Lisa LeBlanc
Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted - EP
Lisa LeBlanc
At 27 years old, the captivating Montreal singer-songwriter who hails from Rosaireville, New Brunswick has toured for five years with her band and sold over 140 000 records on two continents. Her ability to compose rousing, heart-wrenching narratives from everyday tales of love, friendship and heartbreak has been compared to the sharp wit of Courtney Barnett, the rambling honesty of Bob Dylan and the high-flying sincerity of Dolly Parton.
At 27 years old, the captivating Montreal singer-guitarist-banjo player who hails from New Brunswick, Canada has toured relentlessly with her band and sold over 140 000 records on two continents, achieving platinum-selling status in Canada. Lisa LeBlanc is known for her ability to compose rousing, heart-wrenching narratives from everyday tales of love, friendship and heartbreak has been compared to the sharp wit of Courtney Barnett, the rambling honesty of Bob Dylan and the high-flying sincerity of Dolly Parton.
The majority of Lisa LeBlanc's first album released in 2012 was written from Rosaireville, her native village in New Brunswick, in Granby during her studies at l'École nationale de la chanson as well as in Montreal. She received critical acclaim for her work including the exceptional honour of the Prix Felix at the Adisq awards in Quebec for being the Discovery of the Year in 2012.
Two years later, Lisa LeBlanc released Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted, a 6 track EP which includes five originals and a cover of the traditional folk song Katie Cruel, popularized by American singer Karen Dalton. She found the inspiration for this disc as well as for Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? released in 2016 when she hit the road and followed the path of the Beat Generation across Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Austin and San Francisco.
After many tours across Canada, USA and Europe, Lisa was nominated for a 2017 Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year in Canada and her latest album was nominated on the 2017's Polaris Prize short-list the same year.
- Nominated at the 2018 Éloizes Prize for Artist of the Year in Music and Artist to break through outside of Acadia
- Nominated on the 2017 Polaris Music Prize Short list
- 2017 Indies Award (CMW) for Singer-Songwriter of the Year
- Nominated at the 2016 Juno Awards for Contemporary Roots Album of The Year
- Nominated for the 2015 SOCAN Song Prize with You Look Like Trouble (But I Guess I Do Too)
- Nominated at ADISQ 2014 for Female Artist of the Year and Most Successful Quebec Artist Outside of Quebec
- Nominated at the 2013 Juno Awards for Francophone Album of the Year
- 2013 MNB Award in the Expat Artist of the Year category
- 2013 Rapsat-Lelièvre Award
- 2013 Indies Award (CMW) for Francophone Artist or Group of the Year
- 2012 GAMIQ Awards for Artist of the Year (Winner), Song of the Year for Aujourd'hui, ma vie c'est d'la marde and Breakthrough Artist of the Year
- Award at l'ADISQ 2012 for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
- Éloizes Prize for New Artist of the Year, 2012
- Named Révélation Musique 2012 by Radio-Canada
- Winner of the Festival international de la chanson de Granby, 2010
Étrange paradoxe : voilà un album de rupture qui nous met le sourire aux lèvres. C’est rock avec un fond country, c’est plein d’âme et d’humour.
Le DevoirLeBlanc allows herself to be vulnerable throughout the album, especially during 'I Ain’t Perfect, Babe', a slower and soulful track than the rest of the album, but she stays unapologetic about her flaws and fearless in addressing them.
Spill MagazineOn y retrouve avec plaisir la jeune femme culottée qui aime les guitares rugueuses, qui s'approprie du Motörhead avec son banjo en folie, mais qui est tout aussi à l'aise dans le bluegrass, le country-folk ou le western spaghetti […]
Alain de Repentigny, La PresseDepuis son EP, on savait que la Lisa LeBlanc version anglaise nous plaisait beaucoup, et ça se poursuit avec son second album [Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?], fait de rock bien lourd, de rugissements et d’histoire de ruptures, de fuites et de départs.
Journal MétroDouze nouvelles chansons country-folk-rock, titillant le garage, le cajun et le western au passage. C’est joué et chanté avec aplomb comme elle seule sait le faire. Lisa, nous t’attendions.
ICI MusiqueThis is a highly creative collection of songs without a trace of filler. Every song measures up to or exceeds the previous, giving the listener a record which not only immediately pulls them in, but also delivers a very artistic and unique sound which they will have trouble finding anywhere else.
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- Canada: Bonsound
- France & Switzerland: Olivier Touati
- Belgium: Philippe Kopp
- Rest of Europe: Kai Lehmann
- USA: Adam Bauer
- Canada: Bonsound
- France: Tôt ou Tard