Chic Gamine is a Canadian musical group from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] Formed in 2007 by vocalists Ariane Jean, Alexa Dirks, Andrina Turenne, Annick Bremault and drummer Sacha Daoud,[2] they began with a vocal pop style backed only by drums, but later evolved to add more instrumentation.[1] Jean, Turenne and Bremault had previously been members of the larger vocal group Madrigaïa.[3]
They followed up with City City in 2010,[7] receiving another Juno Award nomination for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 2011.[8] In 2013 they released Closer, a compilation of tracks from their first two albums released as their introduction to the United States market.[9]
Jean left the band in 2014,[10] and was replaced by Benoit Morier on bass guitar.[11] The band released a Christmas EP in 2014,[12] before following up in 2015 with their third studio album, Light a Match.[13]
Dirks also performs as a solo artist under the stage name Begonia.[14] Turenne has also gone on to a solo career and has had occasional roles as an actress, most notably in Rhayne Vermette's films Ste. Anne and Levers.
↑"Santa and his band are coming down your chimney; From Grumpy Cat to Motown to Downton Abbey, there's festive listening for all". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, December 11, 2014.
