Karen Pinette Fontaine
Karen Pinette-Fontaine (born January 5, 1999), known by the stage name Kanen, is an Innu singer-songwriter from Uashat-Maliotenam, Quebec. She is most noted as a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 43rd Félix Awards. Pinette-Fontaine launched her musical career as a member of Florent Vollant's Nikamu Mamuitun collective in 2019, alongside Marcie Michaud-Gagnon, Joëlle St-Pierre, Chloé Lacasse, Scott-Pien Picard, Matiu, Cédrik St-Onge and Ivan Boivin, and released her self-titled debut EP that year.
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- Name
- Karen Pinette-Fontaine
- Birthplace
- Uashat
- Occupation
- Singer, songwriter
- Born
- 1999.
- Nationality
- Canada.
- Honours
- Révélation Radio-Canada, Felix Award for Indigenous Artist of the Year and Felix award Breakthrough artist of the year.
- Languages
- French and Innu-aimun.
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Karen Pinette-Fontaine (born January 5, 1999), known by the stage name Kanen, is an Innu singer-songwriter from Uashat-Maliotenam, Quebec. She is most noted as a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 43rd Félix Awards. Pinette-Fontaine launched her musical career as a member of Florent Vollant's Nikamu Mamuitun collective in 2019, alongside Marcie Michaud-Gagnon, Joëlle St-Pierre, Chloé Lacasse, Scott-Pien Picard, Matiu, Cédrik St-Onge and Ivan Boivin, and released her self-titled debut EP that year.
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She competed in the 2020 edition of the Francouvertes music competition. She has also been associated with the Wapikoni Mobile filmmaking collective, for which she directed the short film Battles (Batailles) and appeared as herself in Sonia Bonspille Boileau's documentary film Wapikoni.
• Name — Karen Pinette-Fontaine • Birthplace — Uashat • Occupation — Singer, songwriter • Genre — Folk music, Pop music • Website — https: nikamowin.com/fr/artiste/kanen Karen Pinette-Fontaine (born January 5, 1999), known by the stage name Kanen, is an Innu singer-songwriter from Uashat-Maliotenam, Quebec. She is most noted as a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 43rd Félix Awards. Pinette-Fontaine launched her musical career as a member of Florent Vollant's Nikamu Mamuitun collective in 2019, alongside Marcie Michaud-Gagnon, Joëlle St-Pierre, Chloé Lacasse, Scott-Pien Picard, Matiu, Cédrik St-Onge and Ivan Boivin, and released her self-titled debut EP that year. She competed in the 2020 edition of the Francouvertes music competition. She has also been associated with the Wapikoni Mobile filmmaking collective, for which she directed the short film Battles (Batailles) and appeared as herself in Sonia Bonspille Boileau's documentary film Wapikoni.
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- 1.Philippe Papineau. La forêt enchantée de Nikamu Mamuitun. Le Devoir. 13 septembre 2019. libre.
- 2.Bis Petitpas. Karen Pinette-Fontaine et son nouvel EP. Bonjour la Côte. 17 octobre 2019. libre.
- 3.Louis-Philippe Labrèche. Les Francouvertes 2020 — Soir 6 : Kanen, thaïs et Valence. Le Canal Auditif. 29 septembre 2020. libre.
- 4.Nouveau single pour Kanen, révélation Radio-Canada. Radio-Canada. 2022-11-19.
- 5.Josée. Lapointe. 45e gala de l’ADISQ: Stréliski et Bélanger couronnés, les Cowboys consacrés. La Presse. 2023-11-05. 2026-03-01.
- 6.Karen Pinette Fontaine. KAREN PINETTE FONTAINE. Voir. 14 octobre 2019. libre.
- 7.Marc-Antoine Mageau. Les réalisatrices autochtones à l'honneur. Radio-Canada: ICI Côte-Nord. 6 mars 2017. libre.
- 8.Kanen, porte-parole des 29e Francouvertes OHdio Radio-Canada. ici.radio-canada.ca.
- 9.21 talents de la relève s’affrontent aux 29es Francouvertes. Radio-Canada. 2025-03-10.
- 10.Louis-Philippe Labrèche. Héron & Kanen — Bras solaires. Le Canal Auditif. 27 mai 2025.
- 11.Louis-Philippe Labrèche. Kanen Entrevue : indie-rock authentique. Le Canal Auditif.
- 12.Anne-Frédérique Hébert-Dolbec. Kanen : exprimer la réalité innue en musique. Châtelaine. 2023-07-04.
- 13.Kanen. Folie Furieuse. 2024.
- 14.Gala de l'ADISQ 2023 ICI Télé Radio-Canada.ca. Radio-Canada. 2023-11-06.
- 15.Kanen, Révélation Radio-Canada 2022-2023. Radio-Canada. 12 juin 2022.
- 16.Louis-Philippe Labrèche. Les nominations du Premier gala de l'ADISQ 2021. Le Canal Auditif. 22 septembre 2021. libre.
- 17.Eloise Léveillé-Gagnon. Les Francouvertes 2020 — Demi-finales 2 : Ariane Roy, Kanen et La Faune. Le Canal Auditif. 13 octobre 2020. libre.
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