Tire le coyote is the stage name of Benoît Pinette (born 1981 in Sherbrooke, Quebec), a Canadian folk-rock singer-songwriter from Quebec."Tire le coyote: doux et charmant Coyote...". La Presse, April 17, 2015. He is most noted for receiving a Juno Award nomination for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019."Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
Pinette began his career in music with the band Fono Jône, which performed at the Francouvertes and Francofolies de Montréal festivals but broke up before releasing any recordings."Benoît Pinette: le coyote qui aimait Neil Young". Le Soleil, March 19, 2011. He released his solo debut EP in 2009, before following up with the full-length album Le Fleuve en huile in 2011. He followed up with the albums Mitan in 2013 and Panorama in 2015."Tire le coyote : Le bon, la brute et le coyote". Voir, January 17, 2013.
He received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for French Songwriter of the Year at the 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards,"Canadian Folk Awards ride the tide in Edmonton". Gig City, November 3, 2015. a Prix Félix nomination for Folk Album of the Year,"Gala de l’ADISQ 2015: les gagnants et les surprises". Voir, November 8, 2015. and a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for the song "Jolie Anne"."Antoine Corriveau remporte le Prix de la chanson SOCAN 2015". Le Devoir, July 9, 2015.
His fourth album, Désherbage, was released in 2017."Tire le coyote: désherbage au jardin d'innocence ***1/2". La Presse, September 19, 2017. In addition to the album's Juno Award nomination, he received two Prix Félix nominations for Songwriter of the Year and Singer-Songwriter Concert Tour of the Year,"ADISQ: les jeunes font la loi, Hubert Lenoir remporte trois Félix". Le Journal de Montréal, October 28, 2018. and a second Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for French Songwriter of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards."The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.
Discography EP (2009) Le Fleuve en huile (2011) Mitan (2013) Panorama (2015) Désherbage (2017) Session acoustique 1 (2019) Au premier tour de l'évidence (2022)
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