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Leonard Podolak

Co-Artistic/Executive Director, Home Routes · Canada

✓ Verified current role· as of 2026-09-29

Leonard Podolak is the CEO of Home Routes. Podolak is based in Canada.

Clawhammer banjo player and founder of Juno and Grammy-winning band The Duhks. Since 2016, he has been Co-Artistic/Executive Director of Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous, Canada's pioneering house concert circuit founded by his parents. He has worked in folk music since 1995.

Recent developments

AI summary of recent coverage

Recent coverage has focused on the Home Routes concert series, a program featuring performances in intimate residential settings that has expanded to include stops at cultural venues including an Arts & Culture Centre. The headlines also reference Leonard Podolak's background in Canadian folk music and connection to the Winnipeg Folk Festival, though several items in the available coverage appear to relate to other individuals associated with the festival rather than Podolak directly.

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Citizenship
Canada
Awards
Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group

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Leonard Podolak is the Co-Artistic/Executive Director of Home Routes, based in Canada.
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