Lucie Blue Tremblay

Lucie Blue Tremblay (born 1958 in Montreal) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, who performs music with lesbian themes. She writes and performs material in both English and French.

Tremblay started performing when she was still a child, accompanying her mother’s five piece band as a drummer. Later she taught herself guitar, and then the piano. Her first appearance in the United States was at the 1985 Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's Day stage singing a duet with another Canadian singer-songwriter, Ferron. Her debut album, released in 1986 by Olivia Records, was voted Top Ten Album of the Year by the Boston Globe.citation |periodical=Santa Fe Arts and Culture Magazine |date=2006-08-15 |title=Lucie Blue Tremblay and the Breast Exam Project |url=http://www.santafeartsandculture.org/magazine/santa-fe-arts-and-culture-magazine-view-article/article/40/237/ |first=George |last=Dresden-Rader]

The "Frank-Tremblay Safe College Scholarship", named for Tremblay and openly gay Congressman Barney Frank, was created at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.citation |title=A campus to call home |periodical=The Advocate |date=2001-11-06 |first=Adrian |last=Brune |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2001_Nov_6/ai_79967133 |accessdate=2007-08-18]

Discography

* "Lucie Blue Tremblay" (1986)
* "Tendresse" (1992)
* "Transformations" (1993)
* "I'm Ready" (1998)
* "Because of You" (2001)
* "It's Got to Be About Love" (2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.luciebluetremblay.com/ Lucie Blue Tremblay]