Dany Placard

A grainy image of Dany Placard

Dany Placard is the stage name of Dany Gauthier (born 1977), a Canadian singer-songwriter from Laterrière, Quebec.[1]

After studying music at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Placard independently released his debut album L'Agent Placard in 1998.[2] He then formed the band Plywood 3/4, with whom he released two albums,[1] before returning to a solo career with the 2005 album Rang de l'église.[3] He won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Francophone Songwriter of the Year at the 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2013 for his album Démon vert,[4] and was a nominee in the same category at the 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2015 for Santa Maria.[5]

He played the title character in the 2015 short film Blue Thunder (Bleu tonnerre), and performed music for the soundtrack.[6]

His 2020 album J'connais rien à l'astronomie and the 2021 followup EP Astronomie (suite) feature contributions from singer-songwriter Julie Doiron.[7] Placard in turn appears on Doiron's 2021 album I Thought of You.[8] In early 2022, Placard and Doiron announced that a collaborative album, Julie & Dany, would be released in April 2022.[9]

  1. ^ a b Alain Brunet, "Dany Placard, sors de ce corps!". La Presse, February 28, 2013.
  2. ^ Normand Provencher, "Dany Placard vers un son plus costaud". Le Soleil, July 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Philippe Papineau, "Coup de coeur francophone - Prendre la route avec Dany Placard". Le Devoir, November 10, 2005.
  4. ^ "Dany Placard remporte un prix aux Canadian Folk Music Awards". Le Journal de Montréal, November 11, 2013.
  5. ^ Alex Hudson, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2015 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 9, 2015.
  6. ^ "Dany Placard en vedette du conte rural chanté Bleu tonnerre : La trame sonore en écoute". Voir, March 12, 2015.
  7. ^ Philippe Papineau, "Placard sur un «buzz» de Pink Floyd". Le Devoir, February 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Matt Bobkin, "Julie Doiron Announces 'I Thought of You,' First Solo Album in Nine Years". Exclaim!, September 21, 2021.
  9. ^ Nina Corcoran, "Julie Doiron and Dany Placard Announce Julie & Dany, Share New Song “Mayo”: Listen". Pitchfork, January 27, 2022.