Joël Lavoie

BIO/DESCRIPTION

Joel Lavoie is an award winning singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer originally from Peace River, Alberta. Joel has been active as a professional musician since 1999. He has been very active in the local Alberta francophone music scene from the early days with his family band Lé Twés (Those Guys) to performing with some of Alberta’s best musicians including Robert Walsh, Jason Kodie, Mireille Moquin, Daniel Gervais, Raphael Freynet, Marie-Josée Ouimet, and of course Darren Maltais. Joel has performed on stages across the continent from the celebrations of Alberta’s 100th anniversary, “Alberta at the Smithsonian” in Washington D.C, USA in 2005, to the Winter Olympics of 2010 in Vancouver, and at the Festival de México en el Centro Histórico in 2010 with his ensemble Non-Non-Non.