Térez Montcalm

Térez Montcalm (born Thérèse Montcalm in 1963) She describes herself as "a jazz singer with a very 'rock' attitude". Her influences include Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, and Billie Holiday, and her music has been compared to that of Edith Piaf and Janis Joplin. Her career started in 1981. During her early years as a musician, she performed as a warm-up act for the Cowboy Junkies. Her 2009 album, Connection, fared even better in France, reaching a top position of No. 37 on 3 October 2009.

Biography Thérèse Montcalm was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1963. At the age of seven, she formed an ambition to forge a career out of singing after seeing the René Simard film Un enfant comme les autres. After being introduced to Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley by her brother, she took up acoustic guitar several years later. During her early musical life she opened for such artists as Cowboy Junkies and Robert Charlebois while working at Popico's theatre in Alberta.

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Térez Montcalm

Voodoo

Connection

Here's to You - Songs for Shirley Horn

I Know, I'll Be Alright

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Others 2009: Cafe Elektric (Cusson, Mervil, Montcalm)