Safia Nolin
Safia Nolin | |
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FrancoFolies de Montréal, 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1992 (age 31–32) |
| Origin | Quebec City, Quebec |
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| Years active | 2000s-present |
| Labels | Bonsound |
| Spouse(s) | 2022-present Pomme |
Safia Nolin is a
Her debut album, Limoilou, was released in 2015 via
anxiety and bullying.[2] She has toured France as an opening act for Lou Doillon, and Quebec as an opening act for Louis-Jean Cormier.[2]
In June 2016, she won the Prix Félix-Leclerc at the
FrancoFolies de Montréal.[3] Her song "Igloo" was shortlisted for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize,[4] and Limoilou was named a longlisted nominee for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.[5]
Her second album, Dans le noir, was released in 2018.[6]
She is out as lesbian.[7] She is married to French singer Pomme.
In 2019, she released the EP xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx. It included a duet with John K. Samson, on a cover of Taking Back Sunday's "Cute Without the E".[8]
In 2020, she coordinated Saint-Jeanne, an LGBTQ-inclusive
FLORAA, and drag queens Matante Alex and Gisèle Lullaby.[9]
Discography
- Limoilou (2015)
- Reprises, Vol. 1 (2016)
- Dans le noir (2018)
- Reprises, Vol. 2 (2019)
- xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx (2019)
- Seum (2021)
References
- ^ "Safia Nolin: un diamant brut". La Presse, September 13, 2015.
- ^ Montreal Gazette, January 31, 2016.
- ^ "Safia Nolin remporte le prix Félix-Leclerc de la chanson 2016". Ici Radio-Canada, June 16, 2016.
- ^ "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Finalists Announced". Exclaim!, June 9, 2016.
- ^ "Fred Fortin, Safia Nolin et Coeur de pirate nommés à la longue liste du Prix Polaris 2016". Voir, June 15, 2016.
- ^ "Why Safia Nolin's dark folk songs are the cathartic release you need right now". CBC Music, October 11, 2018.
- ^ "Safia Nolin: une année sans lumière". La Presse, October 1, 2018.
- ^ Holly Gordon, "Tegan and Sara, Scott Helman, Safia Nolin and more: songs you need to hear this week". CBC Music, October 2, 2018.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Safia Nolin Gets Backxwash for Inaugural Saint-Jeanne Concert". Exclaim!, June 17, 2020.
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