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Christine Atallah and The Bassalindos are North America's acoustic world pop gem from Montreal, reflecting a kalidoscopic heritage of cultures mingling pop and jazz with Eastern and Latin colors in multi languages. As the star, leader and signer-songwriter of the group: Christine Atallah's beautiful voice and captivating compositions manifest her Lebanese heritage as well as her classical training and extensive jazz background. She is a Mediterranean Diva of the snowy North who fluently speaks and performs four languages. Danny McLaughlin is the brilliant francophone guitarist from Moncton, New Brunswick. Acadian cousin to the Cajuns of Louisiana, Danny's opuses echo a mastery of jazz and classical genres along with the flair of days as a Maritime rock star in the Acadian group Ahimsa. Syria and the Middle East are embodied in the fiery percussion and inspired oud playing of Firas Haddad. The upright as well as electric basses leap to jazzy and funky life under the nimble fingers of Québécois musician François Lalonde, trained by the "whose who" of legendary players he has now overtaken in notoriety. Your feet will tap to the engaging drum beats of the remarkably talented French Canadian drummer Mathieu Tessier, an energetic and dynamic player continuously in demand in the four corners of the globe. Patti Payne, singer, multi-instrumentalist and leader of her own Jazz/Bossa group Blue Dance is an integral part of the vocal beauty of the Bassalindo sound. Diana Dorval, a breathtaking gospel singer of Haitian birthright, plucked from the first voices of The Montreal Mass Gospel Choir completes the magic by adding her uniquely expressive voice as a compelling and powerful back up singer.
Age
32
Country
Canada
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