[3] Her influences include Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, and Billie Holiday, and her music has been compared to that of Edith Piaf and Janis Joplin.
At the age of seven, she formed an ambition to forge a career out of singing after seeing the René Simard film Un enfant comme les autres.
During her early musical life she opened for such artists as Cowboy Junkies and Robert Charlebois while working at Popico's theatre in Alberta.
[2] The album proved popular and was followed by a major tour consisting of over 100 concerts in Canada, France, Belgium and Switzerland.
After the excessive amount of touring, Montcalm took a break from performing live and devoted the following three years to writing new material and practising the double bass.
[1] The album consisted of a mixture of original compositions, interpretations of jazz classics and adaptations of songs by such artists as Elton John and the Eurythmics.
[2] After entering the French albums chart at #150 over a year after its initial release, the record reached a peak position of #43 in May 2007.