Angèle Arsenault, OC OPEI (October 1, 1943 – February 25, 2014) was a Canadian-Acadian singer, songwriter and media host.
Arsenault was born to Acadian parents Arthur and Joséphine in Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1943.
The family would gather for kitchen parties, an important aspect of Acadian culture, and each would play a different musical instrument, and would sing songs passed down from older generations.
Among these were Évangéline, Acadian Queen and Le monde de par chez nous.
In 1974, the program won a Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.
In 1979, she received the prestigious Felix Award for best-seller (Libre) in Quebec, and performed at a sold-out concert at the Place des Arts.
In 1979, she recorded her fourth album Y'a une étoile pour vous and the following year she received much acclaim at the Festival de Spa in Belgium.
[3] She is also an honorary member of the Association canadienne des éducateurs de langue française, for which she sang and gave workshops.