Paul Baribeau

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{{infobox musical artist

| name = Paul Baribeau

| image = File:Paul Baribeau performing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.JPG

| caption = Paul Baribeau performing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in June 2014.

| birth_date = 1981

| alias =

| origin = Grand Ledge, Michigan, U.S.

| instrument = Vocals, guitar

| genre = Folk punk, lo-fi music

| occupation = Singer-songwriter, artist, writer

| years_active = 2004–present

| label = Plan-It-X, No Idea

| associated_acts =

}}

Paul Baribeau is an American folk punk singer-songwriter from Grand Ledge, Michigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Baribeau |title=Paul Baribeau (The greatest self titled ever)

|website=Last.fm|access-date=February 5, 2011}} He was signed to the independent record label Plan-It-X Records. His self-titled debut album was released on Plan-It-X Records in January 2004. In 2006, he embarked on a tour with Ginger Alford of Good Luck in which they collaboratively covered Bruce Springsteen songs.{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/darknessontheedgeofyourtowntour/blog|title=Featured Content on Myspace|work=Myspace|access-date=June 10, 2015}} They subsequently released an album on No Idea Records, Darkness on the Edge of Your Town Tour,{{cite web|url=http://www.noidearecords.com/bands/paulbaribeau.php|title=No Idea Records – Paul Baribeau|work=noidearecords.com|access-date=June 10, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219075830/https://www.noidearecords.com/bands/paulbaribeau.php|archive-date=December 19, 2013}} which contains studio and live versions of these covers. His second album of original material, Grand Ledge, was released on Plan-It-X Records in June 2007. Grand Ledge was recorded in a barn belonging to a friend of Baribeau's father, in Grand Ledge, Michigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/paulbaribeau |title=Paul Baribeau |website=Myspace.com|access-date=February 5, 2011}} Baribeau's most recent album under his own name, Unbearable, was released on No Idea Records on March 10, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.plan-it-x.org/release/paul-baribeau/unbearable/|title=Paul Baribeau|publisher=Plan-It-X Records|access-date=February 5, 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307115619/http://www.plan-it-x.org/release/paul-baribeau/unbearable/|archive-date=March 7, 2011}} He was referenced in Kimya Dawsons song "Tire Swing," from her album Remember That I Love You, which was used in the Juno (soundtrack).

Since 2015, Baribeau has been releasing more electronic focused music under the pseudonym of New Boy.{{Cite web|title=NEW BOY, by New Boy|url=https://newboy.bandcamp.com/album/new-boy|access-date=2020-08-25|website=New Boy}} His latest EP, Blue Maze was released in August 2020.{{Cite web|title=Blue Maze, by New Boy|url=https://newboy.bandcamp.com/album/blue-maze|access-date=2020-08-25|website=New Boy}}

According to a 2011 article in inWeekly, he lives in Bloomington, Indiana{{Cite web|url=https://inweekly.net/paul-baribeau-sings-for-you/|title=Paul Baribeau Sings For You|website=Inweekly.net|date=February 2, 2011|access-date=September 17, 2020}} and follows a straight edge lifestyle.{{cite web | access-date = May 10, 2017 | url = http://www.straightedgeworldwide.com/2013/05/audio-paul-baribeau-never-get-to-know-us-dates/ | title = [Audio] Paul Baribeau – Never Get To Know, US Dates | date = May 7, 2013 | website=Straightedgeworldwide.com | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160817211024/http://www.straightedgeworldwide.com/2013/05/audio-paul-baribeau-never-get-to-know-us-dates/ | archive-date = August 17, 2016 }}{{cite web | url = http://ranchococoa.com/the-classic-city/k-versus-e6/ | title = K versus E6 | website = Ranchococoa.com | publication-date = March 31, 2008 | date = March 30, 2008 | access-date = May 10, 2017 | first = Raoul | last = de la Cruz |url-status = live| archive-date = June 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611054222/http://ranchococoa.com/the-classic-city/k-versus-e6/}}