{"id":140083,"date":"2025-06-18T14:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/francos-ponteix-le-karkwadien-errant\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T20:57:37","slug":"francos-ponteix-le-karkwadien-errant","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/francos-ponteix-le-karkwadien-errant\/","title":{"rendered":"Francos | Ponteix: The Wandering Karkwadian?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Ponteix, real name Mario Lepage, grew up in the French-speaking village of St-Denis, Saskatchewan. His album Le canadien errant, released in February, recounts his personal journey from Western Canada to Montreal, where he now lives. Make no mistake: Ponteix embraces very modern sounds, sometimes reminiscent of Karkwa. His latest album was co-produced by Louis- Jean Cormier. Ponteix will be performing a free concert at the Francofolies on Thursday June 19, at 6 p.m. on the Loto-Quebec stage. 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