Keith Kouna is the stage name of Sylvain Côté, a

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rock singer and songwriter from

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."Keith Kouna's Le Voyage d'hiver makes over Schubert". ''

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'', December 10, 2013. He is most noted for winning the

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in the French division for his song "Batiscan" in 2013. Kouna was first active in music as the lead vocalist for the punk rock band Les Goules."Les Goules: sourire et sacrer en même temps"
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'', November 4, 2016 He released his solo debut album ''Les Années monsieur'' in 2008, and followed up with ''Du plaisir et des bombes'' in 2012. Following his award win for "Batiscan", he released ''Le voyage d’hiver'', an album which reimagined and reinterpreted

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

's ''

Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...

''. Les Goules reunited for a new album in 2016. Kouna then released his most recent solo album, ''Bonsoir shérif'', in 2017."Keith Kouna: faire sortir le méchant"
'' La Presse'', November 2, 2017.

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