Bio

Léon Coupal is a Montreal-based singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and let’s just say, he’s been at it for a while now. Decades, actually, and his professional experience includes bands in a wide spectrum of music genres; Fusion-Jazz, Blues, Folk, Pop, Prog Rock, and Country. 

 

As Band Leader for 3 years, he toured with Kashtin, supporting their highly acclaimed debut album, traveling throughout Canada, France, and the USA. He’s also played with a lot of Québécois Blues artists, including Black Cat Bone (Paul Deslauriers), Charlie Harper and the Rhythm Rockers, as well as The Blue Gators. 

 

Léon has spent a great deal of time in the studio, too, with the likes of Bundock-Lanoie (with whom he’s also toured), and not to mention, Jerome Lemay, and Lucien Francoeur. He’s an accomplished composer and a great songwriter, having written music for theater and documentaries, branching out and exploring different genres on diverse projects, some of which he couldn’t call a mistake, but rather an enriching experience, from which he got to learn... a lot. Just listen to his latest recordings and it couldn’t be clearer, Léon knows things.

 

And that’s not all, Léon is a true-blue artist—he isn’t in it for the money. Naturally, any revenue his craft generates makes him feel grateful, (and he’s proud to still be making a living out of it) but his real motor is the creative process, and it keeps on going strong, and so effortlessly.

 

Every day, Léon enjoys studying and learning new material, reflecting on the mechanisms of creating music and works of art. Whether it’s playing live, working in the studio, or practicing and learning, Léon’s mastery definitely stems from his dedication and perseverance. Malcolm Gladwell’s ten-thousand-hour rule definitely applies here.

So, for the last 3 years, he’s been performing his own acoustic, solo shows, taking the opportunity to try out both old and new material, in its purest form—the ultimate test for any song. Even more recently, Léon’s been back in the studio, marvelously chiseling away at the final arrangements, to offer us his latest album: Recurrent Dreams.