Aleksi Campagne - Indie Folk
Presented By: Black Fly Jam and Algoma Conservatory Concerts
Time & Location
Jan 26, 2025, 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Conservatory of Music - The LOFT, 75 Huron St, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5P9, Canada
About the event
"His live set fuses traditional-style fiddling with an indie-rock musical aesthetic".
- Tom Coxworth’s 5 favourite acts of Folk Alliance 2023
Aleksi Campagne’s original music blends folk songwriting with an edgy, multi-layered sound resulting from his unique combination of voice, violin and looping-effect pedals.
And if music is bred in the bone, Aleksi is uniquely qualified to offer a contemporary, indie-folk take on the time-honoured fiddle-singing tradition. At five years old, he began performing alongside his mother, Canadian folk icon, Connie Kaldor. At 19, Aleksi moved to Paris to study under jazz violin legend Didier Lockwood. Two years later Aleksi became the only student to have ever been accepted into the classical violin, the jazz violin and the jazz voice performance programs at McGill University.
Aleksi's debut album is about all the firsts of growing up–from first loves to first moves, the first steps of your career and even…