Faye
Blais is a Northern Ontario native, recently back in Canada, following three
years overseas recording and touring her second album, with one and a half year
stints in both Taiwan and Australia, where she filmed her live studio Album/DVD
(May 2010 release). Her tours have taken her through Taiwan, Australia, New
Zealand, USA and Canada.
Her
songwriting, presence and personality are showcased beautifully through her
impressive jazzy-bluesy folk style, on acoustic and electric guitars, and keys,
with stunning, dynamic vocals
Throughout
her years overseas, Faye performed over 200 shows, including international folk
festivals (Port Fairy Folk Festival, Woodford Folk Festival - AUS, Spring
Scream, Peacefest - TW...) and received great attention from radio, TV and
print media (BLTV, ICRT – TW, Noise TV, ABC, RRR, FasterLouder, MX – AUS, CTV –
NZ), in addition to compilation album features and placements in productions by
Australian Red Cross and the Oak Tree Foundation (AUS).
Since
arriving to Canada in September 2009, Faye has been chosen as CBC Radio 3's New
Music Canada Track of the Day (for "Something's Changed"), nominated
for 4 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards 2010 (Winner of "Best Vocal
Performance" for track "Canvas"), and been included in Canadian
Folk Festival lineups (Eaglewood Folk Festival, Northern Lights Festival
Boreal, Robson Valley Music Festival, Music on the Mountain Folk
Festival). With three
cross-C …
Faye
Blais is a Northern Ontario native, recently back in Canada, following three
years overseas recording and touring her second album, with one and a half year
stints in both Taiwan and Australia, where she filmed her live studio Album/DVD
(May 2010 release). Her tours have taken her through Taiwan, Australia, New
Zealand, USA and Canada.
Her
songwriting, presence and personality are showcased beautifully through her
impressive jazzy-bluesy folk style, on acoustic and electric guitars, and keys,
with stunning, dynamic vocals
Throughout
her years overseas, Faye performed over 200 shows, including international folk
festivals (Port Fairy Folk Festival, Woodford Folk Festival - AUS, Spring
Scream, Peacefest - TW...) and received great attention from radio, TV and
print media (BLTV, ICRT – TW, Noise TV, ABC, RRR, FasterLouder, MX – AUS, CTV –
NZ), in addition to compilation album features and placements in productions by
Australian Red Cross and the Oak Tree Foundation (AUS).
Since
arriving to Canada in September 2009, Faye has been chosen as CBC Radio 3's New
Music Canada Track of the Day (for "Something's Changed"), nominated
for 4 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards 2010 (Winner of "Best Vocal
Performance" for track "Canvas"), and been included in Canadian
Folk Festival lineups (Eaglewood Folk Festival, Northern Lights Festival
Boreal, Robson Valley Music Festival, Music on the Mountain Folk
Festival). With three
cross-Canadian Tours this year, Faye has also been featured in a wide range of
media at home, with radio, TV and print interviews (CBC Radio One,
Radio-Canada/CBON Breakfast Television – Calgary, CTV – Sudbury, VUE Weekly –
Edmonton….).
Faye
is currently based in Toronto. She
will be touring West this summer over August/September and East over
November. She is also planning to
return overseas for Australian, New Zealand and Taiwan Tours over January-April
2011.
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