Stéphane Paquette
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Stéphane Paquette | |
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 Stéphane Paquette at French music festival La Nuit sur l'étang, in Sudbury | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Stef |
| Born | 1973 (age 45–46) Chelmsford, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Associated acts | Les Chaizes Muzikales |
| Website | www |
Stéphane (Stef) Paquette (born 1973 in Chelmsford, Ontario) is a Franco-Ontarian singer-songwriter and actor from Canada.
A founding member of the band Les Chaizes Muzikales in 1993, Paquette launched a solo career in 2002 with his first solo album, L'Homme exponentiel. His second solo album, Salut de l'arrière pays, was released in 2011 and won a number of awards, including the Prix Trille Or from the Association des professionels de la chanson et de la musique in 2013.[1] In January 2014, he won five of the seven prizes at the annual Contact ontarois music competition, with his prize package including an extensive series of music festival bookings across Canada.[2]
In 2009, he appeared on the debut album by Patricia Cano, as a duet vocalist on the track "Nada de nieve". In 2011, he participated as a supporting musician in a reunion tour by the rock band CANO.[3]
In 2012, Stef Paquette releases an full length album "Le Salut de l'arrière-pays" that he composes with Normand Renaud.
In 2015, he releases an EP with three songs; Tout c'que j'veux (A/C Jac Gautreau), Si jamais (S. Paquette, N. Renaud), On se r'voit à soir (Stef Paquette)
After a three-year hiatus in which cinema, television and other projects took a lot of space, Stef Paquette launched the single "Plus belle que toé" in September 2018. Steph Paquette has started to move into the country / bluegrass genre. The Sudbury band Murder Murder provided a solid blend of bluegrass and outlaw country.
Paquette is also known as an improv comedian and actor, whose television roles have included Météo+, Les Bleus de Ramville[4] and Hard Rock Medical. Paquette is one of the three lead actors in the feature film Perspective.
In addition, he was also an afternoon host on CHYC-FM in Sudbury, and performed at a rally in Sudbury on April 5, 2009, to protest staff cutbacks at CBCS-FM, the city's CBC Radio One station.[5]
In 2019, Paquette announced his candidacy in the New Democratic Party's nomination contest for Nickel Belt in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Castonguay, Pascale (March 31, 2013). "Gala des prix Trille Or : deux statuettes pour les Chiclettes". Le Métropolitain (in French). Archived from the original on February 3, 2014.
- ^ "Stef Paquette wins 'the golden ticket' to employment". Northern Life, January 29, 2014.
- ^ Marc André Joanisse (June 16, 2011). "Un dernier "gros show" pour CANO" [One last "big show" for CANO]. Le Droit (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "Greater Sudbury is stage for hockey drama" Northern Life, February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Musicians, politicians participate in CBC rally" Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Northern Life, April 7, 2009.
- ^ "L'humoriste Stef Paquette se lance dans l’arène politique". Ici Radio-Canada Nord de l'Ontario, May 31, 2019.
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Canadian rock singers
- Canadian male singers
- Canadian singer-songwriters
- Canadian male television actors
- Male actors from Greater Sudbury
- Musicians from Greater Sudbury
- Laurentian University alumni
- Franco-Ontarian people
- Canadian radio personalities
- French-language singers of Canada
- 21st-century Canadian singers
- 21st-century male singers
