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Paul Cargnello is a Montreal singer-songwriter and poet whose unique musical repertoire spans punk rock, reggae, blues and folk.〔“Bio,” ''Paul Cargnello – Website'', 2008. () (accessed September 18, 2008).〕 Although English is his first language, Cargnello chooses to write and sing in both English and French, with French having gradually come to dominate his lyrics. To date, he has achieved modest success in this endeavour, and some have even described him as the next Jim Corcoran〔Stéphane Leclair, ''Radio Canada: Désautels: Culture''. () (accessed September 18, 2008).〕 and the rightful heir to Quebec rocker Jean Leloup〔T'Cha Dunlevy, ''New music Oct. 7. 2010: Paul Cargnello''. () (accessed September 17, 2011).〕 ==Biography and Musical Career== Cargnello was born in Montreal in 1979 of Lithuanian & Italian descent. He has two siblings, Christopher, also a musician and Julian, a visual artist. His early family life was one of much creative content, his mother was a teacher of dance, theater,and creative writing and his father, a clinical psychologist, was also a guitarist and visual artist.〔“Paul Cargnello / Biographie,” ''Globetrotter: Profils d’artistes''. () (accessed September 18, 2008).〕 His musical career began in 1992, at the age 13 when he formed a band with his brother and close friend called The Rubber Band. This group may have been one of the youngest of ever perform at the Yellow Door in Montreal, which was one of the longest running folk coffee houses in Canada. This group became the Vandals Took the Handles and opened for The Asexuals.〔() (accessed October 7, 2012).〕 By 1994, at the age of fifteen, Cargnello and his friends Diego Di Gregorio and Adam Kardos formed a band, which became known as The Vendettas.〔 In 2000 the band released its first album ''It’s Happening to You'', but weighed down by financial troubles, the group dissolved in 2002.〔 However, three years later, the monetary support of one fan caused the group to reassemble for a final collaboration which spawned the album ''Say No to the Vendettas''.〔 Following The Vendettas’ break up, Cargnello released his first solo album, ''Lightweight Romeo''. He has since released seven more solo records: ''Between Evils'', ''Live au Va et Vien'', ''Brûler le jour'', ''Bragging'',〔 (the particularity of this album lay in the fact that it is available only at his concerts, 〔“Bragging: Album 5,” ''Paul Cargnello Myspace Blog'', May 15, 2008. () (accessed September 18, 2008).〕 ''Bras Coupé'', ''La Course des Loups'', and ''Papa Paul''. 〔() (accessed September 19, 2012).〕 An interesting trend in Cargnello’s music is the adoption of French as his preferred language of expression. The artist explains this choice by citing the francophone nature of his native city and reasons that writing in French has permitted him to express himself more simply and directly than in English.〔Francis Hébert, “Paul Cargnello: T’en souviens-tu d’la langue?” ''Voir: Musique'', June 12, 2008. () (accessed September 18, (7) 2008).〕 The shift began when Cargnello, who was educated in English, moved to the Plateau Mont-Royal, a francophone quarter, at the age of nineteen.〔 It took some time before Paul’s immersion really manifested itself in his music (his first two solo albums featured only one French composition each), but over time Cargnello embraced French as is demonstrated in his critically acclaimed fourth album, ''Brûler le jour'', written almost entirely in French with only one English track. ''Brûler le Jour'' is all the more noteworthy in that it marked the first time that Cargnello as a solo artist collaborated with other songwriters.〔 These included Jim Corcoran, Vincent Vallières, Ève Cournoyer, Marco Calliari and Fred Fortin.〔 The album was as successful as it was groundbreaking with the song "Une Rose Noire" making its way to the Top 5 on MusiquePlus just weeks after the album’s release, and becoming a Quebec-wide hit.〔 Cargnello performed at Montreal's celebration of Saint Jean Baptiste Day on June 24, 2008. This was yet another indicator of Cargnello’s growing popularity especially given that Anglo-Quebecers are rarely invited to perform at such nationalist events.〔 He also was invited and appeared numerous times on the popular Télé-Québec show Belle et Bum. He appeared on this show with such notable artists as Zachary Richard and the late ''Bad News Brown'' Paul Frappier. Cargnello signed with Tacca Musique 〔( Tacca Musique website biography. Accessed November 8, 2009 )〕 in 2009, and completed his first tour in France and Switzerland, followed by two more the following year. In 2010, Paul Cargnello released his third French language album, ''La Course des Loups'' and it has been critically regarded as the most ambitious one to date. 〔Juan Rodriguez, ''Les FrancoFolies de Montréal: The most adventurous music saved for last''()(Accessed September 17, 2011).〕 〔Agata De Santis, ''Paul Cargnello - La Course des Loups'' () (Accessed on September 17, 2011)〕 The title gives a nod to Jean Leloup and a quote from Che Guevara "On the route for wolves; one can succeed only at the cost of the failure of others." In September of 2012 Paul Cargnello released his fourth French language album, ''Papa Paul'' under hip-hop label Silence D'Or. To date, Paul Cargnello is the only non hip-hop artist to sign with the label. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Cargnello」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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