2018 ADULT ALTERNATIVE | Leif Vollebekk | | The JUNO Awards

Leif Vollebekk is a Montreal adopted singer-songwriter. He released his third full-length Twin Solitude on February 24th, 2017 and was met with praises from critics all over the world including NPR, The Fader, Uncut, Paste Magazine, Rolling Stone France, The Sunday Times Culture, Boston Globe, The Globe and Mailand more. The record has been nominated on the Polaris Music Prize shortlist, the Canadian Folk Music Awards, l’ADISQ and the GAMIQ, while racking up over 8 million streams across several platforms. Since the beginning of his career, Leif has performed at the Newport Folk Festival and shared stages with Daniel Lanois, Beth Orton, Sinéad O’Connor, Patrick Watson, Coeur de Pirate, William Fitzsimmons and Sam Amidon. He released his break-through sophomore album ‘North Americana’ in 2013, while his 2010 debut ‘Inland’ was described as “beautiful, memorable and moving” by NPR and “timeless and monumental” by the Independent UK.