Lennie is this week’s special guest
Gallant performs at Close to the Ground Concert Thursday evening
The Close to the Ground Concert Series continues Thursday at Kaylee Hall, Pooles Corner, this week with acclaimed P.E.I. singer-songwriter, Lennie Gallant. Hosts Fiddlers’ Sons and Keelin Wedge welcome Gallant to the stage at 8 p.m. Aug. 31
A native of Rustico, Gallant recorded 11 albums, which have won him a host of awards and nominations from the Junos, the East Coast Music Awards, and Les Prix Eloizes. He is the 2017 East Coast Music Awards Entertainer of the Year and also won the 2017 ECMA Folk Recording of the Year for his album, “Searching For Abegweit.”
Over 30 artists have recorded his songs, including Measha Bruggergosman, Ode de L’Acadie, the Rankins, and Jimmy Buffet and his songs have appeared in feature films, television series, and numerous theatrical productions. Gallant is wrapping up his fourth season of his multimedia hit musical, “Searching For Abegweit - The Island Songs & Stories of Lennie Gallant,” which ran for 120 mostly sold out shows in Charlottetown and continued at the Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside this summer. He recently released a new double CD of 22 songs from that production, and many of the show’s visual images appear in the book, “Peter’s Dream,” a collaboration with sibling visual artist Karen Gallant that showcases 52 of her paintings paired up with his songs.
A recipient of the Order of Canada, Lennie is an international touring artist who has represented Canada on songwriter events in Nashville, London and Texas, entertained Canadian troops in Kandahar, performed at Canada Day events in Washington and London, and on the world stage at the Winter Olympics. He will perform an intimate solo acoustic set at Kaylee Hall, located at the intersection of Rte. 3 and 4 near Montague. There will be a 50/50 draw, canteen service and CDs and books available for purchase from the performers. Admission is cash at the door.