Quebec
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Voir
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Lévis, Quebec
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, Hunt began performing on the local music scene in
Montreal
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in 2000. With the band Chocolat, he released the album ''Piano élégant'' in 2008 on
Grosse Boîte
Bravo Musique is a Canadian independent record label. Based in Montreal, the label was founded in 2000 by Éli Bissonnette and Hugo Mudie as Dare to Care Records.
Artists who have released material on Bravo Musique or Dare to Care include CLAASS, ...
. In the same year, he appeared on Cœur de pirate's debut album '' Cœur de pirate'' as a duet vocalist on her song "Pour un infidèle".
He subsequently released a self-titled album as a solo artist in 2010. He was nominated for two
Félix Award
The Félix Award (french: Trophée Félix or Prix Félix) is an award, given by the ''Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois'' ( ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music and humor industry in the Canadian ...
s in 2011, in the categories of Contemporary Folk Album of the Year and New Artist of the Year. He also won three awards at the same year's ''Gala alternatif de la musique indépendante du Québec'', winning for Songwriter of the Year, Video of the Year and Singer-Songwriter Album of the Year, and was named one of that year's ''Révélations Radio-Canada''."Jimmy Hunt en spectacle à Joliette" . ''L'Action'', November 16, 2011.
He followed up with ''Maladie d’amour'' in 2013. The album was a longlisted nominee for the
Juno Awards of 2015
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SOCAN Songwriting Prize The SOCAN Songwriting Prize, formerly known as the ECHO Songwriting Prize, is an annual competition recognizing the best in Canadian emerging music, both anglophone and francophone.
Established in 2006, the competition was designed to recognize so ...
, for his songs "Ça va de soi" in 2011 and "Nos corps" in 2014.
Bandcamp
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Grosse Boîte
Bravo Musique is a Canadian independent record label. Based in Montreal, the label was founded in 2000 by Éli Bissonnette and Hugo Mudie as Dare to Care Records.
Artists who have released material on Bravo Musique or Dare to Care include CLAASS, ...