Lennie Gallant

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Lennie Gallant grew up in the small Acadian village of Rustico, Prince Edward Island.He has released fourteen albums (11 English, and 3 in French) of original songs which have won him a host of awards and nominations from the JUNOs , Les Prix Eloizes, and The East Coast Music Awards. His double CD of the 22 songs from his multimedia love letter to PEI, Searching For Abegweit, ran for 180 shows and toured Eastern Canada to sold out performances. His song Peter’s Dream was recently inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. Lennie is an international touring artist, who has performed all over North America, in Europe, for the troops in Afghanistan, and at the Olympics. His last performances before the covid crisis hit were two sold out shows with Symphony Nova Scotia. His songs have been covered by numerous artists, including Jimmy Buffett, The Rankins, and Opera superstar Measha Bruggergosman, and one of his albums even went up to the international space station and circled the planet 248 times. Lennie’s most recent recording, Time Travel, was voted a top ten Album of The Year by a panel of Canadian industry personnel . His song and video for Sequoia, from that album, are receiving many accolades, especially for bringing attention to the need to protect our great ancient forests in this fragile time on the planet. Lennie Gallant is a member of The Order Of Canada.