Marin Patenaude

Marin Patenaude is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter raised in rural Horsefly, BC, in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. Her musical acumen is a family affair - she is the younger sister of JUNO Award-winning Pharis Romero (of Pharis and Jason Romero) and was raised on harmony and sawdust in a family band that played folk and country. Patenaude grew up in a very music-oriented family that listened to a range of genres, from opera to metal, and as a small girl she was already playing festivals in the family band with her dad and two older sisters. She first basked on the spotlit shores of False Creek when she was only three. Patenaude graduated from Capilano University's acclaimed jazz program a decade ago, though she didn't initially consider music her primary vocation. What changed her mind was a monthlong canoeing expedition down the Fraser River, during which her song "We Go Where We Belong" became the voyage's unofficial anthem. Her debut album "Marin Patenaude and the Follow Through" was released in 2017. Her second album "Sight Unseen" was released in 2020 via Dallas Green's (City & Colour, Alexisonfire) record label, Still Records. Her third album "Sex & Dying" was released on January 11, 2023. Marin Patenaude deftly stitches together an urban edge with the waving grasses of country folk, with her voice and spirit described as layered, living, and inspirited by wildness. She has been Artistic Director and Production Manager for the festival Arts on the Fly for 12 years and is a regular session harmony singer for recording bands in Vancouver.

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