Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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A powerful new female blues voice that evokes the spirit and grit of Janis Joplin and the contemporary delivery of Beth Hart, belongs to an indigenous North American named Crystal Shawanda. Her new album, Voodoo Woman, captures the intensity and incredible range of this performer whose story is finally being told. Crystal Shawanda grew up on the Wikwemikong reserve on an island in Ontario, Canada. Her parents taught her to sing and play guitar and encouraged her to play country songs, but it was her oldest brother who introduced her to the blues. She was signed as country artist to RCA Records in 2007 by Joe Galante. Her country debut album produced a Top 20 hit on country radio, sold over 50,000 copies in ths US, went Top 20 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart. CRYSTAL S... more...