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Saturday, November 8 at 8 PM
GLENN GOULD STUDIO
$29.50 (includes new recording "No Love for the Poisonous")
Call 416-872-4255 or online at
www.roythomson.com
or visit the Roy Thomson Hall Box Office
Roxanne Potvin, who appeared at Massey Hall’s Women’s Blues Revue
on December 1, 2007 at Massey Hall, was a hit – and she’s back,
appearing at Glenn Gould studio a year later. The admission price
includes her latest CD, "No Love for the Poisonous", which she recently
recorded, produced by Dave MacKinnon (of the Fembots). About this
recording, Potvin posted on her website: "…I'm not gonna lie to
you, it's been a tough ride figuring this one out. There has been
plenty of soul-searching and gut-wrenching done by everyone…. the
last months were spent tearing apart, throwing away, dissecting
and gluing my songs back together." "No Love for the Poisonous"
is, at its heart, an honest album by a perceptive artist with a
distinctive voice. Filled with songs that resonate deeply with this
generations’ experiences, it’s an engaging effort that demonstrates
her personal growth and evolution as a singer, writer, and artist.
Take the Blues; give it to an ingénue who shakes it up by adding
a little rock ’n roll, country, folk and jazz; and the result? Something
new, something old and -- more importantly -- something fresh, unique
and inspired. That's the story you can apply to crossover artist
Roxanne Potvin, the bi-lingual Gatineau, Quebec based singer, guitarist
songwriter, still in her mid-twenties. She may be young, but Roxanne
certainly fits the description of that strange music industry term
"buzz act" — people are talking about her, and so they should. Her
previous album, "The Way It Feels," with its surprising list of
guests, including John Hiatt and Daniel Lanois, marks the emergence
of a bright new artist on the Canadian scene.
Born in Regina, where her father was a TV reporter for CBC, Roxanne
moved to the Ottawa area when she was two. Just like the old cliché,
her home was filled with music; Dad played guitar, Mom sang, and
aunts and uncles played all sorts of other instruments, and jazz
and pop music was on the record player all the time. Young Roxanne
soaked it all in — Stones, Pink Floyd, Billie Holiday, Beatles —
and she sheepishly admits that the first record she ever got was
the "Jive Bunny" soundtrack.
Roxanne is a woman of strong determination. She felt she had something
to say, so in 2003 she wrote a raft of songs that, with hindsight,
set the bar high. With a new and original repertoire, she self-produced,
self-financed, self-released and self promoted her first recording,
"Careless Loving". It did exactly what she hoped it would -- took
her career up another level, and built her reputation as a singer/songwriter
and performer. As fans and industry people continue to discover
her, she has been in continual demand for clubs, festivals and special
events across Ontario and farther afield. Roxanne has performed
in France for a major festival last year, she's played the prestigious
Toronto Women's Blues Review show twice, and was nominated as Female
Vocalist of the Year at the Maple Blues Awards.
Potvin remains a focused, dedicated musician and artist. She practices
every day, reads voraciously and continues to travel. If she has
a week off, she’s as likely to drive to New Orleans or Montreal
to spend time with friends as she is to stay home. On the day the
new record is released (October 28th in Canada), she
performs in Norway (her second trip to Scandinavia this year); however
she still finds as much joy in playing some of her favorite tunes
at blues gigs, unannounced, in small Toronto clubs. Both on record
and on stage, Roxanne Potvin is a smart, intuitive and enormously
likeable young woman. With "No Love for the Poisonous," she builds
on her past, reaches for the future and firmly asserts who she is
and what she has to say.
Sponsored by XM Satellite Radio at Glenn Gould Studio. CBC Radio
2 is recording this concert for future broadcast.
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