Ten Strings And A Goat Skin

Ten Strings and a Goat Skin was a Canadian folk music group from Rustico, Prince Edward Island, who performed traditional Celtic and Acadian folk music, in English and French. The band's members were Rowen Gallant (vocals, fiddle, tenor banjo, and viola), Jesse Périard (guitar, vocals, and pump organ), and Caleb Gallant (bodhran, foot percussion, snare, cajon, vocals, clawhammer banjo). The band was formed when the members were in high school. The trio has known each other since the first grade. Rowen and Caleb Gallant are the nephews of folk musician Lennie Gallant. From humble beginnings came the music of Ten Strings And A Goat Skin with a first performance at a community fundraiser held to aid in the painting of the local parish church in Rustico, PEI. Hailed on two continents as infectious and the best of contemporary/traditional Celtic music, Ten Strings And A Goat Skin is a bilingual trad/folk/fusion trio, playing Irish, Acadian, French and original creations infused with modern and world rhythms. 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. The album won the East Coast Music Award for Roots/Traditional Recording of the Year, received several Canadian Folk Music Award nominations including Traditional Album of the Year, and was a Juno Award nominee for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017. They toured extensively throughout their career, including performances in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.

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