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 Caracol at the 2010Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Caracol |
| Born | Carole Facal |
| Genres | Indie-pop |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Indica Records, L'autre Distribution, Wagram Records |
| Website | www |
Carole Facal is aCanadian singer-songwriter fromQuebec who writes and performs in both English and French under the stage nameCaracol.
Born to an Uruguayan father and a Swiss mother and raised inSherbrooke,Quebec,[1] Facal was trained in classical violin. Always athletic, she left home at 17 to pursue a career as a snowboarder in British Columbia.[2] There, she purchased a guitar and began to write her own music.
Facal ultimately returned to Quebec and joined the reggae groupKaliroots, also forming (in 1998) adreadlocked duet act calledDobaCaracol with Dorianne Fabreg (Doba). DobaCaracol (the name is a fusion of the two singers' stage names) had a percussive world music sound and toured internationally. The group released two albums,Le Calme Son (2001) andSOLEY (2004).[3]SOLEY sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide, was certified Gold in Canada,[4] and won aFélix Award.[5][6] Their profile was raised in English Canada with their performance at the 2005Live 8 Toronto concert.
DobaCaracol broke up in 2007, after which Facal began work on her first solo album,L'arbre aux parfums, released in September 2008.[4] The album, which is an eclectic mix ofreggae,rocksteady and numerous other musical influences, was released to acclaim and led to two cash awards and aJuno nomination for Francophone Album of the Year.[7]
In December 2009, she was scheduled to play as the lead act forSerena Ryder on a brief tour of Atlantic Canada. A European tour (France, Belgium, and Switzerland) followed in March 2010.
Her 2011 release was entitledBlanc mercredi, followed by the albumShiver in 2012, which was the first one consequently in English language.
Caracol released an album in November 2018 namedSymbolism.[8] The album originated with an encounter with producer Joey Waronker (Beck, Atoms for Peace) during a creative trip to Los Angeles. After he fell in love with her demos, he decided to work with her. They went on to record 12 songs where Caracol reached a new height in authenticity and artistic expression. She then continued the exploration at her headquarters of Studio de l'Est, with her long-time allies Seb Ruban & Toast Dawg, producers from Montreal.Symbolism also involved a collaboration with multidisciplinary artists The Doodys and artistic director Fred Caron.
Carole Facal is a younger sister of the Quebec politicianJoseph Facal, a formerParti Québécois cabinet minister.
She has a child with her boyfriend.[9]
En tout cas, l'amour est revenu dans la vie et les chansons pop de Caracol, elle qui a par ailleurs eu un enfant avec son copain.
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