Soleil Launière

Révélation Radio-Canada 2024-2025 and winner of the 2024 Francouvertes, Soleil Launière is a multidisciplinary Innu artist from Mashteuiatsh. In 2024, she was also nominated at the ADISQ gala in the categories Indigenous Artist of the Year and Album of the year - Indigenous language, as well as at the GAMIQ for Indie-Rock Album, and at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame for the Francophone Songwriting Discover Award. In the fall of 2023, she released Taueu, her debut album, which explores themes of identity, language, femininity, and matriarchy. On stage, with the accomplished musicians of CHANCES (Chloé Lacasse, Geneviève Toupin, Vincent Carré) and Simon Walls, she blends vocal harmonies and powerful percussion with performance art. This bold and intriguing new soul-roots project takes the audience on a deep and captivating journey.