Rita Chiarelli

Rita Chiarelli is a Canadian blues singer. She has been dubbed "the goddess of Canadian blues" by CBC Radio One's Shelagh Rogers.

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Rita Chiarelli


Background = blues_singer
Birth_name = Rita Chiarelli
Alias = "The Goddess of Canadian Blues"
Instruments = Singing
Genre = Blues, Italian
Occupation(s) = singer
URL = [http://www.ritachiarelli.com|http://www.ritachiarelli.com]
Current_members =
Past_members = Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario,cite web| title = Yahoo Music Biography: Rita Chiarelli| url=http://music.yahoo.com/library/default.asp?i=301715&m=bio&add=&| accessdate = 2007-01-19] Chiarelli began performing in Ronnie Hawkins' band in the early 1980s. She subsequently spent several years in Italy. When she returned to Canada, she quickly attracted the attention of film director Bruce McDonald, who included her "Have You Seen My Shoes?" on the soundtrack to his 1989 film "Roadkill". Chiarelli and Colin Linden subsequently recorded a cover of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" for McDonald's 1991 film "Highway 61", and Chiarelli released her debut album the following year on Stony Plain Records.

Her albums "Just Getting Started" and "Breakfast at Midnight" were both nominated for the Juno Award for Best Blues Album.

Discography

*"Road Rockets" (1992)
*"Just Getting Started" (1995)
*"What a Night" (1997)
*"Breakfast at Midnight" (2001)
*"No One to Blame" (2004)
*"" (2006)

References