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By: Molly Kett
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Featuring:
Kevin Rivette
By Molly Kett
ocal musician Kevin Rivette
Ldescribes himself as a “simple
man.” He categorizes himself as a
father, grandfather, and boyfriend.
“I’ve lived through a lot in my
life, from happiness to heartbreak,
joy to tears. I’ve been blessed with
an amazing musical family and love
to sing. I’m a very big, introverted
person, and as a bullied child, I’ve
built a musical shield around me,”
said Rivette. “It has protected
me from a lot of pain and given
me a voice where the little adult
child inside often stayed silent!
Music has been for me a means of
communication. It’s the expression
from the heart when words don’t
come so easy!”
Rivette’s musical interest started
at the young age of four.
“I was very lucky that my large
francophone musical family
planted the seed at a young age to
sing,” said Rivette. “Let’s just say
that music and my passion for it
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choices. I sing from ’30s - ’80s, hard to narrow it down to just one.
from classics to classical, from
“I could say it was the talent
Broadway to ballads, from old
competitions where I won Trois
country to crooner, from rock to Pistoles en Chanson, Propulse
relax. If it touches me, I sing it,”
ta Voix, and Fais-Moi Ta Toune
said Rivette. “I truly feel that the
industry of today often forgets the in Quebec, my journey with
Homegrown Cafe, auditions with
baby boomers and seniors. And we, La Voix, Canada’s Got Talent,
as artists, owe a debt of gratitude to and CTV and Radio-Canada.
our forefathers and musical moms From singing the National anthem
of the past, and the respect to keep at many hockey arenas and for
their music alive. That’s why I
love getting a reaction from the the Habs, to the project I have
crowd. When you hear ‘you really collaborated on with Lionel Richie
Music to commemorate our Silver
touched me tonight,’ or ‘I have not Cross Families and fallen comrades
heard that song since…’ I call those in Afghanistan, as well to the
golden nuggets of a performance
well done. Gifts of the craft!” cancer awareness, and to work with
the best musicians in the Canadian
Rivette has been very busy Armed Forces, to my membership
allowed some light for me in some playing in the last few months, and with Nashville Songwriters
pretty sombre times. My family he thinks this has to do with the Association, and many more that
always saw the rawness in my various styles he can sing. I’m grateful for,” said Rivette.
heart and in my voice, and I was “Humbly, I let God guide me. “But the best memory of all is to be
privileged to have that seed grow, I’ve been searching all my life for able to sing at CHEO Telethon and
thanks to the family gardening and for the Operation Enfants Soleil
weeding, and a lot of watering from one big shot and opportunity. But (Children’s Miracle Network).”
after many attempts in various
an amazing music teacher by the
name of Raymonde Samson. Music platforms over the years, I’ve “I wish to thank all the bands and
come to understand that I love to many musical friends in the area that
has allowed me to grow, but the do covers. I feel it’s so important have always kept a special place in
funny part is it also allowed others
to grow with me on my journey. I to keep music alive. I might never my heart and soul. Your dedication,
be a writer of songs, but if you give support, and hard work has paved
have had many followers, and they
are truly why I do my craft lovingly, me a good one, I’ll make it my the road least discovered,” said
own,” said Rivette. “I enjoy doing Rivette. “We need to keep the oldies
passionately, and most importantly, home parties, private and corporate alive. Just like old friends, they last
respectfully.”
events, nursing homes, and private a lifetime. I will always strive to
Rivette as a performer has never intimate events like suppers and keep that music alive and share it
allowed himself to stick to only one weddings. I love touching people’s with today’s generation.”
genre. hearts with a memory!” If you’re looking to get in touch
“I owe a lot of this gratitude to Through his years of singing, with Kevin Rivette for your next
my dad Roland and his brothers Rivette has had many good event, he can be reached at 613-330-
and sisters, who in their four memories and moments. When it 1059, or by email at kevin.r_1@
bands broadened my musical comes to picking a favourite, it’s cogeco.net.