BC's singer-songwriter, Lauren Mann, brings her 'Dearestly' tour to Owen Sound on Sunday October 30th. Mann, whose songs receive frequent national airplay on CBC Radio 2, is touring across Canada in support of her new album Dearestly (Wildwood, 2016). Her national tour includes one Southern Georgian Bay show at Heartwood Concert Hall in Owen Sound on Sunday October 30, 2016. The doors open at 7:00 p.m. Advance tickets are $20 and are available at Heartwood Home and online at Eventbrite.ca.
The songs on Dearestly are a poignant narrative of dark and light set against the backdrop of different landscapes. They chronicle years of touring and personal joys and struggles. Musically, the album travels from moments of sparse simplicity to bombastic choruses, anchored by Lauren's vocal prowess and beautiful melodies. The song Brave Face, with a video shot in part at Collingwood harbour, recently received the most online votes three weeks in a row on the CBC Radio Top 20.
Lauren Mann, originally from Calgary, and now living in British Columbia's Southern Gulf Islands, started touring full time in 2011 with her first album Stories From Home, a collection of self-produced home recordings. She followed this with the 2012 release Over Land and Sea, "a sonic tapestry saturated by sunlight" according to Exclaim Magazine. The diverse instrumentation and beautiful harmonies centered around Lauren's gift of songwriting garnered the attention of listeners and critics alike, with the songs Weight of the World, Over Land and Sea, and I Lost Myself going into regular rotation on CBC Radio 2 nationwide.
In 2014, Lauren and her band the Fairly Odd Folk were the winners of the CBC Searchlight contest, rising to the top of over 4500 bands across Canada and named Canada's best new emerging artist.
Dearestly, released with a pay-what-you-feel digital download on July 8, 2016 and CD and vinyl on August 19, 2016, was produced by Josh Rob Gwilliam (Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Cowpuncher) and Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, Mother Mother) and recorded at OCL Studios in Calgary.
Singer-songwriter Greg Smith of Meaford opens for Lauren Mann on October 30. He recently released his first EP 'Iris', featuring a series of powerful, interconnected songs weaving a story of an elderly couple loving each other and facing the winter of life together.