WORLD 1 - The Americas

The Americas

But first, an Introduction to

The International Sound of Music

The terms 'world music' and 'international' are relative, and are used here from the viewpoint of an English speaker in the United States.

This page is a respectful tribute to the musicians and singers around the world who so enrich their own cultures, and often bring pleasure to others.

The number of listings for each country does not reflect the importance of that nation's music, but indicates the amount of usable data we have located. Also, in most cases, no attempt has been made to distinguish between different types of music, so you may find a traditional folk singer listed next to a punk rocker. As we learn more, separate categories will be created.

NAMES
Most listings were obtained from non-English-speaking sources, so data had to be translated. With languages that do not use the Latin alphabet - such as Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Russian, and so on - names also had to be transliterated. When conflicts in spelling arose, the most reliable sources were chosen. Some languages use diacritical marks which our computers can't replicate. While this changes the pronunciation, it did not seem reason to exclude an artist.
DATES
In the United States, the 'month-day' system is used, while much of the world uses the 'day-month' method. We have tried to remain consistent with the 'month-day' pattern, but there may be some errors of reversal.
BIRTH PLACES
Birth cities are listed as they are in their respective languages, which may be a bit confusing when applied to places with different names in English. For example, here you will find 'Wien' and not Vienna; 'Moskva' and 'El Qâhira' [both, ironically, transliterations!] instead of Moscow and Cairo; and 'México' rather than Mexico City. We have, however, retained the common English versions of the countries themselves, to provide some frame of reference.
NATIONS
Geographic areas change, subject to the passage of time and the whims of politics. For example, the category that began several years ago as "Yugoslavia" now seems inappropriately named, and has been divided into headings that are relevant today. Some nations are divided physically, while continuing to share a common language and music. Our listings are based on music rather than politics, and should be viewed accordingly.

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Canada, French-speaking

Abbittibbi Desjardins, Richard
B B, Les Bourgeois, Patrick
Baronets, Les Angélil, René; Beaulne, Jean; Labelle, Pierre
Beau Dommage Bertrand, Pierre; Desrosiers, Marie-Michèle; Desrosiers, Réal; Rivard, Michel
Offenbach [Soap Opéra] Boulet, Denis; Boulet, Gerry
Polly-Esther Duperreault, Rachel; Granger, Anique
Rollande et Robert Désormeaux, Rollande; L'Herbier, Robert
Séguin, Les Séguin, Marie-Claire; Séguin, Richard

Angélil, René 1-16-1942 Montréal
Arsenault, Angèle 10-1-1943 Abrams Village
Aubut, Lise 8-29-1943 Lévis
Baillargeon, Hélène

8-28-1916 St Martin de Beauce
Barbeau, Marius

3-5-1883 Ste Marie de Beauce
Beaulne, Jean 6-19-1942 Montréal
Bertrand, Pierre 8-11-1948 Montréal
Blanchet, Jacques 4-14-1931 Montréal
Blouin, Johanne 9-19-1955
Bolduc, La see: Travers, Mary
Boucher, Guy 6-29-1943 St Hyacinthe
Boulay, Isabelle 7-6-1972 Ste Félicité
Boulet, Denis 7-22-1944 St Jean
Boulet, Gerry 3-1-1946 St Jean
Bourgeois, Patrick 6-16-1962
Brousseau, Hervé 2-5-1937 Québec
Calvé, Pierre 2-25-1939 Montréal
Castel, France 8-31-1943
Charbonneau, Christine 10-18-1943 Montréal
Charlebois, Robert 6-25-1944 Montréal
Claude, Renée 7-3-1939 Montréal
Cormier, Paul 'Monsieur Pointu'

5-10-1922 St Marcelin de Escoumins
Cossette, Sylvain 5-8-1963 Grand Mère
Côté, Stéphane 9-4-1971
Desjardins, Richard 3-16-1948 Rouyn-Noranda
Désormeaux, Rollande 7-27-1925 Montréal
Desrochers, Clémence 11-23-1933 Sherbrooke
Desrosiers, Marie-Michèle

3-6-1950 St Eustache
Dubois, Claude 4-24-1947 Montréal
Dufresne, Diane 9-30-1944 Montréal
Dugas, Germaine 5-3-1934 Montréal
Duguary, Raoul 2-13-1939 Val d'Or
Duguay, Calixte 7-16-1939 Ste Marie sur Mer
Dumont, Lucille 1-20-1919 Montréal
Duperreault, Rachel 5-2-1976
Fabian, Lara 1-9-1970 Etterbeek, Belgium
Farmer, Mylène 9-12-1961 Montréal
Ferland, Jean-Pierre 6-24-1934 Montréal

Fiori, Serge 3-4-1952 Montréal
Forestier, Louise 8-10-1943 Shawinigan
Francoeur, Lucien 9-9-1948 Montréal
Garand, Pierre 'Garou' 6-26-1972 Sherbrooke
Garou see: Garand, Pierre
Gauthier, Claude 1-31-1939 Lac Saguay
Gauthier, Conrad 8-8-1885 Montréal
Gelimas, Mitsou 9-1-1970 Loretteville
Gélinas, Marc 11-29-1937 Montréal
Gosselin, Bertrand 3-7-1952 East Angus
Granger, Anique 4-27-1977
Hamelin, Francine 8-8-1949 Montréal
Jalbert, Laurence 8-18-1959 Rivière au Renard
Julien, Pauline 5-23-1928 Trois Rivières
Juster, Diane 3-15-1946 Montréal
Labelle, Pierre 2-16-1941 Windsor
Lalonde, Pierre 1-20-1941 Montréal
Lanois, Daniel 9-19-1951 Gaineau
Laure, Carole 8-5-1948 Shawinigan
Lavoie, Daniel 3-17-1949 Dunrea
Lebrun, Roland 10-10-1919 Amqui
Leclerc, Félix 8-2-1914 La Tuque
Lefebvre, Marcel 10-26-1941 Québec
Légaré, Ovila 7-21-1901 Montréal
Léger, Robert 1-28-1948 Montréal
Lelièvre, Sylvain 2-7-1943 Québec
Leloup, Jean 5-14-1961 Québec
Lemay, Jacqueline 5-23-1937 Temiscaming
Lemay, Jérôme 8-22-1933 Béarn
Lemay, Lynda 7-25-1966 Portneuf
Leroux, Sylvain 5-4-1956 Montréal
Létourneau, Pierre 8-11-1938 Verdun
Lévesque, Raymond 10-27-1928 Montréal
Leyrac, Monique 2-26-1928 Montréal
L'Herbier, Robert 2-5-1921 Levis
Marjo see: Morin, Marjolène
Martel, Renée 6-1-1947 Drummondville
Martinez, Nancy 8-26-1960 Québec
Miville-Deschênes, Monique

5-9-1940 St Jean Port Joli
Monfette, Claudine 'Mouffe' 1-31-1947 Montréal
Monsieur Pointu see: Cormier, Paul
Morin, Marjolène 'Marjo' 8-2-1953 Montréal
Mouffe see: Monfette, Claudine
Normandeau, Michel

3-2-1942 St Raymond de Portneuf
Pagliaro, Michel 11-9-1948 Montréal
Paquette, Robert 7-2-1949 Sudbury
Paris, Geneviève 9-7-1956 Suresnes, France
Pelletier, Bruno 8-7-1963
Pelletier, Marie-Denise 4-3-1960 Rosemont
Péloquin, Claude 8-26-1942 Montréal
Perreau, Yann 4-5-1976 Berthierville
Perron, Jacques 8-17-1948 Montréal
Pétel, Pierre 4-21-1920 Montréal
Petit, Richard 9-28-1972
Philippe, Marie 6-3-1952 Cap-Rouge
Portal, Louise 5-12-1950
Raymond, Francine 6-9-1956 Montréal
Reno, Ginette 4-28-1946 Montréal
Richard, Michèle 4-17-1946
Richard, Ti-blanc 8-13-1920 Martinsville
Rivard, Michel 9-27-1951 Montréal
Roch, Voisine 3-26-1963 St Basile
Savard, Marie 8-15-1936 Château d'Eau
Ségara, Hélène 2-26-1971 Six Fours les Plages
Séguin, Marie-Claire & Richard

3-27-1952 Pointe aux Trembles
Simard, René 2-28-1961 Québec
St Pierre, Simon 2-26-1930 Québec
St-Pier, Natasha 2-10-1981 Barthurst
Tell, Diane 12-24-1959 Québec
Thibeault, Fabienne 6-17-1952 Montréal
Thiffault, Oscar 4-6-1912 Montréal
Travers, Mary 'La Bolduc' 6-4-1894 Newport
Tremblay, Sylvie 6-30-1953 Kénogami
Valiquette, Gilles 4-7-1952 Montréal
Venne, Stéphane 7-2-1941 Verdun
Vigneault, Gilles 10-27-1928 Natashquan
Voisine, Roch 3-26-1963 Edmundston
Workman, Nanette 11-20-1945 Brooklyn NY

West Indies
Bermuda
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Dominican Republic
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Haiti
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Jamaica
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Puerto Rico
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Trinidad
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Central America
Belize
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Costa Rica
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El Salvador
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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Nicaragua
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Panama
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Mexico
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South America
Argentina
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Bolivia
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Brazil
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Aguirre, Santiago 12-22-1950 Santiago
Díaz, Jenisse 7-17-1972
Francisco, Don 12-28-1940 Talca
Jara, Victor 9-28-1932 Lonquen
Laval, Nicole 1-19-1977
Nicole see: Laval, Nicole
Parra, Violeta 10-4-1917 San Carlos
Vasconcellos, Joe 3-9-1959 Santiago
Vergara, Lucho 12-8-1943 Santiago

Colombia
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French Guiana
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Paraguay
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Peru
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Uruguay
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