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Angela Desveaux

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A gifted singer/songwriter, Angela Desveaux’s music merges the simple emotional honesty and rich sonic landscape of classic country with the personal focus of contemporary folk and the roots-conscious attack of alt-country. Desveaux was born in Quebec just outside Montreal, but she spent much of her childhood on the island of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. Cape Breton has a rich history of traditional folk music drawn from Irish and Spanish sources, and the island’s distinctive fiddle music had a deep impact on Desveaux. Desveaux also grew up on a musical diet of classic country. When she was ten, Desveaux’s family returned to Montreal; in her early teens, when her older brother joined a local rock band, Desveaux followed suit and started singing with a handful of local rockers. Desveaux was drawn back to her country roots; she started appearing at open-mike nights around Montreal and sang with bluegrass bands before joining the Sonny Best Band as lead singer in 2001. However, inspired by Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris, Desveaux began writing her own songs and eventually approached Howard Bilerman, former drummer with the Arcade Fire and owner of the Hotel 2 Tango Recording Studio in Montreal, with a demo tape. Bilerman liked Desveaux’s music, and helped her assemble a band for a recording project. Brian Paulson agreed to produce the sessions, and Desveaux’s first album, Wandering Eyes, was released in the fall of 2006, followed by Mighty Ship in 2008.

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1	Sure Enough	9
2	Shape You	5
2	Heartbeat	5
4	Carolina Ways	3
4	Make Up Your Mind	3
4	If Only	3
4	Familiar Times	3
8	Hide From You	2
8	Let me roll it	2
8	bury me deeper	2
8	Wandering Eyes	2
8	Wedding Song	2
8	If Ever I Loved	2
14	Joining Another	1
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addieto wrote:
March 2009

i love angela's music -- especially 'heartbeat'. anybody hear lanan adcock's new record. she's on last.fm here: http://www.last.fm/music/Lanan+Adcock

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damnably wrote:
March 2009

so good!

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edejong wrote:
October 2008

Great!

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sataraid1 wrote:
October 2008

Love.

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sataraid1 wrote:
October 2008

OMGWTFBBQ ... a new album! ... download faster, dammit! ...

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sataraid1 wrote:
March 2008

Wow. Just ... wow.

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SimonRoy wrote:
December 2006

And a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FmFwYtehaI

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SimonRoy wrote:
December 2006

Here's her official website with a downloadable sample http://www.angeladesveaux.com/ or her MySpace site at http://www.myspace.com/45481193

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popluhv wrote:
September 2006

anyone know where I can hear a sample? shoiuld I drive an hour and a half to go see?

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