Térez Montcalm

Térez Montcalm is a Canadian jazz singer and guitarist who broke through to international success in 2007. Exhibiting an extraordinarily strong voice from an early age, she attended music school as a teenager and ultimately made her full-length recording debut in 1994 with the album Risque. Sung primarily in French and comprised of original material as well as covers of Charles Aznavour, Tom Waits, and others, Risque was well received from a critical standpoint. She released her follow-up album, Parle Pas Si Fort, on Universal in 1997. Montcalm changed direction on her fourth album, Voodoo, which arrived in 2006. Comprised almost entirely of cover songs, many of them well known (e.g., Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams"), the album was sung primarily in English rather than French. ~ Jason Birchmeier