Heather Blush
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Heather Blush is a Canadian
jazz
and blues
singer based in Calgary
.
She normally performs with her band The Uppercuts, who are Steve Hazlett (drums) and Shane Sutherland (upright bass); under the name Heather Blush and the Uppercuts.
According to Kelly Doody of the Calgary Sun, her voice was described as a mix of Joni Mitchell
and Norah Jones
.
Blush was born in Winnipeg
, Manitoba
and grew up in different small towns in the province. She studied to be a music therapist in Florida.
She then came to Calgary
, Alberta
where she recorded her first album in 2005, titled First Blush, with producer Dan Donahue in Winnipeg, before forming 'Heather Blush and Triple S', the name of her band before Stu Davies (lead guitarist) left the band in 2007.
Her second album is Vice (2008), and her planned third album is expected to be Versa (meant as part 2 of the Vice album);.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
singer based in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
.
She normally performs with her band The Uppercuts, who are Steve Hazlett (drums) and Shane Sutherland (upright bass); under the name Heather Blush and the Uppercuts.
According to Kelly Doody of the Calgary Sun, her voice was described as a mix of Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
and Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
.
Blush was born in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
and grew up in different small towns in the province. She studied to be a music therapist in Florida.
She then came to Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
where she recorded her first album in 2005, titled First Blush, with producer Dan Donahue in Winnipeg, before forming 'Heather Blush and Triple S', the name of her band before Stu Davies (lead guitarist) left the band in 2007.
Her second album is Vice (2008), and her planned third album is expected to be Versa (meant as part 2 of the Vice album);.