BRIGA

Born to a Quebecois mother and a Polish father, Briga is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Montreal.

With four albums to her credit (Diaspora, Turbo Folk Stories, Wake and Femme), shows across Canada, the U.S. and Europe, Briga was nominated in 2018 at the JUNO, she is also a recipient of the Étoile Galaxie award, and has been nominated several times at ADISQ and the Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Both simple and colorful, traditional and mixed, she draws her inspiration from the sounds of Eastern Europe. Her music is a Turbo Folk-style blend of Balkan and Maghrebian grooves.

Her fifth album, Territoire, is out now!

Territoire challenges the current Canadian narrative of what "traditional folk music" is, which classifies it into different genres and territories, for a more flexible definition where Canadian folk music actually reflects Canada's cross-cultural identity by blending musical styles and the search for its own identity. Briga is thus inspired by the wave of folk music revival, such as the following works: Jeremy Dutcher's Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, Geoff Berner's Grandhotel Cosmopolis, Tanya Tagaq's Toothsayer and Kobo's Where the Galleon Sank...