Jorane Pelletier (born October 12, 1975),Source: Correction requested by Jorane. known professionally as Jorane, is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who performs pop and alternative music style on the cello."Jorane: The You and the Now". Pop Matters, Tim O'Neil, July 18, 2005 She has released eight full-length studio albums to date.
Career
Jorane worked with Sarah McLachlan for her record Afterglow. In 2004, the press also reported that Jorane would appear on a Halloween special of the television series ZeD to perform a "witchy acid cello".Alex Strachan, "Frightful Halloween behaviour," The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec: October 31, 2004, pg. B.4. That year she released her first album in English, The You and the Now; she toured across Canada as well as in the United States and Europe in support of the album."Jorane tisse un album tout en français" . Ici Radio Canada, October 23, 2007
Jorane released an album of music with French lyrics, Vers à soi, in 2007. In July that year she performed an improvised piece to accompany the images she was presented with on a large screen, in Montréal as part of "Montréal Terre", a sister concert of the Live Earth concerts.La fondation SEDNA
Jorane's 2011 album Une sorcière comme les autres included consisted of cover songs, and the arrangements included ukulele and glockenspiel."Jorane devant Vigneault, Desjardins, Cohen et les autres". Le Devoir, Yves Bernard, January 26, 2011 The next summer she performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival."Montreal International Jazz Festival 2012: Jorane at Maison Symphonique; June 30, 2012". The Gazette (Montreal), July 1, 2012
Jorane composed the film score for films including Kamataki (2005) and Louis Cyr (2013),"La musique de Jorane couplée à la force de Louis Cyr". La Presse, May 31, 2013. and for the play Le journal d'Anne Frank."Le journal d’Anne Frank, Jorane". Le Devoir, Geneviève Tremblay, January 30, 2015 In 2019 she performed as part of the festival Santa Teresa near Montreal.Philippe Rezzonico, "Santa Teresa : MGMT, Jorane et Hubert Lenoir au tableau d’honneur". Ici Radio Canada, May 19, 2019. She received two Jutra Award nominations for Best Original Music at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for her work on Kamataki and A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali), winning the award for the latter film.Adele Weder, "Top prize for 'Congorama' at Quebec's Jutra honors". The Hollywood Reporter, February 20, 2007.
Discography Vent fou (1999) 16mm (2000) Live au Spectrum (2002) Evapore (2003) The You and the Now (2004) Canvas or Canvass (internet project) (2007) Vers à soi (2007) Dix (2008) Une sorcière comme les autres (2011) L'Instant aimé (2012) Mélopée (2014) Hemenetset Pt.1 – EP (2019)
Awards and nominations Album de l'année – Rock, Vent fou, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated) Interprète féminine de l'année, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated) Révélation de l'année, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated) Best New Solo Artist, JUNO Awards 2000 (Nominated) Francophone Album of the Year, Vers à soi, JUNO Awards 2008 (Nominated)
References
External links Official website Jorane at Six Degrees Records Jorane Bandcamp Website