Maritime legend Lennie Gallant bringing Christmas spirit to MCC
Gallant guarantees Nov. 29 present will even characteristic some crowd favourites from earlier albums together with a ‘fabulous backing band’
One of many Maritimes’ favorite singer-songwriters is making his first foray into the world later this month.
Lennie Gallant, identified for songs equivalent to Peter’s Dream and Lifeline, brings his Innkeeper’s Christmas present to the Midland Cultural Centre Nov. 29.
“We’re very excited to be taking the tour as much as your a part of the world,” Gallant explains throughout a phone interview from his house in Mont Carmel, Prince Edward Island.
“Midland looks as if a neat place. Any city that has a buttertart pageant can’t be all unhealthy,” he jokes.
Gallant, whose discography goes again greater than 30 years, has gained a number of awards through the years for his passionate songs that commemorate each life, love and the struggles of the working man. He additionally sometimes pens a tune in French, a salute to his francophone roots.
“I believe I’ve been placed on this planet to write down songs and carry out,” says Gallant, whose love of touring is evidenced by anybody who’s had the great fortune to see him carry out stay.
Gallant says that being away from the stage for the previous two-plus years has been extraordinarily tough for him.
He provides: “It’s been nice to get again on the market and we’re actually wanting ahead to performing.”
For a number of years, Gallant has carried out new editions of The Innkeeper’s Christmas in Atlantic Canada to sold-out crowds with a mixture of newly penned tunes, basic songs and fascinating tales.
With the discharge of his first and long-awaited Christmas album, Christmas Day on Planet Earth final November to a lot reward and important acclaim together with the formation of his new band — together with associate and Acadian star Patricia Richard, multi-instrumental phenom Keelin Wedge, and piano marvel Julien Robichaud — this present guarantees to be the most effective one but, based on Gallant.
“I don’t assume I’ve ever had as a lot enjoyable with a band on stage,” he provides.
There’s additionally an accompanying multimedia present that includes a fascinating array of associated photos and work.
“It’s type of a mixture of people artwork and impressionism,” Gallant says. “Given all of the murals in your city, I believe folks will respect it.”
Whereas the present includes a Christmas theme with a big selection of unique songs curated from his Christmas album, he’ll additionally by taking part in common tunes cultivated from his big catalogue of fabric equivalent to Items of You, Sequoia and, after all, the aforementioned Peter’s Dream.
Through the years, the P.E.I. native and bilingual artist Gallant has gained a bunch of awards and nominations, together with JUNOS, Canadian Folks Music Awards and 19 East Coast Music Awards. His music transcends boundaries, and he has written and carried out in people, rock, Americana, and Acadian genres. He has recorded 14 albums of unique songs, 11 in English and three in French.
The present begins at 8 p.m. with tickets beginning at $41.
For extra data about Gallant try his website.
