Lynda Thalie

Lynda Thalie
Lynda Thalie in 2006 (Photograph by Victor Diaz Lamich)
Background information
Born	June 25, 1978 Oran, Algeria
Origin	Algerian Canadian residing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Pop, fusion
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, author
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002 – present
Website	www.lyndathalie.com

Lynda Thalie (born in Oran, Algeria on 25 June 1978) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Algerian origin.^[1] Her family immigrated to Canada and resided in Quebec province since 1994. She has released three albums and has also written her autobiography entitled Survivre aux naufrages published in 2011.^[2]

In popular culture

• Radio-Canada and RDI picked her as one of 4 Algero-Canadian personalities for its documentary series Mon Algérie et la vôtre. She also visited Algeria for the occasion recounting her experiences of homecoming after so many years.^[3]
• Her 2009 single "Rallye aicha des Gazelles" is the theme song for the Moroccan Rallye Aicha des Gazelles for the year, a rally event reserved only for women.
• In 2010, she took part, alongside many other Canadian artists in Ensemble pour Haïti ("Together for Haiti"), a French Canadian telethon that was held on January 22, 2010 in aid of victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
• She has provided vocals for the soundtrack of films by Michel Cusson of Cité-Amérique and the National Film Board of Canada

Appearances

• In 2002, she was featured in Les FrancoFolies de Montréal^[4]
• In July 2009, she appeared in the Montreal International Jazz Festival^[1]
• She took part in francophony celebrations in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[5] and francophony in Greece.^[6]
• She has collaborated with a number of artists and most notably Enrico Macias as she sang with him in Les FrancoFolies de Montréal in Montreal in 2006,^[7] opening for him in Place des Arts in Montreal and singing with him in L'Olympia^[7] in Paris and in Cairo, Egypt.

Awards and nominations

• 2000: Laureate at Ma première Place des Arts held at Montreal's Place des Arts, an event for upcoming Quebec artists^[3]
• 2004: Prix du patrimoine d'expression (Québec)
• 2006: Nominated during ADSIQ awards for "Best World Music Album" for her self-titled album Lynda Thalie
• 2009: Won "World Music Artist of the Year" award for her general work and "Francophone Album of the Year" for her album La rose des sables during the Sounds of Blackness Awards in Montreal^[8]

Personal life

• Lynda Thalie never knew her father close,^[9] as he had left the family when she was young never to return again. Thalie emigrated to usa with her mother and brother. She recounts the devastating effect of the loss of her father on her and her family. She also recounts in her autobiographical book Survivre aux naufrages her attempt to commit suicide.^[2] She said in an interview that the book in its honesty served as a redeeming experience for her.
• Thalie is a mother of twin children Dahlia and Liam

Discography

Albums

• 2002: Sablier

Track list

1. "Sablier" (4:13)
2. "L'âge nouveau" (4:24)
3. "Marsa" (4:35)
4. "Pour toi" (3:49)
5. "En équilibre" (4:14)
6. "Dis-moi, crie-moi" (3:50)
7. "Alger Alger" (4:06)
8. "Elle" (4:38)
9. "Comme un matin à Larabâa" (6:13)
10. "Marsa (remix)" (6:49)

• 2005: Lynda Thalie

Track list

1. "En équilibre" (4:26)
2. "Djouhar" (4:33)
3. "Kfaya" (4:05)
4. "Nomade" (5:08)
5. "Adieu mon pays" (4:17)
6. "Comme des mortels" (3:53)
7. "De neige ou de sable" (4:03)
8. "Collier de jasmin" (3:50)
9. "Tout ce dont j'ai besoin" (3:09)
10. "Croire" (4:40)
11. "Galouli" (3:06)
12. "Vu du 6ième" (4:33)

• 2008: La rose des sables

Track list

1. "Une femme amoureuse" (3:34)
2. "Le rallye des gazelles" (3:57)
3. "Ana Akida" (4:47)
4. "Mon amie la rose" (with Florence K.) (4:43)
5. "La rose des sables" (3:11)
6. "À nous" (4:05)
7. "Si je pouvais" (2:59)
8. "Melilla" (5:23)
9. "Fais-moi croire" (4:07)
10. "Mer et monde" (3:45)
11. "Celle que moi je vois" (5:34)

• 2013: Nomadia

Track list

1. Nomadia (2:52)
2. Dance Your Pain Away (La tête haute) (3:25)
3. Je l'attends (4:02)
4. Merci (3:11)
5. 1001 (3:54)
6. Ne pleure pas (5:28)
7. One Drop (4:34)
8. Big Bang (3:57)
9. Qui m'aime me suive (2:50)
10. Mi casa (3:22)

Singles

• 2009: "Rallye aicha des Gazelles"

Bibliography

• 2011: Survivre aux naufrages (Éditions La Semaine) (an autobiography of the artist)

Theatre

• 2004: Le Petit Prince in role of La rose

Notes

• Radio Canada presentations - Mon Algérie et la vôtre

References

1. Montreal Jazz Festival: 2009 Festival archives - Lynda Thalie
2. Serge Drouin (14 May 2011). "Lynda Thalie - Qui est cette femme?" (in French). Agence QMI. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
3. "Mon Algérie et la vôtre - Le Documentaire" (in French). Radio-Canada. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
4. Les FrancoFolies: Lynda Thalie
5. Le Tout Express: Lynda Thalie chantera aux Jeux olympiques de Londres (French)
6. CanadaInternational: Canada celebrates La Francophonie in Greece
7. Canoe: À l'Olympia de Paris - Lynda Thalie chantera avec Enrico Macias
8. Radio-Canada: Sounds of Blackness Awards - Thalie, Imposs et Divine (French)
9. Josée Guimond (14 May 2011). "Lynda Thalie: le pouvoir de la résilience" (in French). Le Soleil. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Myspace