Christine Atallah and the Bassalindos

About Me

Christine Atallah and the Bassalindos are a Canadian band out of Montreal. Their music is a cosmopolitan blend of East and West. Its multilingual world music, with Latin and Arabic elements as well as nuances of jazz. The music has been described as: Rhythmic, exotic and sexy music- intelligent and acoustic; with sensitive and stirring lyrics, melodies and arrangements.

"A bewitching pop world diva. Natural and unpretentious. A great joy to behold onstage." Artists Quarterly

"Even if you don't speak any of the five languages that the sensuous-voiced Christine Atallah sings on this magical, multi-ethnic kaleidoscope of a collection, you'll find yourself seduced as Atallah and her band sizzle, groove, and sway with a mix of unique Arabic, Latin, and jazz flavors." Jonathan Widran, allmusic.com

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Member Since: 7/14/2006
Band Website: bassalindos.com
Band Members: Christine Atallah- lead vocalist
Danny McLaughlin-acoustic and electric guitars
FranÃ§ois Lalonde- acoustic and electric bass
Firas Haddad- Oud, arabic, latin and african percussion and vocals
Mathieu Tessier-drums
Patti Payne- back vocals
Diana Dorval- back vocals

Influences: All great acoustic world and jazz music...Christine and Danny are both classically trained musicians and did that early on... Francois and Mathieu are also great jazz players. Firas came from Syria, and has broad influences from the region. Diana sings in a Gospel Choir and Patti plays too many instruments and has her own album out with the group Blue Dance. Early on Christine listened to everything from Prince (whom she is nuts about) to Mozart and everything in between. Her voice has been likened to Kate Bush with sexy shades of Sade... Christine can still belt out great arias when she is not melting the crowds with her sensual world pop.
Sounds Like: Shakira, Souad Massi, Pink Martini, Diana Krall if she was Lebanese, Gypsy Kings with a jazzy feel and some Latino mixed in. A georgeous mixture!
Record Label: Bolero Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

No American Idols

Saw people snaking around for the Canadian Idol auditions held in the same building where I go to the gym.. I was thinking about how many people want to do what I do. I was hearing people warming up, ...
Posted by Christine Atallah and the Bassalindos on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:39:00 PST

Fire and longing

This morning I'm smiling stupidly alone to myself because Danny and I wrote a new song last night. We were supposed to be practicing our duo, but...both of us just wanted to create. "You up ...
Posted by Christine Atallah and the Bassalindos on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:25:00 PST

On working on album two

Its a tepid fall morning... quiet, rather beautiful. The cat's tail is practically on the keyboard. I have gotten good at working next to a large living paperweight. Lately its been a general creative...
Posted by Christine Atallah and the Bassalindos on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:54:00 PST

Glad to be here and off on tour

Hi all,We’re glad to be here finally on My Space. Thanks for your help Misha! You rock. We’re off on tour to Egypt today on a long flight. It should be exciting. Still have to pack, ...
Posted by Christine Atallah and the Bassalindos on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:09:00 PST