Tannis Slimmon is Canadian Folk Music Awards' contemporary vocalist of the year (2008)! With her sparkling eyes and gentle smile, this songstress has appeared on numerous albums, contributing songs or singing harmony (a huge passion), including her latest award-winning Lucky Blue, a follow up to her first solo offering Oak Lake.

"A breathtaking vocalist with a bright, angelic disposition, Slimmon is a favourite folk attraction whose harmonies are as warm as her smile.” Exclaim

"....one of the most beautiful voices I have had the pleasure to listen to." David Francey


Lucky Blue is distributed through Outside Music! Ask for it by name at your local music store.


Also available online in Canada:
Outside Music & Maplemusic.com

Online in U.S.: CD Baby

& some specialty stores: Blue panel on right

Tannis' next shows: Acoustic Harvest Concert Series (Toronto, ON); Tin Pan North Songwriters Festival (Toronto,ON); House concert (Goderich, ON); Sharon Temple (Sharon, ON)...see shows

Tannis is busy working on a new album to be released soon....

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~Lucky Blue reviews~

Sweet moments:
Tannis won the 2008 Canadian Folk Music Awards Contemporary Vocalist of the Year at the awards ceremony in St. John's, Newfoundland (Dec/08).

Tannis was honoured with her second 'Porcupine Award', this time the 'Golden Quill' award for Songwriting. The first Porcupine Award was given for 'Oak Lake'.

Lucky Blue
was selected as one of the top 10 'Critics' Albums of the Year' for 2007 by Canadian Folk and World Music magazine Penguin Eggs!

Lucky Blue's first cut "Ernest, Charlie & Allan" won an 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 was nominated for 'Producer of the Year' (CFMA's).

'The Road To Baleya', the documentary film about Tannis and friends' trip to Mali, West Africa, now available on DVD, can be purchased by contacting Tannis. Check here for rebroadcast dates on the Documentary Channel or on Bravo! (shorter version is shown on Bravo!) (Read more about trip to Africa). Globe & Mail review.

~More lucky news~

 
DESIGN: CHRIS MacLEAN /
CONTACT: tannis@tannis.ca

LAST UPDATED: AUGUST, 2010