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She writes songs in the loosely-defined alt-folk category, although also has tendencies towards well-arranged pop music and genres that get people dancing. Songs of love, life, work, and art. Songs with refreshingly candid lyrics, poetic and exposing. She's a relative newcomer on the Atlantic music scene, although she's been performing for years; that's where the 'poet' part comes in.

Writing and performing spoken word style poetry since 2000, Tanya's performed up and down the west coast and throughout the Maritimes. She placed first in the PEI portion of the 2005 CBC Poetry Faceoff and went on to place 3rd in the country. Of her poetry people say, 'engaging, unique, accessible and yet interesting use of language'; of her delivery they say, 'rhythmic, with great cadence and good timing'; of her presence as a performer they say 'genuine and magnetic.'

But poetry is not enough; music is not enough....the combination is enough. Tanya has found a way to bring her two loves together. She released her first recording, "Make a List', in April 2006. It is a collection of poetry and song, hard to classify into one genre - one track is bass and drums with rhythmic poetry over top; another is a love song fingerpicked on an acoustic guitar; another still is a short and pop-y number with only such percussive sounds as finger-snapping and hand-clapping in accompaniment.

Tanya is happy to be outside of any one particular genre...goes well with her personality. She's also happy to collaborate with other artists and musicians, a resident poet. In fact, Halifax Coast readers just named her 'Best Local Author/Poet' for 2007. She's also been nominated for 4 Nova Scotia Music Awards and 4 PEI Music Awards and was a regional winner in the 2006 RadioStar Songwriting Competition. She is deemed to be"...one of the most exciting performers in Halifax right now". (The Coast)

She is currently working on her second album, to be released in late winter/early spring 2008.