Little Miss Higgins

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Little Miss Higgins is the stage name of Jolene Yvonne Higgins, [1] a Canadian folk and acoustic blues singer-songwriter who has performed both as a solo artist and as the lead singer of Little Miss Higgins and the Winnipeg Five. [2]

Born in Brooks, Alberta, and raised both there and in Independence, Kansas, she settled in Nokomis, Saskatchewan after meeting and marrying guitarist Foy Taylor. [3] She modeled her performance style on that of American blues singer Memphis Minnie. [4]

She independently released an EP in 2002 before releasing her full-length debut album The Cobbler Shop Sessions in 2005. [5] She followed up in 2007 with the album Junction City, [4] which was a Juno Award nominee for Blues Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008. [6]

After separating from Taylor and moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba, she teamed up with the Western swing band The F-Holes for the 2013 album Bison Ranch Recording Sessions, which was released as Little Miss Higgins and the Winnipeg Five. [7] The album was recorded in a converted barn on bassist Patrick Leclerc's family farm. [8] Bison Ranch Recording Sessions was a Juno Award nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group at the Juno Awards of 2014. [9]

Her most recent album, My Home, My Heart, was released in 2017, [10] following which Higgins received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Solo Artist of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2018. [11]

In 2020 Higgins announced plans to cease recording music, arguing that the contemporary era of streaming music services have made recorded music no longer a viable source of income for most musicians, although she plans to continue performing live and touring. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "DEAD COW HILL". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ Cayley Dobie, "Q&A: Little Miss Higgins, singer/songwriter". Burnaby Now , August 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Gerry Krochak, "Miss Higgins will put on a show". Regina Leader-Post , October 27, 2005.
  4. 1 2 Cam Fuller, "Little Miss Higgins making name in music". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , May 10, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Little miss who?". Nelson Daily News , May 26, 2006.
  6. ↑ Cassandra Szklarski, "Ladies first; Music Female-heavy Juno nods led by Celine with six Avril and Feist tied with crooner Buble for five each". Telegraph-Journal , February 6, 2008.
  7. ↑ Bill Robertson, "Jolene Higgins is simply indefatigable". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , September 12, 2013.
  8. ↑ Christopher Tessmer, "Higgins goes against the grain with new alt-country album". Regina Leader-Post , November 7, 2013.
  9. ↑ Rob Brown, "Juno nomination for former resident". Brooks Bulletin, February 11, 2014.
  10. ↑ Eric Volmers, "Songs For Joe; Little Miss Higgins puts her son front and centre on latest record". Calgary Herald , October 12, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Gunning & Cormier, Papillon up for Canadian Folk Music Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald , September 20, 2018.
  12. ↑ Ashley Martin, "Little Miss Higgins resolves to thrive on live music". Regina Leader-Post , January 23, 2020.
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