Nicolas Boulerice

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Nicolas Boulerice is a Quebec singer-songwriter, hurdy-gurdy player, pianist, producer, organizer, host, and speaker based in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu. His current Conseil québécois du patrimoine vivant member record places him in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in the Montérégie and identifies his regular professional work in traditional Quebec music. BAnQ independently locates the 2024 CoolTrad recording in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, while Boulerice's current artist site documents active 2026 performances and media work. These sources confirm Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada as his public professional location without reproducing direct contact details. Boulerice began his North American folk career with Ad Vielle que Pourra after studying jazz piano and learning the hurdy-gurdy. He later co-founded Le Vent du Nord and remains a current member of the group, performing vocals, piano, and hurdy-gurdy. His solo and collaborative work explores Quebec traditional song through poetry, oral history, archival sound, jazz-informed improvisation, restrained arrangements, and contemporary production. The exact Spotify artist 3PZutbS8pZYq9FMg8DvXSb contains five principal album and single containers in the Canadian market: four provider-classified albums and one single dated from September 25, 2015 through March 1, 2024. Representative releases include CoolTrad with Frédéric Samson, Art populaire with Olivier Demers and Robert Deveaux, Maison de pierres with Frédéric Samson, Maison de bois, and Trois beaux garçons. Apple Music independently matches the Nicolas Boulerice identity, Quebec origin, catalog chronology, and French-language profile. Its detailed credits identify Boulerice as a composer, lyricist, arranger, performer, and producer. La Compagnie du Nord releases his solo catalog and also supports his work with Le Vent du Nord. Boulerice's current site documents three CoolTrad dates in summer 2026, his return as host of Porteurs de Trad on ICI MUSIQUE, and the CoolTrad concert's Prix Opus finalist recognition. The official Chants de Vielles 2026 program also names him as an event host. No safe general professional inquiry route is published because the available membership and artist pages expose direct details; MusicList omits those details and does not infer a contact path. Spotify media is displayed live with provider attribution and a monogram fallback. The exact English and French payload was reviewed for identity, current Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu and Quebec geography, activity, catalog scope, roles, instruments, projects, collaborators, distinction, safe contact omission, provider media, and meaning parity.