Hart-Rouge are a Canadian

Canada

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 folk music

Folk music

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 group, consisting of siblings Paul Campagne, Michelle Campagne and Suzanne Campagne.

The three previously recorded and performed with several other family members as Folle Avoine, and formed Hart-Rouge with another sibling, Annette Campagne, when that band ended. Annette left the band in the mid-1990s.

The band perform traditional folk songs and original material in both English

English language

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 and French

French language

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. They have also recorded some material in Canadian First Nations

First Nations

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 languages.

Their sister Carmen Campagne

Carmen Campagne

Carmen Campagne is a very influent Canadian singer and children's entertainer. A Fransaskois from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, she was a member of the folk music band Folle Avoine in the 1970s. Her brother Paul and sisters Suzanne, Michelle and Annette, her bandmates in Folle Avoine, have also...

 also continued a career in music, but performs independently as a children's entertainer. Their father, Émile Campagne, has also released an album of traditional folk songs.

Originally from Willow Bunch

Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan

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, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, the Campagne family are among the most notable Fransaskois

Fransaskois

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 personalities in Canada. Hart-Rouge was the original name of their hometown.

The band is currently based in Montreal.

Discography

• Hart-Rouge (1988)
• Inconditionnel (1990)
• Le dernier mois de l'année (1992)
• Blue Blue Windows (1993)
• La fabrique (1994)
• Keith Hunter and the Witness for Christ Gospel Choir (1995, as guest musicians)
• Bonsoir Québec (1995)
• Beaupré's Home (1997)
• Nouvelle-France (1998)
• Une histoire de famille (1998)
• J'ai fait un rêve (2001)