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Tonight
Lucie Idlout
April 26, 2009
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Lucie Idlout and Jonny James arrived late in the afternoon; the third of our three bands for this day's shoot. I'd seen Lucie play a few times over the past few years and have always been impressed by her whiskey-toned voice and indomitable stage presence. In person, she is no less striking and challenging a figure. I think there is something profound in her, and it comes through in her music.
 
Arkells and The Junction had both wrapped their performances earlier in the day, and as Lucie and Jonny began soundchecking, the light was changing from the bright yellow spring rays to a rich twilight sky. Set against this cobalt canvas, Lucie's performance of "Lovely Irene" and "Tonight" seemed almost to transport us out of our city streets and into someplace much older and deeper. "Tonight" is the kind of song that works perfectly set against long highway miles and wistful memories of old friends. It was a long day, shooting all three bands back-to-back-to-back, and this performance of "Tonight" was the perfect finisher. We hope you enjoy watching as much as we did.
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With the recent resurrection of vintage rock, one of the most interesting arrivals on the scene is singer/songwriter Lucie Idlout. Her music is hard hitting, raw and to the point. She has a voice that at times echoes the crooning of the likes of Etta James, and is as provocative and unique as Marianne Faithful. Though she comes from the newest territory, Nunavut, in Canada's Arctic, she is not the typical stereotype associated musically with Aboriginal people.
 
Lucie's commanding style takes you on an emotional journey drawing on themes that are common to us all; heartwreck, lust and rage. She has toured clubs and rock festivals extensively across Canada and Europe, garnering rave revues wherever she travels. She was host to the top rated Entertainment Magazine, Buffalo Tracks, on APTN, and has acted in a score of theatre pieces, but music has always proven to be home.
 
She was awarded Best Female Artist at the 2003 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and has been nominated for Best Rock Album at both the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and the Indian Summer Music Awards in Milwaukee, WI. In 2004, the song "Birthday", off Lucie's debut album "E5-770: My Mothers Name", appeared in the film "Crime Spree", featuring Harvey Keitel and Gérard Depardieu. Her follow-up album, Swagger, was released on February 10, 2009.
-- A one-woman revolution in Canadian music, taking the old blues wraiths and wrestling them into fierce new shapes. - Globe and Mail (National Paper)

-- As for her music career, Idlout is on a roll. - The Vancouver Sun

-- ....a fierce alternative rocker... - The New Yorker

-- In the vein of darkness-drenched rockers such as PJ Harvey, Lucie Idlout (who is from the Arctic Canadian territory of Nunavut - no wonder she's so icy!) combines bluesy tendencies with modern atmospherics. - Time Out New York

-- 4 out of 5 (means buy!) - Access Magazine (Germany)

-- ...[she] is looking to the future with excitement, enhanced by the recent clatter of media attention. - The Globe and Mail (National Paper)

--"I hear so much good, new music, but her CD is the first in many years that left me speechless. I actually don't think I have the words to really express how good this CD is." - John Steup / VP - CD Baby

-- A fresh new voice from the Far North that is reminiscent of hearing Ani Di Franco or K.D. Lang for the first time. - The Toronto Star

Lucie Idlout: Official Site
For Booking and More Information:
Sun Rev Records
Tel: 647-727-5177
Email: info@sunrevrecords.com
 
www.myspace.com/lucieidlout