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Hailing from Nouvelle in the Gaspé, Kevin Parent is a raspy-voiced, folk-based, singer-songwriter.  With the release of his first English album, Fangless Wolf Facing Winter, Kevin Parent is expressing what he calls his “duality” of growing up in the bilingual area of Baie-des-Chaleurs  surrounded by the language of Dylan as much as the one of Ferland. 

Far from abandoning his French-language roots, Fangless Wolf Facing Winter represents a new stage, and is intended by Kevin to be a sincere offering to himself and to the public. 

On Fangless Wolf Facing Winter we find him side by side with many collaborators; Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy appears on one song and the voice of Damhnait Doyle is subtle but undeniably present on the album's title track.

The CD features twelve deeply introspective, personal tracks. On every song, we find a warm and familiar voice, easy to distinguish from thousands of others.  Though Kevin is best known as a French-speaking artist, the first songs he ever wrote were in English, so this musical evolution is a natural one. 

Discovered in 1993 when he participated in a song writing competition, Kevin Parent signed to Tacca Musique shortly thereafter.  His first album, Pigeon d'argile sold over 360,000 copies, making it one of the greatest Quebecois successes of the decade.  Two years later, Kevin released Grand Parleur, Petit Faiseu, which also sold more than 350,000 copies and earned Kevin the Felix Award for Rock Album of the Year in 1998. His follow up albums, Les Vents ont changé (2001) and Retrouvailles (2003), both achieved multi-platinum status and earned him numerous Juno Award nominations (including a win for the best selling Francophone album of 2002) and Felix Awards.  Visit www.kevinparent.com for more information.