Stéphane Moraille

Biography

Stephane Moraille (born August 13, 1970, Port-au-Prince) is a Haitian-born singer-songwriter and lawyer from Quebec. She is the granddaughter of the first female lawyer of Haiti, Me Georgette Justin, 1933. She stood for the Bar in 2001, and is currently specializing in media law. Moraille began her musical career in 1993 under the pseudonym Shauna Davis, releasing several dance and house music singles that received regular airplay on MuchMusic, MusiquePlus, and radio stations like Energy 108 and Hot 103.5 in Toronto. In 1997 she achieved wider success with the Montreal band Bran Van 3000, on the album Glee. A member of the group since its inception, she sang on the three subsequent albums, Discosis, Rosé and The Garden. In 2017, she released her first solo EP, Pi Wo, a prelude to her album Daïva, which was released on February 23, 2018. Her vocal prowess has drawn comparisons to Aretha Franklin at her peak. Moraille stood as a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the federal riding of Bourassa in the November 25, 2013, by-election. She was appointed on June 6, 2018, as an independent member of the board of directors of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. She was appointed to the executive committee of CCUNESCO and on the board of directors of the Canada Council for the Arts in October 2022

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