Deborah Cher

Deborah Cher is a singer-songwriter and writer (under the pen name Deborah Michaela) whose first album, Partie Pour Chercher Quek'Chose de Chaud (Looking for Something Hot) was released in 2008. She has sung on the sound tracks of many Québécois TV shows, including Rumeurs, Les Ex's, Temps Dur, and Un Homme Mort. In 2008, producer Sari Dajani co-wrote and produced her first album.

Early Life

Born in England, raised in Holland and moving to Montreal, Canada at the age of 9, Deborah Cher grew up immersed in music, learning classical piano as a child. Her mother was an accomplished pianist and kept a variety of instruments in the family home, including a piano, guitar, saxaphone and Irish flutes. Cher began writing songs and poems as a child, and in her teens learned guitar and joined her first bands, playing an eclectic mix of Jazz, funk, country and rock. Cher holds a BA in English literature and an MA in Middle East Studies.

Music Career

After performing at clubs in Montreal, New York and Texas, Cher began her professional career at Dazmo Musique and PSD Musique, singing for popular Québécois TV shows. As an anglophone singing in French, her accent caught the attention of producers and writers who collaborated on her first album, funded by a FACTOR grant. Sari Dajani co-wrote several songs and arranged and produced the album. Pierre Bertrand, of Beau Dommage, wrote "Fille Boheme" for the album. Mitzou Gelinas lent Cher a song from her repertoire and writer Jean-Francois Garneau translated Cher's English songs into French. Cher's album is influenced by pop, acoustic, bossa-nova, jazz, electro and Reggae. Her first single was released to radio in April 2008.

Discography

Partie Pour Chercher Quek' Chose de Chaud

Singles

• "Cinq heure du matin"
• "Fille boheme"

Labels

• Les disques Musik2Musik
• PSD Musique

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/deborahcher
• http://www.info-culture.biz/deborahcher.html
• http://www.musicfranco.net/2008/05/17
• http://www.queensu.ca/quarterly/fal1114michaela.html

Persondata
Name	Cher, Deborah
Alternative names	Deborah Michaela
Short description	Singer-Songwriter, poet
Date of birth
Place of birth	London
Date of death
Place of death