Dawn Tyler Watson

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Dawn Tyler Watson is a Canadian blues and jazz singer. [1] She is most noted for her 2019 album Mad Love, which won the Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020. [2] Born in Manchester, England, Watson emigrated to Canada with her family in childhood. [1] Raised in Southwestern Ontario, she moved to Montreal to study jazz at Concordia University. [1] She first began performing blues after being invited to contribute to a local compilation album of blues artists, [1] and released her debut album Ten Dollar Dress with her band Dawn Tyler Blues Project in 2001. [3]

In 2004 she had an acting role as a jazz singer in the film Jack Paradise: Montreal by Night (Jack Paradise, Les nuits de Montréal), and performed much of the film's soundtrack. [4] Over the next number of years she regularly collaborated with guitarist Paul Deslauriers, [5] with whom she recorded the albums En Duo (2007) [6] and Southland (2013). [7]

In 2016 she released the solo album Jawbreaker!, [8] and in 2017 she won the International Blues Challenge. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Roger Levesque, "Dawn Tyler Watson expresses her Mad Love for the blues continuum". Edmonton Journal , November 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Stephen Cooke, "Virtual 2020 Juno Awards includes breakthrough win for Neon Dreams". Halifax Chronicle-Herald , June 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Dawn Tyler Blues Project: Ten Dollar Dress". Sherbrooke Record , November 9, 2001.
  4. ↑ Brendan Kelly, "Jazz film's got no rhythm: Magic is missing Roy Dupuis, great score can't save flimsy story". Montreal Gazette , February 20, 2004.
  5. ↑ Norman Provencher, "Blues duo rocking steady: Ups and downs eased with a bit of swing". Ottawa Citizen , February 13, 2006.
  6. ↑ Mike Regenstreif, "Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers ... en duo". Montreal Gazette , April 26, 2007.
  7. ↑ Brian Kelly, "'Somebody has to take lead'". Sault Star , March 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ Kathryn Greenaway, "Watson brings brash new sound to blues festival". Montreal Gazette , June 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ Peter Hendra, "'The blues chose me'; Canadian musician brings band to Kingston to headline Limestone City Blues Festival". Kingston Whig-Standard , August 24, 2017.


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