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ANALOGA
after jamming with blues cats in town and doing some back vocals for some artists, Analoga is ready for take off in her solo project in the blues rock scene. Her soulful voice reflects her influences in gospel, classic rock and blues.
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SARAH BURTON
Packs a deadly musical punch using charisma, charm and a rock and roll attitude. With songs that are at the core, folk, Sarah draws from country, pop and rock to create a sound that is both fresh and familiar.
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DIANA CATHERINE
Gathering from a wealth of musical styles Diana has combined her influences to a style of Roots Rock that can be compared to the likes of Neil Young and Tom Petty mixed with of vocal styling of Stevie Nicks and Chrissy Hines.
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CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD
Lyrical, driving, harmonically and rhythmically surprising, Charlotte Cornfield's songs blow through the musical landscape with a restless acoustic energy.
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TASHA CYR
Tasha's ghostly, warm voice invites you into her honest lyrics. Sit with her a bit while she exposes the shadows of her mind, hidden motives and confusing truths.
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MAIA DAVIES
As a solo act or as part of Montreal’s own Ladies of the Canyon, Maia brings her sultry voice, piano and guitar to rivet your eyes and ears to the stage.
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MARY DESNEIGES–STOCKLAND
When Mary Desneiges–Stockland isn’t performing with Little Brown Jug, you can find her turning heads about town with her soft, haunting renditions of country classics and folk ballads.
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CINDY DOIRE –boot stompin' folk music mingling with French la la la's; Cindy can soar from a sweet breath to a wailing howl. Her unique style resonates from the richness of her northern roots all the way down to the deep south"
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CAROLYN-FE
Carolyn-Fe sings the blues like no other Asian can
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TRICIA FOSTER
Tendre ou impériale, provocante et vulnérable, indocile mais juste, paradoxale et sage. D’un qualificatif à l’autre, Tricia Foster intrigue et charme le public pan-canadien depuis son premier opus Tricia 412, lancé en 2004. L’auteure-compositrice-interprète lance aujourd’hui, en 2008, son deuxième album en carrière, Commerciale.
Trish Foster combine bits of folk, electronic hoops, hip hop verses and rock ‘n roll riffs into a blender, and serve the concoction to the listener in a beer mug.” -McGill Tribune
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ANIQUE GRANGER
On stage, where she excells, Anique offers a bilingual show where touching, personal lyrics are not without their moments of humour. Road-stories, interlaced with nostalgia, soul and quirky originality.
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FELICITY HAMER
draws her music from a very deep well, dredging up soul and fire to be consumed with whiskey and beer. She's plied her sweet rasp tinged vocals on bands like the United Steel Workers of Montreal, Filly and the Flops and the infamous Goatchrist.
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ATHENA HOLMES
Seeing Athena perform live is what hooks you. Her songs are catchy, not kitschy - simultaneously sweet and insightful. Influenced by rock'n roll, blues, folk and jazz, Athena's sound puts her in the company of Ani Difranco and Billie Holiday.
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PAISLEY JURA
Since her breakout debut Time In Between was released in January 2009, Paisley Jura's brand of elegant, genre-defying original pop. Jura' s classical roots inform her compositional style, but it's her smooth and silky vocals that truly enchant.
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AMY KNAPP
Amy & the Thieves are the hypothetical lovechildren of St-Genevieve and Paul Stanley. This band of pseudo-Quebecers are out bible-thumping saloon-style in effort to save your proverbial soul over a beer and half-pack of Gauloises.
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CHELSEA LYNN LA BATE
Poetic, lyrically driven, and fueled by rhythmic finger picking, Chelsea Lynn's songs shatter all genre locked notions of folk. Her heart throbbing melodies and unique story telling shape a musical vista rich in color and wisdom.
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JESS LEE
A voice mature beyond her years and energy like someone just out of high school. A genuine presence with no fear.
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JESSICA LEGER
from the NDG Philharmonic, Jessica brings her rough jazz and hard times vocals to bear in her stripped down acoustic set, giving sultry a new identity as she weaves tunes of love and angst.
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ALLISON LICKLEY
Allison Lickley is a singer/songwriter that charms audiences with her stories and captures them with her songs. Known for her honest, intimate performances, her voice is often compared to those of Joni Mitchell and Norah Jones.
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DARRELLE LONDON
In the grand tradition of Canadian female singer-songwriters comes Toronto's Darrelle London, bringing her fresh brand of quirky piano-pop to Montreal on her first Eastern Canada tour. Her performances are witty, vulnerable, and refreshingly honest.
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IVY MAIRI
youthful brand of delicate acoustic folk has garnered press attention from No Depression and Exclaim Magazines. This guitar/banjo pluckin’ Torontonian not only pens her own compositions but breathes fresh life into traditional standards.
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AMBRE MCLEAN
Ambre McLean has created a sound that is entirely her own incorporating a number of her influences including jazz, blues, folk and pop.
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ALISON NOTKIN
A singer songwriter with great chops and an endearing songwriting style.
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BRIE NEILSON
A beauty of desperate songs and haunting drunken melodies, when not singing on her own lends her pipes to the Unsettlers.
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Clair Reilly-Roe
Returning to her folk roots, singer song-writer Clair Reilly-Roe delivers songs more personal, gutsy, and inspired than ever. The melodies are sweet and singable and the lyrics are pages falling out of a tattered, well-travelled diary. These story-songs are about changing and letting go, about beginnings, endings, but above all else, the triumph of love.
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SAPO
with her songs... your average neurotic chameleon here only wishes to take you for a ride... despues de cinco años de viaje... y algunos mas de sedentarismo... Sapo croit mieux saisir sa citation préférée: "on ne voyage jamais qu'en soi-même" und von alles was sie probieren hat (gedicht, theater, zeichnung, photo, film)
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SENJA SARGEANT
the blues leader of this lineup, with comparisons to Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin only telling part of the story. Straight up hard times music delivered honestly with grit as seen on stage with the Ladies of the Canyon.
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KATIE SEVIGNY
Singer/Songwriter Katie Sevigny takes to the stage with her whimsical piano driven creations, Look out for an EP coming this Fall and whole slew of show dates
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ANNIE SHAW
Annie Shaw plays a sweet and sometime raucous piano and sings along! Vigorously! Blues/folk songs to melt your ears off.
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ORIT SHIMONI
Known for her "siren's voice and songwriting pearls" (the Montreal Mirror), Orit's lyrics are "truly profound" (the Suburban) and captivating.
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SICAMUZIK
Based on a dominant acoustic rhythm, Sicamuzic (jesSICA + muzic) is a mixture of Soul, Ambient, Reggae and Hip Hop elements that translate in what she best defines as «Ambient Folk.»
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JILL STAVELY
Peterborough Ontario's Jill Staveley is a singer / songwriter with a strong edge for intimate rock who'll blow you away with her voice, and capture you with songs. Her songwriting is raw like road rash and hits you just as hard. Don't underestimate this player, nor what she has to say.
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NICHOLE TEXIDOR
weaves songs to contemplate upon with sultry vocals and haunting melodies, occasionally lending her voice and percussive rhythms to OKgiraffe."
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MICHELLE THOMPKINS
Plays and sings with Intensifiyah, Victory Chimes, The Dames and Old Believer. Nominated for Concordia University’s Oscar Peterson Award and recipient of the Couleur Jazz Award.
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LANA TURNER
Like summer nights and summer dresses, Lana Turner's powerful warmth and gentle simplicity will remind you of a time when, perhaps, life and love weren't so complicated. Lana's joyful delivery will take you on a journey through the spirit of what it means to be alive and remember the past.
MARION VERSCHAEVE
This young french girl recently arrived in Quebec finds her musical balance in rock music. She'll offer you a bilingual pop rock acoustic set made of compositions and covers with an original voice and lots of emotions.
CHELSEY WALSH - Currently singing with the band Bent By Elephants, Chesley was once called by the Mirror "a self-styled folk diva," since which she has picked up the mandolin.
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