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Hugo Blouin

Montreal bassist and composer Hugo Blouin writes songs using the musicality of the spoken word. He published three albums, including Sport national (2023), a set playful, historical and quite physical hockey jazz songs that reflect on the role of this sport in Canadian culture, for better or for worse. His previous two albums of Charbonneau ou les valeurs à' bonne place (Volume 1 in 2018 and Volume 2 2022) rendered a tongue-in-cheek homage to a Quebec inquiry commission on organized crime, political funding and the construction industry. They received notable praise and attention, both at home and abroad.

Hugo Blouin plays with the band L’abîme and the Christine Tassan Quintet, as well as with poet Veronique Bachand in “Avec le rire de ma grand-mère”. Blouin has also toured with bands MAZ (folk, official selection at WOMEX) and Brasser Brassens (tribute to French songwriter Georges Brassens). In the last 15 years, he contributed to 25+ albums, as interpret, composer and producer, and his work has been heard in Canada, Mexico, and the US, as well as in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland and Ghana.

Awards

2019 Opus Award for Jazz Concert of the Year, from Conseil Québécois de la Musique (Quebec Music Council) for Charbonneau ou les valeurs à' bonne place
2018 GAMIQ Award for Jazz Album of the Year at the Gala de la Musique Indépendante du Québec (Gala for Quebec's Alternative Music) for Charbonneau ou les valeurs à' bonne place
2018 Stingray Rising Stars Award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival with the Jonathan Turgeon Trio