Ariane

If Le Matin En Patins (Midday on ski's skates) sounds like a kids song, you're on track. The song's written by Gilles Vigneault, a much loved Quebecois folk artist, and sung by the breezy voiced Canadien Canadienne Ariane Moffatt. In 2002, she debuted on cd with Aquanaute. A delicate, triphoppy album (listen to samples on her site), that was a major succes in Canada - over 100,000 sold. Last year, she played with Francis Cabrel on the Francofolies festival in La Rochelle (France), this year a follow-up to Aquanote should be released. Looking forward to that.
Le Matin En Patins is taken from a tribute-album to Vigneault, but I heard it on the Putumayo-compilation French Playground. Putumayo also released the recommendable French Café-compilation.

Hear here.