# Hart-Rouge

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{{Short description|Canadian folk music group}}
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| current_members = Paul Campagne<br>Michelle Campagne<br>Suzanne Campagne
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'''Hart-Rouge''' are a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [folk music](/source/folk_music) group,<ref name="Shepherd2005">{{cite book|last=Shepherd|first=John|title=Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxUKAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=6 May 2012|year=2005|publisher=Continuum|isbn=9780826474360|pages=57–}}</ref> consisting of siblings Paul Campagne, Michelle Campagne, and Suzanne Campagne.

Originally from [Willow Bunch](/source/Willow_Bunch%2C_Saskatchewan), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan), the Campagne family are among the most notable [Fransaskois](/source/Fransaskois) personalities in Canada.<ref>Greg Barr, "Francophone pop band tries to find its bilingual niche". ''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', January 17, 1989.</ref> Hart-Rouge was the original name of their hometown. The three previously recorded and performed with several other family members as Folle Avoine, the French name for the [common wild oat](/source/Avena_fatua), and formed Hart-Rouge with another sibling, Annette Campagne, when that band ended.<ref name=songfromthehart>"Song from the Hart; Winnipeg French group off to Europe". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', August 12, 1987.</ref> During their music career, they were based at first in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba),<ref name=songfromthehart/> and later in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec).<ref>Brendan Kelly, "English album is a natural for Hart Rouge; After all, Montreal's Hart Rouge recorded en francais while in their native Western Canada". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', October 16, 1993.</ref>

The band perform traditional folk songs and original material in both [English](/source/English_language) and [French](/source/French_language). They have also recorded some material in Canadian [First Nations](/source/First_Nations_in_Canada) languages.<ref>Helen Metella, "Bilingualism haunts Hart Rouge; Deejays refuse airplay". ''[Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal)'', April 20, 1989.</ref>

Annette left the band in the mid-1990s, with the band continuing as a trio with collaborating session musicians.<ref>"Hart Rouge is red hot". ''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', August 13, 1998.</ref>

==Connections==
Their sister [Carmen Campagne](/source/Carmen_Campagne), who had been a member of Folle Avoine, also continued a career in music, performing independently as a [children's entertainer](/source/children's_music).<ref>Janice Kennedy, "Daughter of singing family thrives on bilingual repertoire". ''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', May 25, 1992.</ref> Their father, Émile Campagne, has also released two albums of traditional folk songs.<ref>Roger Levesque, "Home is where the Hart is for trio of versatile musical siblings". ''[Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal)'', May 20, 2003.</ref>

Paul Campagne is married to folk singer-songwriter [Connie Kaldor](/source/Connie_Kaldor).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pacholik |first=Barb |date=19 January 2017 |title=Prairie songstress Connie Kaldor dancing to her own tune |work=Regina Leader Post |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/prairie-songstress-connie-kaldor-dancing-to-her-own-tune |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref> Their son [Aleksi Campagne](/source/Aleksi_Campagne) is also a singer-songwriter,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Small |first1=Alan |title=Folk music veteran Connie Kaldor keeps it in the family |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/11/09/folk-music-veteran-connie-kaldor-keeps-it-in-the-family |website=Winnipeg Free Press |date=9 November 2023 |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref> who won the [Canadian Folk Music Award](/source/Canadian_Folk_Music_Award) for [French Songwriter of the Year](/source/Canadian_Folk_Music_Award_for_French_Songwriter_of_the_Year) in 2024 for ''For the Giving / Sans rien donner'', an album of songs he wrote in collaboration with Michelle Campagne.<ref>Calum Slingerland, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/canadian-folk-music-awards-2024-winners-william-prince-mia-kelly "Here are the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners"]. ''[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)'', April 10, 2024.</ref>

==Discography==
;Albums
* ''Hart-Rouge'' (1988)
* ''Inconditionnel'' (1990)
* ''Le dernier mois de l'année'' (1992)
* ''Blue Blue Windows'' (1993)
* ''La fabrique'' (1994)
* ''Bonsoir Québec'' (1995)
* ''Beaupré's Home'' (1997)
* ''Nouvelle-France'' (1998)
* ''Une histoire de famille'' (1998)
* ''J'ai fait un rêve'' (2001)

;Contributing artist
* ''Keith Hunter and the Witness for Christ Gospel Choir'' (1995)
* ''[The Rough Guide to the Music of Canada](/source/The_Rough_Guide_to_the_Music_of_Canada)'' (2005)

==References==
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Category:Musical groups with year of establishment missing
Category:Musical groups from Saskatchewan
Category:Canadian folk music groups
Category:Family musical groups
Category:Red House Records artists
Category:Musical groups established in 1986
Category:Musical groups from Winnipeg
Category:Musical groups from Montreal
Category:1986 establishments in Manitoba

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