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Klô Pelgag on motherhood and the challenges of being a francophone musician in Canada

The Quebec singer-songwriter sits down with Q's Tom Power to discuss her new album, Abracadabra, which she wrote after becoming a mother for the first time.

The singer-songwriter joins Q's Tom Power to discuss her new album, Abracadabra

Klô Pelgag wearing over-ear headphones and sitting in front of a studio microphone.
Klô Pelgag in the Q studio in Toronto. (Vivian Rashotte/CBC)

The Quebec singer-songwriter Klô Pelgag has gone through some big changes since being shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize in 2021. She wrote her latest album, Abracadabra, after becoming a mother for the first time, which completely changed her relationship to music and the world. Pelgag sits down with Q's Tom Power to tell us how she's rediscovering herself as an artist. Plus, she sets up a song called Lettre à une jeune poète and talks about the challenges of being a francophone musician in Canada.

The full interview with Klô Pelgag is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Klô Pelgag produced by Vanessa Greco.