East Coast songwriter and 2023 Music PEI Entertainer of The Year, Lennie Gallant, has released fifteen albums of original songs which have won him a host of awards and nominations from the JUNOs, Les Prix Éloizes, and The ECMAs. His songs have been described as “true slices of life delivered with a poet’s flair and a rugged emotional sensibility”. His multimedia production, Searching for Abegweit, ran for 190 shows in Eastern Canada. His song Peter’s Dream, from that show, was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. Lennie is an international artist who has performed all over North America and Europe. He has shared the stage with several orchestras and with such artists as Lucinda Williams, Patti Griffin, Roger Hodgson, has performed with Jimmy Buffett and David Foster and their bands. Lennie has two co-writes with Mr. Buffett on his upcoming posthumous album and sings on both songs. One of Lennie's albums went up to the international space station. His album, Time Travel, was voted a top ten Album of the Year by a panel of Canadian music industry personnel, and his recent all original Christmas album has received rave reviews. He and partner Patricia Richard also record and perform as the popular Francophone duo, Sirène et Matelot. At the time of writing, they have a single in the number 1 Acadian radio chart position for over five weeks! Lennie Gallant is a member of The Order of Canada and has been PEI Red Cross Humanitarian of The Year.