Joanna Chapman-Smith
With Rufus Wainwright and Regina Spektor in her record collection, singer-songwriter Joanna Chapman-Smith croons like she’s working the room at a jazzy nightclub cabaret. View Joanna' Website View Joanna's Myspace
Kate Reid
Faux-hawked folkie, Kate Reid is a wise wordsmith who cranks out twisted tunes and truthful tales in a style reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Run D.M.C. View Kate's Website View Kate's Myspace
Sarah MacDougall
If June Carter and Johnny Cash were to have a ménage à trois with a Swedish minstrel in some dark alley, their offspring would be country-noir songstress, Sarah MacDougall. View Sarah's Website View Sarah's Myspace
Influences
1960's Coffee Houses
Sounds Like
A rollicking, estrogen-injected evening of powerhouse women in folk music from the Canadian West!
Joanna Chapman-Smith grew up in a musical family that has its roots in New Zealand, Italy and Brazil and her songs are as eclectic as her upbringing. A multi-instrumentalist with a stunning voice that would melt the hardest of hearts, Joanna is a gifted musician who delivers beautiful lyrics with a rare, emotionally-infused skill that leaves audiences speechless, almost breathless, after every song she sings.
Kate Reid is a whip smart wordsmith armed with a guitar, a cache of harmonicas and a knack for candid story-telling and songwriting that is charged with humour and social-political commentary. A straight shooter but definitely not straight, she is as charming as she is in-your-face and is one of the most original, incisive and entertaining songwriters to appear on the scene in a long time.
Swedish-born songwriter, Sarah MacDougall is a storyteller, entertainer and minstrel with a haunting voice and songs to match. Her music rips your heart out, twists it around and then gently coaxes it back home and her Euro-Folk Americana style has earned her the reputation as one of the best emerging singer/songwriters of western Canada.
Don’t miss Joanna Chapman-Smith, Kate Reid and Sarah MacDougall as Women in the Round: three outstanding musicians who come together on stage to perform an entertaining, often riotous show of their original tunes in a round-style format. They deliver dynamic stage presence, intelligent lyrics, stellar guitar-playing and a banter with the audience that makes you feel as though you’re sitting in your favourite watering-hole, swapping stories with these women over a few beers…well, in fact, you can be. Don’t miss some of western Canada’s best emerging songwriters featured in Women in the Round.
"On the Road" Photo Shoot by Eric Wong
Women on Tour (photos by Janelle Fontaine and Tracy Kolenchuk)
