{"id":18259,"date":"2023-06-21T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/?post_type=nouvelles&#038;p=18259"},"modified":"2023-06-21T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:20:11","slug":"tout-pour-la-musique-meet-your-hosts","status":"publish","type":"nouvelles","link":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/news\/tout-pour-la-musique-meet-your-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tout pour la musique: meet your hosts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Question:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> What do Quebec-born country music singer Guylaine Tanguay and Saskatoon rapper Shawn Jobin all have in common?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Guylaine Tanguay and Shawn Jobin are the co-hosts of this year\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fondationdialogue.ca\/en\/tout-pour-la-musique\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tout pour la musique<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a celebration of Canada\u2019s Francophonie coming up on June 24 at 10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Unis TV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perhaps you aren\u2019t familiar with these three accomplished Canadian artists? Here is a brief biography of each.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Guylaine Tanguay<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With 19 albums and several Canadian Country Music Awards, Guylaine Tanguay has been called \u201cQuebec\u2019s Queen of Country<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d Born in Girardville, now living in Sainte-Doroth\u00e9e, this hard-working and dedicated musician also spends much time in Nashville, Tennessee. Tanguay grew up in a musical family and first appeared on stage at age seven with her mother, Claircy Dufour, who led a local country band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Shawn Jobin<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born in Saint-Raymond, Quebec but resident in Saskatoon for more than 15 years, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/shawn-jobin.squarespace.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shawn Jobin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a rising star on the French-language rap scene, known for his sensitive music and lyrics. Jobin wrote his first songs at age 12, signed his first record deal, and released his first album at age 15. Earlier this year, he held creative writing workshops in a number of Northern Quebec schools as part of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journeesperseverancescolaire.com\/en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journ\u00e9es de la pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance scolaire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This initiative shares the benefits of education and encourages students to stay in school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catherine Fisher, blogger<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18262,"parent":0,"template":"","categorie-de-nouvelle":[59],"class_list":["post-18259","nouvelles","type-nouvelles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-de-nouvelle-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nouvelles\/18259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nouvelles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nouvelles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie-de-nouvelle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-de-nouvelle?post=18259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}