Sudbury’s Faye Blais is spreading her new material around the globe, on a series of tours, including two shows in the local area, at The Commercial Hotel on Friday, April 18, and at the Ulladulla ExServos on Saturday, April 19.
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Detailed as “continuing the thread started by Joni, picked up by Ani and fashioned by Feist”, Faye’s 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.
Faye has spent nearly half of the last decade overseas, recording and touring her albums throughout Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and USA.
The rest of her time is spent touring in Canada, where she recorded her latest album, On the Bright Side at her family's cottage in Northern Ontario.
Faye has received great reviews from her releases, including CBC Radio 3's New Music Canada Track of the Day for Something's Changed, nominated for six Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards over 2010-12, and been included in Canadian Folk Festival lineups playing Eaglewood Folk Festival, Northern Lights Festival Boreal, Arts Wells, Robson Valley Music Festival, Revfest, and invited to showcase NXNE 2012.
Faye has also been featured in a wide range of media at home, with radio, TV and print interviews and placements and was commissioned to write music for Native Canadian documentary, Return to Manomin by Michelle Derosier.
Throughout her years overseas, Faye has performed hundreds of shows, including international folk festivals like Port Fairy Folk Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Illawara Folk Festival, Nannup Folk Festival, Spring Scream, Peacefest, Art and Soul and more, and received great attention from radio, TV and print media, in addition to compilation album features, and placements in web and TV wordwide.
Faye is currently based in Toronto, Canada.
She has just spent time writing and recording a new indie-pop project in LA over February 2014, and is also working on her first French album.
You can catch Faye at either, or both, of her local shows on Friday, April 18 at the Commercial and Saturday, April 19 at the Ulladulla ExServos.