Roots and blues musician Suzie Vinnick hopes to sing away North Battleford鈥檚 winter blues at the Dekker Centre Saturday, Feb. 23.
Vinnick is originally from Saskatoon and is now based in Ontario. Vinnick is a Juno Award nominee and has won 10 Maple Blues Awards.
She describes her voice as one 鈥測ou鈥檝e heard a thousand times and one you鈥檒l never forget.鈥�
Vinnick said her set will feature mostly blues songs with some 鈥渟inger-songwriter material worked in鈥� and maybe a country song or two.
Sometimes Vinnick tours with a band, but the North Battleford show will be solo. Vinnick said she likes performing solo because it allows for an intimate experience with the audience.
Vinnick told the News-Optimist this week the Dekker Centre is beautiful and she is excited to play there again. Her last show in the area took place in 2013.
Shake The Love Around is Vinnick鈥檚 new record. In 2018, the album was the number one most played album on the Stingray Music The Blues (Canada) channel.
The album鈥檚 title, Vinnick said, was inspired by some friends in Forget, southeast of Regina.
At the music venue she would play, before a meal, the owners would say grace, then right after say 鈥渟hake the love around,鈥� 鈥渁nd everybody would kind of do the wave.鈥� The album鈥檚 title is a tribute to her friends and to the town.
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