Kaliroots

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Kaliroots is a Canadian roots reggae band from Mont-Saint-Hilaire. It is the first French-speaking reggae band to establish itself in Quebec, and the first French-speaking group to do reggae in French and English on the same album. [1] The band's leader is keyboardist Jean-Sebastien Girard. [2] [3]

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In 1995, guitarist Allan Peddie and a friend, Vancouver bassist Sean Hill, founded a reggae duo called Rootsy Kali. They played a few parties, then Hill returned to B.C. But others had become interested and, in 1996, Kaliroots formed as a nine-member band, with musicians from the classical, jazz and rock worlds. They began performing in bars in Montreal, created the Reggae Night Fever concept at Club Soda, [4] and spent the summer of 1997 playing The Jailhouse Rock Cafe every Friday night, as well as gigs at clubs such as Le Medley Showbar (The Medley). [5] [6] They also participated in the music competition Empire of the Future Stars (which took place at Club Soda), making it to the quarter-finals. And they performed at ROSEQ, the annual meeting of the Network of Eastern Quebec Show Organizers. [7]

In 1998 the band self-released an album, Roots Rock Kébec, which was sold online. [8] [6] On February 14, 1998, they opened for The Wailers Band (the band of the late Bob Marley) at The Medley, where they had become the Friday night band--they'd brought the Reggae Night Fever concept with them. In 1999, they played the Quebec music festival Coup de Coeur Francophone, which led to an offer by Leila Records to record an album at the Washington DC studio of sound engineer Jim Fox, who has been called 'the king of reggae'. [9]

The result was their second album Rien a perdre (Nothing to Lose), which was released in May 2000. [10] That summer, they appeared at the Lévis World Music Festival, Les Francofolies de Montreal, and Woodstock en Beauce. [11] [12] At the 2001 ADISQ awards, Kaliroots won the Felix award for Quebec Artist - World Music. [13]

Kali released an album, Mission Internationale, in 2004. [14] [15]

They continued to play music festivals, including Les Francofolies de Montreal in 2005, 2010 and 2011. [16] [17] According to its Facebook page, the band last performed in February 2018. [18]

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Past members

Discography

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References

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  2. ↑ "Your roots are showing", Montreal Mirror , 05/07/1998. Archived at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Kaliroots : Les racines du bien". Voir, Richard Lafrance 20 octobre 1999
  4. ↑ "Kaliroots, au Cabaret du Saint-Cyrille". st-cyrille.com. Le SorelTracy Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kaliroots". qim.com. Québec Info Musique. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Kaliroots, au Cabaret du Saint-Cyrille". Le SorelTracey, 30 August 2001
  7. ↑ "Fall Meeting". roseq.qc.ca. ROSEQ. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kaliroots Roots Rock Kébec". Voir, Richard Lafrance 25 August 1999
  9. ↑ "Groundation". prairiesun.com. Prairie Sun Recording Studio. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Kaliroots – Rien À Perdre". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Kaliroots - Right or Wrong (Live à Woodstock en Beauce)". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Kaliroots". qim.com. Québec Info Musique. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Archives, 2001". adisq.com. ADISQ. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Kaliroots – Mission Internationale". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "Kaliroots Mission Internationale". Hour Community, Bugs Burnett – November 4, 2004
  16. ↑ "RÉPERTOIRE MUSIQUES DU MONDE À MONTRÉAL 2005". numerique.banq.qc.ca. Numerique. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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