Nationally renowned folk-pop musician, GenevièveRacette, has captivated listeners with her gentle, yet compelling, emotional resonance, and garnered impressive industry support for her folk-pop tracks ever since her first EP in 2014. Through her vulnerable lyrics and ethereal vocals, Geneviève has emerged as a rising star in both French and English-speaking Canadian Music scenes.
Satellite, Geneviève's third full-length release due out in March 2022, is a 9-song collection delivering honest stories of self-discovery and reflection through the cycle of love. The album filled with intimate vocals, lush instruments and expressive harmonies, evokes moments of love, heartbreak, healing, forgiveness and ultimately falling in love again. Like a body orbiting a star in the silence and emptiness of the universe, a satellite depends on the other to maintain its orbit, a fragile, solitary and uncertain love. Each of us will find ourselves in this cycle of love, in this eternal period of beginnings and endings.
Her latest album, No Water, No Flowers, brought forth an immense amount of growth forGeneviève, turning the corner from Quebec recognition to national praise, including aCanadian Folk Music award, performing on stage with City and Colour at Osheaga, rave reviews from media, music publications and blogs, and tracking on multiple radio station right across Canada. In the last two years Racette has performed as the headliner in over one hundred concert venues across the country, including Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Maritimes.
As a woman in music, it is essential to Geneviève that she surrounds herself with like-minded females in the industry. She is proud that over half her team involved in the creation ofSatellite are female musicians and members of the industry. Through fine-tuning her artistic vision and developing a profound network of professionals, Geneviève is ready to work on this record with a newfound creative state of mind, hoping to reach out of the Quebec Market exporting her music across North America and beyond.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2+ MILLION STREAMS ON SPOTIFY
CITY AND COLOUR'S GUEST PERFORMER AT OSHEAGA (2019)
CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARD WINNER (2020)
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE ARTIST AT FOLK MUSIC ONTARIO (2019)
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE ARTIST AT CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK (2019)
SINGER-SONGWRITERRESIDENCY AT BANFF CENTREFOR THE ARTS (2017)
3 PRIVATE SHOWCASES AT FOLKALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL (2019)
SIRIUS XM INDIES AWARD NOMINATION (2015)
“The lead vocals of this songstress are songbird-like as she sings both French and English with impressive natural grace and ease.”
- Canadian Beats
"A truly beautiful recording"
- Folk Roots Radio
“That crystal clear voice is perhaps the most striking feature of this album”
- Rootstime
“City and Colour's performance also offered us a pure magical moment when Montreal singer-songwriter Geneviève Racette was invited on stage to perform Hello, I'm In Delaware with Dallas Green.”
- Le Journal de Montréal
"Polished indie-pop production with intricate guitar lines"
- Caesar Live N' Loud
"Geneviève is a passionate soul who lights up when she talks about her music and the journey that got her to this point."
- Montreal Rocks
"Racette stuns in multiple languages; a must-have record"
- The Daily Star
"Quality lyricism, a hypnotic voice"
- Direct Actu
"Her honest storytelling and lush indie folk pop melodies create a dense sonic palette, while remaining raw and relatable to many"
- Dusty Organ
"Warm guitar flows pleasantly against her settled vocals as she sings of being blinded by infatuation and being taken for granted"
- Vinyl Chapters
