JP « Le Pad » Tremblay

About

The artist

JP « Le Pad » Tremblay is the solo performing name of Jean-Philippe Tremblay, the singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter of Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project. He developed his early musical practice during six years in China, where the group first took shape, while continuing to travel between Asia and Quebec. After returning to Quebec permanently, he established a rural home in Saint-Nazaire in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Tremblay launched his separate solo catalog in 2021 with Rrrik thffu (L'onomatopée d'un crachat). He played acoustic, electric, resonator, and gypsy-jazz guitars on the 13-song album and co-produced it with Marc Déry during an extended recording period in a chalet beside Lac Saint-Jean. The record keeps the colloquial language and regional detail associated with his group writing but shifts toward quieter arrangements and more introspective songs about agriculture, idleness, consumer pressure, mental health, and the desire to celebrate. The singles Maladie mentale and Tu sens bon preceded the album in October 2021. L'autarcie followed in October 2023 with another rural narrative rooted in self-sufficiency, domestic frustration, and Saguenay humour. Tu sens bon later appeared in the film Sylvie en liberté, with a 2025 professional synchronization record crediting Tremblay for both the composition and sound recording. The exact Spotify identity contains four distinct primary album and single containers from October 2021 through October 2023: one album and three singles. The official website, artist-controlled Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube resolve to the same solo identity and catalog. Current professional evidence also connects the solo project to Spectacles Bonzaï for label, management, and booking. Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project activity continued through 2025 and 2026, including a 2025 festival in Saint-Nazaire described as Tremblay's village and a 2026 album and provincial tour. That current group activity supports the underlying artist's active status while the maintained solo site, catalog, store, and contact page remain public. The artist-controlled website identifies Quebec in its business metadata, Bandcamp identifies Quebec and Saguenay, and current professional material places Tremblay specifically in Saint-Nazaire. These sources together confirm the present Saint-Nazaire, Quebec base. English and French public copy, translation provenance, exact catalog counts, current-location evidence, Spotify media attribution, and the publication payload were reviewed together. Professional inquiries are routed through the official contact page without republishing its direct email address.