Kali (singer)

Kali (* 21st February 1956 in Fort-de-France as Jean-Marc Monnerville ) is a French singer and banjo poker players from Martinique .

His debut album was released in 1989. He represented France at the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden with his Zouk song Monté la riviè ( Eng : go up the river ) and came eighth of 22 places with 73 points.

He released several albums of Caribbean music with often socially critical texts in Creole .

Discography

• Gaoulé 75 (with Gaoulé, 1975)
• 6th continent (with 6th continent, 1979)
• Racines , volume 1 (1989)
• Racines , volume 2 (1990)
• Ile à vendre (1993)
• Lésé la tè toune (1993)
• Débranché (1995)
• Racines Noël , volume 3 (1996)
• Kali au New Morning (1998)
• Francofaune (1999)
• Racines , volume 4 (2000)
• Bèlè Boum Bap , (2001)
• Live en Espagne , (2004)
• Racines Caraibes , volume 5 (2007)
• Le Trio , (2010)

Web links

• Website
• Kali at Discogs
• Kali at rfimusique.com (French and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 1992 at ecgermany.de