Gabrielle Papillon

Gabrielle Strasfeld, known professionally as Gabrielle Papillon, is an award-winning Canadian musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1] To date she has recorded seven albums.

Gabrielle Papillon
OriginCanada
InstrumentsVocals, Guitar, Keyboard
LabelsLittle Bug Records, The state51 Conspiracy
Websitewww.gabriellepapillon.com

Career

In 2015, she released her fifth album The Tempest of Old. It charted on Canadian national campus radio, CBC Radio 2, and the international iTunes Singer-Songwriter charts and won the Music Nova Scotia Award for Recording of the Year.[2] She also began working with veteran music manager Peter Jenner.[3] She released her sixth album Keep the Fire in 2017.[4] The album was nominated for three East Coast Music Awards,[5][6] four Music Nova Scotia Awards,[7] and a Canadian Folk Music Award,[8] winning the Music Nova Scotia award for SOCAN Songwriter of the Year in 2018.[9] Papillon's seventh album Shout was released in 2019.[10]

Songs from Papillon's albums have appeared in various films and television shows in Canada, the United States, and Australia including Rookie Blue (USA)[11] and This Life (CAN).[12]

Tom Power, host of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's 'q', has called Papillon "one of the finest songwriters in the country right now".[13] In an interview for the Globe and Mail, writer, director, and actor Sarah Polley said of Papillon "She is an incredible songwriter and has a transcendent voice."[14]


Discography

Albums
Year Work Label
2001Songs For a Rainy DayLittle Bug Records
2010The WandererLittle Bug Records
2011The Currency of PoetryLittle Bug Records
2012Little BugLittle Bug Records
2015The Tempest of OldLittle Bug Records
2017Keep the FireThe state51 Conspiracy
2019 Shout The state51 Conspiracy

References
  1. Gabrielle Papillon Releasing New Album “Keep The Fire”
  2. Mo Kenney shines at Nova Scotia Music Week Awards
  3. Return of Music Week to Yarmouth will strike right chord musically and economically
  4. "Gabrielle Papillon: Keep The Fire Review". pastemagazine.com. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  5. "2018 East Coast Music Awards Nominees Announced! - East Coast Music Association". www.ecma.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  6. "East Coast Music Awards Music & Industry Nominees 2019 - East Coast Music Association". www.ecma.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  7. East, The (2018-09-12). "List of Nominees Announced for 2018 Music Nova Scotia Awards". The East. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  8. "Results 2018 | Canadian Folk Music Awards". folkawards.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  9. "Gabrielle Papillon wins SOCAN honour at 2018 Music Nova Scotia Awards". SOCAN Words and Music. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  10. "Gabrielle Papillon Shout". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  11. Gabrielle Papillon music featured in movies and TV shows
  12. This Life Blog
  13. "Media". Gabrielle Papillon. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  14. "What actress-filmmaker Sarah Polley is watching, listening to and reading". Retrieved 2020-01-20.


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