Born to the tiny inuit village of Umiujaq in northern Quebec and stolen away to Lethbridge, Alberta at age two, Patrick has always wondered what makes him want to ride walruses off into the sunset rather than a good ol' fashioned horse. A fully fledged bilingualbertan from respectively English- and French-speaking parents, a lifetime of duality has made a songwriter out of him. Having grown up on a piano bench, Patrick plays his own strain of lapstyle guitar he struggled to teach himself while away from home. Belting out original songs in both languages, Patrick broaches every subject from fearing an embarrassing death to bandits questioning their fugitive lives in abandoned houses.

• Winner of the Chant'Ouest, 2009
• Semi-finalist at the Festival International de la Chanson de Granby, 2009
• Winner of the 20e Gala Albertain de la Chanson (20th Albertan Song Gala)