Birth name Carole Facal Role Singer-songwriter Also known as Caracol Siblings Joseph Facal | Website www.caracolmusique.com Music group DobaCaracol Name Carole Facal | |
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Albums Shiver, Canta Tangos, Blanc Mercredi, L'arbre aux parfums Awards Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song Similar People Joseph Facal, Philippe B, Ken Scott, Martin Petit, Andre Rouleau Profiles | ||
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Carole Facal, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec. She writes and performs mainly in French under the stage name Caracol.
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Early life
Born to a Uruguayan father and a Swiss mother and raised in Sherbrooke, Quebec, she was trained in classical violin. Always athletic, she left home at 17 to pursue a career as a snowboarder in British Columbia. There, she purchased a guitar and began to write her own music.
Career
She ultimately returned to Quebec and joined the reggae group Kaliroots, also forming (in 1998) a dreadlocked duet act called DobaCaracol 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) and SOLEY (2004). SOLEY sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide, was certified Gold in Canada, and won a Félix Award. Their profile was raised in English Canada with their performance at the 2005 Live 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. The album, which is an eclectic mix of reggae, rocksteady and numerous other musical influences, was released to acclaim and led to two cash awards and a Juno nomination for Francophone Album of the Year.
In December 2009 she was scheduled to play as the lead act for Serena Ryder on a brief tour of Atlantic Canada. A European tour is scheduled for March 2010.
Her 2011 release is entitled Blanc mercredi.
Personal life
Carole Facal is a younger sister of the Quebec politician Joseph Facal, a former Parti Québécois cabinet minister.
She has a child with her boyfriend.