Vishtèn

Vishtèn
Vishtèn performs at the Library of Congress in 2019 Left: Pastelle LeBlanc, Center: Pascal Miousse, Right: Emmanuelle LeBlanc
Background information
Genresfolk/trad Acadian celtic
Years active2004 (2004)–present
MembersEmmanuelle LeBlanc
Pascal Miousse
Past membersPastelle LeBlanc (†)
Websitehttps://vishten.net/

Vishtèn is a Canadian folk music group from Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands, whose style is rooted in Acadian music. The group consisted of vocalists and instrumentalists Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc, and instrumentalist Pascal Miousse, but Pastelle LeBlanc died of breast cancer in 2022 at age 42. The group is most noted for their 2018 album Horizons, which received a Juno Award nomination for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019. The band includes instruments such as fiddle, electric guitar, accordion, mandolin, whistles, jaw harp, foot percussion and bodhran.

Horizons also won several awards from Music PEI, including best francophone artist, group recording and roots traditional recording. In 2018 they also collaborated with Joseph Edgar, Robin-Joël Cool, Wanabi Farmeur, Lisa LeBlanc, Caroline Savoie, and Édith Butler on the album Grand tintamarre ! - Chansons et comptines acadiennes, which won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Children's Album of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards.

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