Aleksi Campagne

Named Penguin Eggs & Roots Music Canada's New Discovery of the Year, Aleksi Campagne offers a contemporary, indie-folk take on the time-honoured fiddle-singing tradition. Born and raised in Montreal, Aleksi's music blends folk songwriting with an edgy, multi-layered sound resulting from his unique combination of voice, violin and looping-effect pedals. Aleksi was awarded a Canadian Folk Music Award for his debut album in April 2024.

This first album is completely bilingual and features 10 songs in French and the same 10 songs in English. According to Paul Corby of Roots Music Canada, "Aleksi Campagne finessed one of the most musically ambitious accomplishments of the year, an impeccable double album, one set of songs in two conjoined bilingual packages." The album debuted at #22 FAI Folk Charts and in a review in Montreal's Le Devoir Newspaper, Sylvain Cormier compared Aleksi's debut to that of Patrick Watson and Half Moon Run. 

Aleksi's debut has been a whirlwind! Aleksi was selected as a Mariposa Folk Festival Emerging Artist to perform at the festival. His first single Another Day was picked by Paul Corby as a Top Single of 2022. He was then celebrated by Tom Coxworth as one of the Top 5 Favourite acts at the Folk Alliance International Conference, alongside acts like The Fretless and Mary Gautier. His second single Won't be Scared was selected as the only Canadian finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival's Grassy Hill New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. He is now touring his album in Canada and the United States!