Dany Placard
Dany Placard is the stage name of Dany Gauthier (born 1977), a Canadian singer-songwriter from Laterrière, Quebec.[1]
After studying music at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Placard independently released his debut album L'Agent Placard in 1998.[2] He then formed the band Plywood 3/4, with whom he released two albums,[1] before returning to a solo career with the 2005 album Rang de l'église.[3] He won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Francophone Songwriter of the Year at the 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2013 for his album Démon vert,[4] and was a nominee in the same category at the 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2015 for Santa Maria.[5]
He played the title character in the 2015 short film Blue Thunder (Bleu tonnerre), and performed music for the soundtrack.[6]
His 2020 album J'connais rien à l'astronomie and the 2021 followup EP Astronomie (suite) feature contributions from singer-songwriter Julie Doiron.[7] Placard in turn appears on Doiron's 2021 album I Thought of You.[8] In early 2022, Placard and Doiron announced that a collaborative album, Julie & Dany, would be released in April 2022.[9]
Discography
[edit]- L'Agent Placard - 1998
- Rang de l'église - 2005
- Raccourci - 2008
- Placard - 2010
- Démon vert - 2012
- Santa Maria - 2014
- Full Face - 2017
- J'connais rien à l'astronomie - 2020
- Astronomie (suite) - 2021
- Julie & Dany - 2022, with Julie Doiron
References
[edit]- ^ a b Alain Brunet, "Dany Placard, sors de ce corps!". La Presse, February 28, 2013.
- ^ Normand Provencher, "Dany Placard vers un son plus costaud". Le Soleil, July 9, 2018.
- ^ Philippe Papineau, "Coup de coeur francophone - Prendre la route avec Dany Placard". Le Devoir, November 10, 2005.
- ^ "Dany Placard remporte un prix aux Canadian Folk Music Awards". Le Journal de Montréal, November 11, 2013.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2015 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 9, 2015.
- ^ "Dany Placard en vedette du conte rural chanté Bleu tonnerre : La trame sonore en écoute". Voir, March 12, 2015.
- ^ Philippe Papineau, "Placard sur un «buzz» de Pink Floyd". Le Devoir, February 1, 2020.
- ^ Matt Bobkin, "Julie Doiron Announces 'I Thought of You,' First Solo Album in Nine Years". Exclaim!, September 21, 2021.
- ^ Nina Corcoran, "Julie Doiron and Dany Placard Announce Julie & Dany, Share New Song “Mayo”: Listen". Pitchfork, January 27, 2022.
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- Canadian Folk Music Award winners
- 20th-century Canadian singer-songwriters
- 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters
- Canadian indie folk musicians
- Male actors from Saguenay, Quebec