Crystal Shawanda – This Lady Sings The Blues

On this episode, Brian says: This time I bring it back home with an incredible artist from Manitoulin Island, who went to high school in the Sault, Crystal Shawanda! Crystal gained prominence in country music with her first album ,scoring a Juno award, but eventually went back to her first love, the blues. Crystal talks about some favourite memories from Sault Ste Marie and her latest, heavy-duty blues album, ‘Church House Blues.’

All songs by Crystal Shawanda

1. Move Me
2. Church House Blues
3. The Whole World’s Got The Blues
4. Trouble
5. Blame It On The Sugar
6. I’m Not Your Baby
7. New Orleans Is Sinking
8. Fish Out Of Water
9. Skin Deep
10. Cry Out For More

E20 This Lady Sings The Blues Pt.2

Crystal Shawanda and I continue our conversation, as she speaks about leaving RCA Records and striking out on her own, how she chose some of the great blues standards to include in her albums and her incredible version of the Tragically Hip song, ‘New Orleans Is Sinking.’ It’s great to be able to say you come from the same area as this lady with her positive, upbeat view on the world. Her life and music business stories will fill you up with goodness!

All songs by Crystal Shawanda

1. Hey Love
2. Voo Doo Woman
3. Blue Guitar
4. I’d Rather Go Blind
5. Hound Dog
6. Bluetrain Smokestack Lightning Revisited
7. Wang Dang Doodle Smokestack Lightning
8. Evil Memory
9. Ball and Chain
10. Bigger Than The Blues
11. I Can’t Take It

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

 Maya Angelou

Crystal Shawanda