Matt Holubowski is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hudson,

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"Singer Matt Holubowski, a big hit in Quebec, takes another crack at Toronto"
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'', 21 February 2018. A fluently bilingual performer of mixed Polish and Québécois descent, he writes and sings material in both English and French. After releasing his debut album ''Ogen, Old Man'' independently in 2014, he competed on the third season of TVA's music competition series ''

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'' in 2015, auditioning with

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's song "Burn". Although he made it to the finals, he lost the final audience vote to Kevin Bazinet. He released his second album, ''Solitudes'', in 2016 on

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, and has supported the album with extensive touring in Quebec, select dates in English Canada, and a tour of Europe as an opening act for

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."L’Europe ouvre ses bras à Matt Holubowski"

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, 24 January 2018. In 2017, he followed up with the three-song EP ''Epilogue'', which was released both on its own and as bonus tracks on a new expanded edition of ''Solitudes''.

Discography

*''Ogen, Old Man'' (2014) *''Solitudes'' (2016) *''Solitudes (Epilogue)'' (2017) *''Weird Ones'' (2020)

References

Canadian folk singer-songwriters Canadian male singer-songwriters Canadian pop singers Canadian people of Polish descent Musicians from Quebec French Quebecers French-language singers of Canada Living people Audiogram (label) artists 1988 births {{Canada-singer-stub