Tannis'
next shows:
Eaglewood Folk Festival in Pefferlaw,
ON, Labour Day Picnic in Guelph, ON....plus the 'Road To Baleya' plays in Montreal!! (see shows)
Be sure to ask Tannis for a 'Lucky Blue' guitar pick,
whether you play or not!
Registration is now open for the Women's
Choir as well
as the Harmony
Workshop which Tannis will be co-leading
this fall.
Lucky
Blue has been selected as one of the
top 10 'Critics' Albums of the Year' by Canadian
Folk and World Music magazine Penguin
Eggs!!
Lucky
Blue's first cut "Ernest, Charlie & Allan" wins Independent
Music Award for best song!
The
album was also listed as a finalist for best album
in the Folk/Singer-songwriter category.
Lucky
Blue's producer Lewis Melville nominated for "Producer of the
Year" Canadian
Folk Music Awards!
"Road To Baleya", the documentary film about Tannis
and friends' trip to Mali, West Africa, will premier at the Montreal
World Film Festival on August 27 to 29th, 2008. The shorter TV version
also
airs
occasionally
on Bravo! (Keep
watching here for
rebroadcast date!)
See more of what makes Tannis so lucky!
Here's
Lucky Blue's first lucky review, a
more recent review and article in
Nightlife, and
other quotes
and reviews.
Visit
Tannis' MySpace
page Toronto
album release concert on March
2nd (double bill with Malian griot Mansa Sissoko) at Hugh's
Room in Toronto was fabulous! Part of the movie 'Road
to Baleya' was previewed. Here is
a review of the concert.
See
live performance of 'Underground Railroad' on Youtube
Bluegrass compilation North To Ontario 2007 wins a Gem
of Canada Porcupine Award! (Tannis contributed one of the 18 tunes on this
CD)
Read
more good news (including musical
adventures in Mali)
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for my brother Dr. Craig
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