Closer

-This U.S. debut album has mixed by 3 of Rick Rubin's Grammy award winning/nominated engineers. Andrew Scheps, Russell Elevado and Dana Nielsen. Also mastered by Rick's longtime Grammy award winning mastering engineers. -Featured as one of NPR Music's 'Austin 100' -- celebrating 100 artists to discover at SXSW 2013. -Out of 2,000 bands, Chic Gamine was chosen as one of four must-see acts at SXSW 2012 by Stephen Thompson of NPR. - Released two albums independently in Canada. The first, self-titled, released in 2008 garnered a Juno Award for Album of the Year in the Roots category. The second album, City City, released in 2010, was nominated for the same award. -Performed on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor October 13th, 2012. - Chosen by CBC French Radio as one of their seven musical revelations of 2009-2010. - Performed multiple times at official Olympic events during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. - Performed before Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth the Second of England in 2010. -After performing in a lineup with Mavis Staples, Ms. Staples complimented Chic Gamine, saying their performance and sound reminded her of her own family, The Staple Singers.