Acclaimed songwriter Steph Cameron will return to Kelowna as part of a tour through Western Canada.
Ahead of her Oct. 12 performance at Fernandos, audiences are getting a new video for Thatsa国际传媒檚 What Love Is from her latest album Daybreak Over Jackson Street.
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Cameron arrived on the scene like a bracing gust of fresh musical air with her debut record Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady, receiving unanimously enthusiastic reviews. No Depression termed it sa国际传媒渁 stunning debut,sa国际传媒� while Exclaim! noted that sa国际传媒淪ad-Eyed Lonesome Lady delights from start to finish. Cameron is the real deal.sa国际传媒� The record also made the coveted longlist for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize in 2015.
Out now via Pheromone Recordings, Daybreak Over Jackson Street navigates subtle changes in stylistic terrain. If the debut felt as if it emerged fully-formed from the bohemian streets of Greenwich Village circa 1963, then the extra maturity of this album gives it more of an early sa国际传媒�70s Laurel or Topanga Canyon atmosphere.
Like her debut, Daybreak Over Jackson Street was recorded at elite Toronto studio Revolution Recording with producer Joe Dunphy. It retains the sparse template of her first record sa国际传媒� one voice, one guitar, both recorded in intimate fashion and to tape.
Many of these new songs feature a more mature Cameron looking back upon earlier turbulent times.
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Daybreak Over Jackson Street has also attracted the enthusiastic attention of U.K. folk music specialist label At The Helm which is releasing it in the UK on November 10. A UK and European tour will follow in 2018.
LIVE DATES
Sept 29 sa国际传媒� Saskatoon, SK sa国际传媒� Capitol Music Club
Oct 2 - Calgary, AB - The Ironwood
Oct 3 - Regina, SK - Osa国际传媒橦anlonsa国际传媒檚
Oct 4 - Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre
Oct 6 - Brandon, MB - Lady of the Lake
Oct 12 - Kelowna, BC - Fernandos
Oct 13 - Rossland, BC - The Flying Steam Shovel
Oct 16 - Quadra Island, BC - Herriot Bay Inn
Oct 21 - Edmonton, AB - The Almanac
