Ten Strings and a Goat Skin


Ten Strings and a Goat Skin is a Canadian folk music group from Rustico, Prince Edward Island, who perform traditional Celtic and Acadian folk music, in English and French.
The band's members are Rowen Gallant, Jesse Périard.

History

The band was formed when the members were in high school. Rowen and Caleb Gallant are the nephews of folk musician Lennie Gallant.
They released their debut album, TRI, in 2011. The album won the Music PEI Award for Roots Traditional Recording of the Year, and was an East Coast Music Award nominee for Roots and Traditional Group Recording of the Year, in 2012.
In 2013 they followed up with Corbeau. The album won the East Coast Music Award for World Music Recording of the Year, and received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Young Performer of the Year at the 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Their third album, Auprès du poêle, was released in 2016. The album won the East Coast Music Award for Roots/Traditional Recording of the Year, received several Canadian Folk Music Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards including Traditional Album of the Year, Traditional Singer of the Year and Pushing the Boundaries, and was a Juno Award nominee for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017.
They have toured extensively throughout their careers, including performances in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia. In 2018, they announced that following tour dates in Australia and Louisiana, the band would be going on hiatus.

Recordings