Lisa LeBlanc (born August 13, 1990), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and banjoist, known for her enthusiastic "trash folk" performances.

Early life

LeBlanc was born in

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. She is of Acadian heritage, and comes from a family of music lovers.

Musical career

LeBlanc composed her first pieces around the age of fourteen. She was playing at local events and Miramichi's O'Donaghues bar, with her mother watching her because she was underage. LeBlanc was recognized as an outstanding guitarist and a promising singer-songwriter when she won the Festival international de la chanson de Granby in September 2010. This juried award brought her to the attention of the country's francophone media. She has also played at the 2011 Coup de cœur francophone, at the

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of Montreal and at the Festival d'été de Québec. The majority of LeBlanc's first album was written in Rosaireville, in Granby during her studies at l'École nationale de la chanson as well as in

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, where she was living. Released in March on Bonsound Records, the album was recorded by Louis-Jean Cormier of Karkwa at Studio Piccolo. LeBlanc's self-titled album ''Lisa LeBlanc'' was released in 2012. It has been certified

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by Music Canada. The album became best known for the single "Aujourd'hui ma vie c'est d'la marde" ("Today My Life Is Shit"). In 2014, LeBlanc released ''Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted'', an English EP, which debuted at number seven on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 3,400 copies. ''Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?'', LeBlanc's third album, which includes both French and English titles including a thrash-folk cover of

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's classic heavy metal song "

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", was released on September 30, 2016. The album was shortlisted for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize."Polaris Music Prize shortlist includes Leonard Cohen, Gord Downie"
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'', July 13, 2017. In 2020, under the pseudonym Belinda, LeBlanc released ''It's Not a Game, It's a Lifestyle'', a five-song EP of disco songs about

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'' La Presse'', June 14, 2020. She followed up with the full album ''

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'' Exclaim!'', January 4, 2022.

Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:LeBlanc, Lisa 1990 births Living people Musicians from New Brunswick Acadian people French-language singers of Canada Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian folk singer-songwriters Canadian women rock singers Canadian folk rock musicians People from Northumberland County, New Brunswick 21st-century Canadian women singers Canadian Folk Music Award winners Canadian women folk singers Félix Award winners