Régine Chassagne

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Name = Régine Chassagne

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Img_capt = Régine Chassagne on stage, July 2007
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Régine Chassagne
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Born = birth date and age|1977|08|18
Origin = St-Lambert, Québec, Canada
Instrument = Vocals, accordion, drums, piano, xylophone, hurdy gurdy, keyboards
Genre = Alternative rock, indie rock, art rock,baroque pop
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Years_active = 2000–present
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Associated_acts = Arcade Fire
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Régine Chassagne (born 18 August 1977 [Hoard, Christian. (February 24, 2005). " [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7047705/the_fire_this_time The Fire This Time] ." "Rolling Stone." Retrieved October 19, 2007.] ) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer, and a founding member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire. She is married to co-founder Win Butler.

She was born in Canada," [http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0306/drivetimewithdave_av.html?2226174,null,209 Arcade Fire talk about their music] ." (March 6, 2007). "Radio Telefís Éireann". Retrieved March 16, 2007.] her family having emigrated from Haiti during the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier, and she grew up in St-Lambert, across from Montreal.Carpenter, Lorraine. (September 16, 2004). " [http://www.montrealmirror.com/2004/091604/cover_music.html Hot property] ." "Montreal Mirror." Retrieved October 19, 2007.] She is a dual Canadian-American citizen. Her heritage is alluded to in the Arcade Fire song "Haiti", in which she sings, "Mes cousins jamais nés hantent les nuits des Duvalier" ("My never-born cousins haunt the nights of the Duvaliers"). [Hanley Bemis, Alec. (December 1, 2004). " [http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/weddings-funerals/1149/ Weddings & Funerals] ." "LA Weekly. Retrieved October 19, 2007.]

Chassagne earned a B.A. in communication studies at Concordia University in 1998, [McDonagh, Patrick. (Fall 2006). " [http://news.concordia.ca/alumni/007935.shtml Musical Joy] ." "Concordia University Magazine." Retrieved October 19, 2007.] and went on to study jazz voice briefly at McGill University. [" [http://www.mcgill.ca/news/2004/winter/newsbites/three/ The Arcade Fire is red hot] ." (Winter 2004). "McGill News." Retrieved October 19, 2007.] She was singing jazz at an art opening at Concordia in 2000 when Butler met her and persuaded her to join his band; after line-up changes, only the two of them were left. They married in 2003. She plays many instruments on stage, including the accordion, drums, the xylophone, hurdy-gurdy, keyboards and organ.

Chassagne has also been involved with a medieval band called Les Jongleurs de la Mandragore, [" [http://www.mandragore.ca Les Jongleurs de la Mandragore] ." (n.d.). Retrieved October 19, 2007.] and a jazz band, Azúcar. She also wrote the music for the two-minute David Uloth sketch: "The Shine," [" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363997/ The Shine (2002)] ." (n.d.). "The Internet Movie Database." Retrieved October 19, 2007.] and contributed to the UNICEF benefit project as part the North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative, performing the song "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" along with Win Butler.

On several occasions Regine has launched into her song "Haiti" with an anecdote regarding her love of roses. This is her username on the Arcade Fire fansite.

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* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/14558640/arcade_fire_meet_all_seven_members_of_indie_rocks_brightest_band/3 Profile of Régine Chassagne] from an article by Elizabeth Goodman in "Rolling Stone"
* [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39882 Inter Press Service on the Arcade Fire and Régine Chassagne's Advocacy for Haiti]