Through her compelling, vulnerable lyricism and ethereal vocals, Montréal bilingual singer-songwriter Geneviève Racette has captivated listeners and garnered impressive industry support for her folk-pop tracks. With nearly 2 million streams on Spotify and a history of charting on countless radio stations across , 2019 was an impressive year.

Racette released her most successful album to date entitled No Water, No Flowers, performed at Osheaga with Green, and received the Emerging Artist Of The Year : Canadian Folk Music Award (2020). Let’s not forget her participation in two residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, a performance at Canadian Music Week, showcases at Folk Alliance International and Folk Music . Meanwhile, Geneviève’s music was featured on countless editorial playlists by the top streaming platforms and received rave reviews by media, blogs, and music publications.

As a woman in music, it is essential to Geneviève that she surrounds herself with like-minded females in the industry. She is proud that over half her team involved in the creation of Satellite are female musicians and members of the industry. Through fine-tuning her artistic vision and developing a profound network of professionals, Geneviève is ready to work on this record with a new- found creative state of mind, hoping to reach out of the Quebec market exporting her music across North America and beyond.

2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2019 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

- Recipient of the Emerging Artist Of The Year : Canadian Folk Music Award (2020) - Close to 2 million streams on streaming platforms - City and Colour’s special guest at OSHEAGA (2019) - Played over 100 shows in Canada - Participant at the inaugural Singer-Songwriter Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts

AWARDS

- Emerging Artist Of The Year - Canadian Folk Music Award (2020) - Canada Council - Research and Creation for No Water, No Flowers (2019) - Musicaction for Les aurores boréales (2016) - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for Les aurores boréales (2015)

ON TOUR

- Played over 100 concerts in Canada - 16 date tour in Manitoba and Saskatchewan organized by Home Routes (2020) - 10 date release tour in New Brunswick No Water, No Flowers (2019) - 10 date release tour in Québec No Water, No Flowers (2019)

SHOWCASES

- Several privately hosted showcases for Folk Alliance International (2020) - Official showcase for Folk Music Ontario (2019) - Official showcase for Canadian Music Week (2019)

RADIO

- No Water, No Flowers landed in the top 10 for !earshot’s Folk/Roots/Blues National Chart - No Water, No Flowers ranked in the top 10 with CFMU and CJSW - US airplay on nationally syndicated NPR programming (Midnight Special) and key folk radio markets such as Chicago, Tampa, Kansas City - No Water, No Flowers has been supported by CBC - UK media reviews from tastemaker outlets such as FolkRadio.UK and York Calling