Félix Dyotte

Félix Dyotte is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec,[1] who won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2020 as the writer of Evelyne Brochu's single "Maintenant ou jamais".

[2] He was nominated for the same award two prior times, for his songs "Avalanches" in 2016[3] and "Je cours" in 2018.

[4] Dyotte was a guitarist with the Undercovers, a band which also included future members of the Stills, before joining with pianist Pierre-Alain Faucon and singer/guitarist Julien Fargo to create the band Chinatown in 2006, adding drummer Gabriel Rousseau and bassist Toby Cayouette.

Faucon was best known for the song "Retour à Vega", which had been composed for his previous band in 2002, and then covered by the Stills for the soundtrack of the 2004 film Wicker Park.

[8] Following Chinatown's breakup, Dyotte released his self-titled solo album in 2015,[9] followed by Politesses in 2017.