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Lennie Gallant is one of Atlantic Canada’s most respected and awarded songwriters, with sixteen albums, 19 East Coast Music Awards, multiple Juno nominations, and numerous other honours throughout his career. He returned with Shelter From the Storms, his first English album in seven years. The release has been met with widespread acclaim, earning Lennie Solo Artist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. It was also nominated for five PEI Music Awards and an ECMA, while Roots Music Canada named it a Top 3 Album of the Year.The album reflects on the turbulent times we live in while celebrating the human ability to navigate hardship through community, love, and laughter.
Gallant’s iconic song Peter’s Dream was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and one of his albums even travelled aboard the International Space Station, orbiting Earth 248 times, which Gallant jokes finally gave him “high rotation worldwide.”
He has shared the stage with symphony orchestras and numerous artists, including Jimmy Buffett, who featured him as a guest vocalist and co-writer on his final album. Lennie also performs with his partner, Patricia Richard, as the Francophone duo Sirène et Matelot.
A celebrated humanitarian and storyteller, Gallant was appointed to the Order of Canada, honoured for songs described as “true slices of life delivered with a poet’s flair and a rugged emotional sensibility.”
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