Chic Gamine

Chic Gamine is a Canadian musical group from Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1] Formed in 2007 by vocalists Ariane Jean, Alexa Dirks, Andrina Turenne, Annick Bremault and drummer Sacha Daoud,^[2] they began with a vocal pop style backed only by drums, but later evolved to add more instrumentation.^[1] Jean, Turenne and Bremault had previously been members of the larger vocal group Madrigaïa.^[3]

Chic Gamine
Origin	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genres	Folk, pop
Years active	2007 – present
Members	Alexa Dirks Andrina Turenne Annick Bremault Sacha Daoud Benoit Morier
Past members	Ariane Jean

The band released its self-titled debut album in 2008.^[4] They received two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards that year for Best Vocal Group and Best New Artist.^[5] and the album won the Juno Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 2009.^[6]

They followed up with City City in 2010,^[7] receiving another Juno Award nomination for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 2011.^[8] In 2013 they released Closer, a compilation of tracks from their first two albums released as their introduction to the United States market.^[9]

Jean left the band in 2014,^[10] and was replaced by Benoit Morier on bass guitar.^[11] The band released a Christmas EP in 2014,^[12] before following up in 2015 with their third studio album, Light a Match.^[13]

Dirks also performs as a solo artist under the stage name Begonia.^[14] Turenne has also gone on to a solo career and has had occasional roles as an actress, most notably in Rhayne Vermette's films Ste. Anne and Levers.

Discography

• Chic Gamine (2008)
• City City (2010)
• Closer (2013)
• Christmas, Vol. 1 (2014)
• Light a Match (2015)