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ABOUT SALA

Sala, also known as Ariane Jean, is poised, gentle. A pristine surface covering the ripples of an intuitive, emotional nature. The former member of Juno Award-winning Chic Gamine returns takes her first steps as a solo artist in 2020 and releases her second album, Surface, in April 2023.

A finalist at the renowned French language singing/songwriting competition, the Festival international de la chanson de Granby (Granby, QC) in the Interprète, or performer/singer category, Jean/Sala is a former member of Award-winning vocal groups Madrigaïa and Chic Gamine. She’s toured internationally with both groups and shared the stage with acclaimed artists, namely JP Hoe, Begonia, Daniel Lavoie, Marc Broussard and many others.

In 2019, she started recording her solo début with producers and musicians Rusty Matyas (The Sheepdogs, Imaginary Cities, JP Hoe), and Lloyd Peterson (The Weakerthans, Los Lobos, The Wailin’ Jennys). “Rusty came to me with the idea of collaborating. After a couple of sessions, he invited me to record at the studio he shares with Lloyd. We’ve been working as a trio ever since.”

Her intimate, sometimes melancholy jazz, ambient and pop-infused songs tell of anger and forgetting, of shedding skin and escaping the everyday to find refuge in imaginary worlds. Like snapshots of specific moments in time, Sala’s lyrics lean toward the symbolic rather than the literal. She creates by taking in sensations and moods and translating them into images, layering lush vocals on which her airy soprano can soar. Her voice embodies all the agility, soul and refinement she possesses. She’s all about soft tones and subtle nuances. The result is moody, atmospheric music that evokes the introspection of foggy mornings and rainy afternoons. Sala’s eponymous EP was released on October 16th 2020. Her second album, Surface, was released in April 2023. Sala wins a Western Canadian Music Award for Francophone artist of the year in October, 2023.