Jo Lemaire

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Jo Lemaire
Lemaire in Bonheiden, Belgium, 2013
Lemaire in Bonheiden, Belgium, 2013
Background information
Born (1956-01-05) 5 January 1956 (age 68)
Gembloux, Belgium
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1979–present
Labels

Jo Lemaire (born 5 January 1956) is a

Namur. Beyond her native country, she is also popular in France, Switzerland, Canada, and the Netherlands.[1]

Career

Jo Lemaire debuted musically in the late 1970s with her musical group, "Jo Lemaire + Flouze". The group saw true success with the release of their album

synthpop adaptation of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais", propelled the singer into stardom all over Europe and Canada. In 1982, the group separated, and Lemaire continued her career as a solo artist. She divorced Philippe Depireux, a fellow former bandmember, and moved to Bilzen
with her new partner, Fa Vanham.

Her first solo album, Concorde, was released to great success in 1983. The

PolyGram International rather than Phonogram Belgium
. It was not a hit; her long career has experienced highs and lows.

Through her concerts abroad, her multilingualism and covers of hits by foreign artists, Lemaire has many fans outside Belgium; in

Transmusicales in Rennes, the Printemps de Bourges, the Rock en France
, and many other tours and music festivals.

In 1990, she released

Carmel in Liverpool to produce an album of the same name
.

In 2000, she began touring Flemish schools using music to encourage children to learn French language. Two CDs based on the "Bob & Bobette" comic characters from this campaign were released, titled Eventail Junior. In 2001, she partnered the former Hooverphonic band member Frank Duchêne and lyricists Michael Bisceglia and Ronny Mosuse on the album Flagrants Délices, and its associated single "La saison des amours". In 2007 she recorded a song with Rocco Granata on the album La Vie à Deux.

Discography

singles

  • "So Static!" (with Flouze)
  • "Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais" (with Flouze)

Albums

Compilations

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.

External links

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