Philippe Brach is the stage name of Philippe Bouchard (born July 22, 1989), a Canadian singer-songwriter from Saguenay, Quebec."Philippe Brach Bouchard en route vers la gloire". NeoMédia, August 12, 2011.
Launching his music career in 2012, he was the winner of the Francouvertes festival in 2014."Finale des Francouvertes: Philippe Brach l'emporte". La Presse, May 12, 2014. Several weeks later, he released his debut album La foire et l'ordre."La Foire et l'ordre, de Philippe Brach". Le Droit, June 2, 2014. He won the Prix Félix for Revelation of the Year in 2015."Gala de l’ADISQ: Jean Leloup et Ariane Moffatt, amis de la musique". Métro, November 9, 2015.
His second album, Portraits de famine, followed in 2015,"Philippe Brach aime sortir des sentiers". Le Quotidien, September 16, 2015. and his third, Le silence des troupeaux, was released in 2017."Philippe Brach: l’art de mener en bateau". Le Journal de Montréal, November 4, 2017. He was a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee in 2016 for "Crystel" from Portraits de famine,"Le Prix de la chanson SOCAN remis à Laurence Nerbonne". TVA Nouvelles, July 12, 2016. and in 2018 for "La fin du monde" from Le silence des troupeaux,"Loud remporte le prix de la chanson SOCAN". Voir, June 14, 2018. and Le silence de troupeaux was longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize."A list of the 40 albums on the Polaris Music Prize long list" . Victoria Times-Colonist, June 14, 2018.
He is a frequent collaborator with singer and songwriter Klô Pelgag, including on the duets "Si proche et si loin à la fois" from Portraits de famine"Brach et Pelgag en vedette dans un habile plan-séquence". Voir, September 12, 2016. and a cover of Richard Desjardins's "Les Yankees" for the tribute album Hommage à Desjardins."Desjardins: « Aussi important que Barbara »". La Presse, April 29, 2017.
At the Juno Awards of 2019, Le silence des troupeaux was shortlisted for the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year."Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
His album Les gens qu'on aime was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize."2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more". CBC Music, June 13, 2023.
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