Mario Armel
Mario Armel was born in June 1947 in Port-Louis, Mauritius. His father was a
musician in the police brass band, his mother a pianist and his grandfather a
music teacher, so Mario became familiar with music at an early age, performing
on stage from the age of 15. He joined the amateur groups Universal Band and
then Traveller's Band, before going solo. He sings mainly variété and is
nicknamed the "Mauritian Mike Brant". In fact, he covers "Laisse-moi t'aimer" by
his elder brother. Although he worked as a typographer in printing works to
support himself, his first vocation caught up...
