Keith Kouna is the stage name of Sylvain Côté, a Canadian rock singer and songwriter from Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec."Keith Kouna's Le Voyage d'hiver makes over Schubert". Montreal Gazette, December 10, 2013. He is most noted for winning the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in the French division for his song "Batiscan" in 2013."Batiscan songwriter wins SOCAN prize". Montreal Gazette, July 11, 2013.
Kouna was first active in music as the lead vocalist for the punk rock band Les Goules."Les Goules: sourire et sacrer en même temps". Le Devoir, November 4, 2016 He released his solo debut album Les Années monsieur in 2008, and followed up with Du plaisir et des bombes in 2012."Keith Kouna: Le voyage sans fin". Voir, February 3, 2015. Following his award win for "Batiscan", he released Le voyage d’hiver, an album which reimagined and reinterpreted Franz Schubert's Winterreise."La marche vers la mort de Keith Kouna". Le Devoir, December 7, 2013.
Les Goules reunited for a new album in 2016. Kouna then released his most recent solo album, Bonsoir shérif, in 2017."Keith Kouna: faire sortir le méchant". La Presse, November 2, 2017.
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