Roxanne Potvin

Infobox musical artist


Name = Roxanne Potvin
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Background = singer_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date and age|1982|03|31
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Origin = flagicon|CAN Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Instrument = Guitar
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Genre = Blues, Rock
Occupation = Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter
Years_active = 2002–Present
Label = Alert Canada Inc.
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URL = [http://www.roxannepotvin.com/ www.roxannepotvin.com]
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Notable_instruments = Fender Telecaster

Roxanne Potvin (born March 31, 1982 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is an bilingual Gatineau, Quebec-based singer, blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. Born in Regina, where her father was a TV reporter for CBC, Potvin moved to the Ottawa area when she was two. Potvin has become in continual demand for clubs, festivals, and special events across Ontario and farther afield — Potvin’s schedule has included a flying trip to France for a major festival in 2007, she's played the prestigious Toronto Women's Blues Review show twice (most recently November 2007 at Massey Hall in Toronto) and recently she been nominated as Female Vocalist of the Year at the Maple Blues Awards.

Music

Influences

Potvin has stated that her music has been influenced by her growing up and listening to artists such as: Dinah Washington, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, John Hiatt, the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Solomon Burke, Irma Thomas, Jimmy Reed, the Staple Singers, Ruth Brown, Jimmy Bryant, Charlie Christian, Lonnie Johnson, BB King, Bessie Smith and others.

Current touring band line-up

* Drums: Roger Travassos
* Bass: Mark McIntyre
* Piano: Steve O'Connor
* Guitar and lapsteel: Chrisine Bougie

tudio Albums

Bogart's Bounce

Potvin made her recording debut in January 2002 when she sang an original tune on Bogart's Bounce, a Northern Blues release by Ottawa's JW-Jones Blues Band. Veteran blues giants Kim Wilson and Gene Taylor of the Fabulous Thunderbirds also appeared on the album.

Careless Loving

In 2003 Potvin wrote a canon of songs with which she self-produced, self-financed, self-released, and self promoted her first recording, "Careless Loving". The album featured six original songs and four covers by Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Etta James and Buddy Johnson.This album helped build her reputation as a songwriter as well as a singer and player. Local writers (and campus and CBC radio) embraced the CD, and Potvin's reputation began to spread.

The Way It Feels

"The Way It Feels" (2007), was produced by Colin Linden — a Nashville-based Canadian guitarist and writer with 60 CD production projects to his name — helped bring together a cast of support players that included, in addition to Daniel Lanois, Bruce Cockburn, Wayne Jackson of the The Memphis Horns, members of the Fairfield Four, and one of Potvin's favourite songwriters and singers, John Hiatt.

Time Bomb

"Time Bomb" (2007) features three women Blues players, Deborah Coleman, Sue Foley and Potvin. The title track, "Time Bomb", an instrumental where all three women take turns laying down leads. For the next nine songs the women spell each other off taking lead vocals and guitar duties of every third song until they come together again on the final track "In The Basement".

Management

Roxanne Potvin signed with Alert Music Inc. late in 2005, and is now managed by industry veteran W. Tom Berry (Holly Cole, Kim Mitchell, Gino Vannelli).

Discography

Main releases

Collaborations

External links

* [http://www.roxannepotvin.com/ Roxanne Potvin official website]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/roxannepotvin Roxanne Potvin Myspace site]
* [http://www.rufrecords.de/biography/49_roxanne-potvin-biography.html Roxanne Potvin Biography at Ruf Records]

Footnotes

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NAME= Potvin, Roxanne
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Canadian blues singer, guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1982-3-31
PLACE OF BIRTH= Regina, saskatchewan, Canada
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