Dozens of prices are given to each Socan gala. Sunday, at La Tohu, the great honors of this ceremony which rewards success, crafts and cultural impact in the world of music went to Richard Séguin, Diane Juster and the Rap Muzion trio, for her unforgettable hymn La Life Little Guy.
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It was only at the very end of the ceremony that the rally took on festive tunes. Waahli, Barnev and Shah Frank successively storm the scene to set off an air that marked the last quarter of a century, La Life Little Guy. A good part of the room got up, rolling the shoulders and with joy with the mixed refrain of this song which, on Sunday, made the story: it became the first rap song to receive the prize for cultural in recognition of its impact on Quebec music.
Photo Christopher Katsarov, the Canadian press
Barnev, Shah Frank and Waahli have delivered a removal interpretation of La Life Little Guy who raised the crowd and the members of Muzion.
This honor, J. Kyll, Imposs and Dramatik accepted it by recalling their roots in Saint-Michel and Montreal-Nord, neighborhoods where dreaming of success was not an option when they started. “We did not think about it, even in our subconscious,” said imposs, while specifying that La Life Little Guy had been written in a spirit of sharing and openness.
“We had no benchmark, no model. Few people believed in what we did, “added J. Kyll, recalling that their music comes from the street. “I will start by thanking the street, all these marginalized, ghettoized districts, where there are very, very great things that nourish in the shadows what we are. »»
Seguin in the pantheon
Earlier, during this evening hosted by Rebecca Makonnen, Richard Séguin was inducted into the Pantheon of Canadian songwriters, after a collective issue carried in particular by Jorane, Luce Dufault and Vincent Vallières. Moved, he notably thanked the authors with whom he worked (Marc Chabot and Hélène Dorion), but also desired that the French -speaking song “be the refuge and the emotional landmark in our lives”.
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Photo Charles William Pelletier, special collaboration
Luce Dufault contributed to the tribute number to Richard Séguin singing a piece of Cry for me.
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Photo Charles William Pelletier, special collaboration
Éloi Painchaud, who represented the group Salebarbes, honored in the Country Music category, and Jorane, who opened the tribute to Richard Séguin
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Photo Charles William Pelletier, special collaboration
Unlike his partner, Charlotte Cardin, Aliocha Schneider was present at the Tohu to receive a prize for her song Ensemble.
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Photo Charles William Pelletier, special collaboration
Waahli received the Global Music Prize.
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“I hope that the public will be curious, to open up to your works and to be keen to share them,” he said to the assistance made up of creators and music professionals.
I want you to be able to live from your shows and your creations, that our songs encourage us to dream, to denounce and to indignant.
Richard Séguin
A fighting life
The other star of the evening has not been heating up the records for a long time, but she worked most of her life for the defense of creators. Diane Juster, winner of the Excellence Prize, was indeed honored for her artist career (she wrote in particular I’m just a songinterpreted by Ginette Reno), her role as a building and her constant involvement in structures that aim to improve the fate of creators.
Photo Charles William Pelletier, special collaboration
Diane Juster received the Excellence Prize from the hands of Judi Richard and Yvon Deschamps on Sunday.
“I count on young people, those who came to seek trophies. Be involved in your profession, because you have to take care of your business, ”she said, after receiving her distinction from the hands of Yvon Deschamps and Judi Richards.
The awarded successes
Large showcase of creators whose music radiates here and abroad, the Socan gala underlined the successes of several dozen artists, some of whom are devoted to “music to the image”. Cristobal Tapia de Veer was honored for the music of the popular series The White Lotus (with Kim Neundorf) and for that of the film Smile.
Photo Charles William Pelletier, special collaboration
Fredx, Revelation Prize, has interpreted its success The stadium During the evening.
A dazzling start of career has earned the young Fredz (The stadium) The revelation price, a distinction which went to Olivier Bibeau in the music category in the image. Salebarbes, represented Sunday by Éloi Painchaud, was rewarded in the Country and Waali category in that newly renamed “global music”. Artists from Ici who shine abroad as a priori (electronics), Kaytranada (International Prize) and Charlotte Cardin (Author-Composer) have also been awarded.
During the evening, the creators of a dozen songs stood out for their success were also rewarded. Roxane Bruneau and Mathieu Brisset had three alone (Everywhere, The white of the eyes et A bottle at sea), Aliocha Schneider, a (Ensemble) and Jean-François Pauzé, food cowboys, went on stage twice: the first to collect a prize for the three agreements (Display flight), absent Sunday, and say that Simon Proulx was an underestimated singer-songwriter, and the second time to accept a prize given for Let you show shows.
“It is a song that was first written for the musical Pub Royalhe explained, but Karl [Tremblay] wanted to sing it and he appropriated it. He added that this river song where a singer contemplates his own end no longer belongs to the fringent cowboys. “It belongs to the public and Karl. »»
