs almost entirely in English, which she attributes to having been influenced primarily by anglophone rather than francophone music. [1] Her album does, however, include three French-language songs co-written with Patrick Sauvageau. [1]
She was a competitor on the second season of TVA's La Voix in 2014, [4] but was eliminated from the competition after losing a duel round to Mathieu Lavoie. She released her debut album in late 2017. [5] During the same period, she recorded a cover of Beyoncé's " Halo" for the soundtrack to the Cirque du Soleil show Crystal. [6]