Roots and blues musician Suzie Vinnick hopes to sing away North Battleford’s winter blues at the Dekker Centre Saturday, Feb. 23.
Vinnick is originally from Saskatoon and is now based in Ontario. Vinnick is a Juno Award nominee and has won 10 Maple Blues Awards.
She describes her voice as one “you’ve heard a thousand times and one you’ll never forget.”
Vinnick said her set will feature mostly blues songs with some “singer-songwriter material worked in” and maybe a country song or two.
Sometimes Vinnick tours with a band, but the North Battleford show will be solo. Vinnick said she likes performing solo because it allows for an intimate experience with the audience.
Vinnick told the News-Optimist this week the Dekker Centre is beautiful and she is excited to play there again. Her last show in the area took place in 2013.
Shake The Love Around is Vinnick’s new record. In 2018, the album was the number one most played album on the Stingray Music The Blues (Canada) channel.
The album’s title, Vinnick said, was inspired by some friends in Forget, southeast of Regina.
At the music venue she would play, before a meal, the owners would say grace, then right after say “shake the love around,” “and everybody would kind of do the wave.” The album’s title is a tribute to her friends and to the town.
