Gabrielle Shonk
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 cowritten 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]
References
- "Universal appeal: Gabrielle Shonk's album reflects bicultural heritage". Montreal Gazette, September 27, 2017.
- "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
- "Gabrielle Shonk’s Voice Is Too Big for Small Towns". Noisey, July 11, 2016.
- "La force tranquille de Gabrielle Shonk". La Presse, October 3, 2017.
- Daily Dose: Gabrielle Shonk, "Raindrops". Paste, September 22, 2017.
- "«Crystal»: Spectaculaire, mais froid". TVA Nouvelles, December 20, 2017.
- Stephan Boissonneault, "Gabrielle Shonk Meets Your Gaze on 'Across the Room'". Exclaim!, February 23, 2023.