hey there...i actually ran into you in the bathroom at the Maple blues awards.....you were friends with smedley b in thunder bay......perahps i can send you my new album when its out..just working on it now.......take care
Sunday wilde - from the heart of the wilderness.....
Sunday wilde is from the wilds of a small northern ontario town, but she has been found singing everywhere from small logging and mining towns at coffee houses, funeral parlours, and blues joints and all the way to large festivals, house concerts and bars in bustling metropolises. She has just released & produced her second album which consists of all original blues and jazzy compositions, which will be released the summer of 2009.
She is a powerful and intense vocalist, a rare voice that speaks from the primal soul. Sunday is a songwriter who explores the subjects of grief, addiction, love and the torment of social and family dysfunction. Her lyrics and delivery make it abundantly clear that she speaks from experience and authority. Sunday writes from the heart and draws from observations of personal interactions and emotions.
She has won jazz and blues awards with co-writers and her own compositions on garageband and has been ranked as high as 8 on Myspace Canada Gospel music charts. She has recently been awarded a New Works Ontario Arts Council grant to pursue her songwriting, for a project titled "Wailin' in the Wilds" which will be completed by the end of 2009.
Sunday Wilde’s second album contains 10 NEW originals. She weaves the sound of vintage blues throughout, adding a touch of jazz on the edge. Wilde takes us with her, looking from a variety of perspectives and moods on this album, through joyfulness, sorrow, lost love, torment, and angst. As a songwriter who writes, as it is, without compromise, her lyrical style resonates with people from all walks of life. Her vocals capture the essence of what her words speak, truth, raw passionate, powerful and beautiful.
The album features internationally renowned guitarist David West from Ecuador (Papa Duke Band) who plays a custom double sided guitar. As well Bass player Tom Sinkins (Bay Street Blues Band) and Wolfe Wall on flute, cello and clarinet. With Sunday wilde on vocals, and piano. And of course Lucas Paulson, Sunday's son, on his own instrumental piece.
Recorded in Thunder Bay at GWS Productions. Available at CD Baby (august 2009) and thru the artist.
Her debut recording "Black Pearls of Wisdom" has received radio play in Canada, Finland, Australia and Europe. As a duo with Reno jack she has shared the stage with such great musicians as Ronnie Hayward (Rockabilly Hall of Famer Calgary), Fathead (Toronto), Nick Moss and the Flip Flops (Chicago), D-Rangers (Winnipeg), Little Miss Higgins (Sask) , WashBoard Chaz Trio (New Orleans) and more.
past few years. She is an intense performer. Sunday sings from the
She bring unique styles together that blend a variety of influences such as Bessie Smith, Big Bill Broonzy, Johnny Cash and Ruth Brown.
On her debut recording with Reno jack she has a unique expression exploring themes of grief, love, ectasy, torment, addiction and perceptions of the world.
"She performs traditional and original music. I have heard the music and I am impressed. I am a huge supporter of orignal music. As we all should be" Molly Johnson
Favorite Blues Artists and Bands
Ruth Brown, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Bessie Smith, Little Ester Philips, Big Maybelle, Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Bronzy....ettc....
Hi Sunday,
Here is my wish for the very best to you and all my LiveBluesWorld friends as we take the music of our heritage into 2009 and the 21st century.
It's an honor to be on this journey with you. ..and a pleasure to be your friend. Thank you for allowing me to be a member of the community.
..."true greats" ...are not those born with "golden spoons" in their mouths. ...but those who through "hard work" turn their own "wooden spoons" into "gold".
"...the re-emergence of blues music as serious social commentary."
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Dig your concept (and your name!)
Onward & upward... Michele Lundeen
At 5:50pm on September 11, 2008, Aubrey Ghent said…
I'll check out your version of "Walk With Me Lord" ... I'm sure it sounds great! I do different versions and it's always a big hit! I just got back from Ireland and each time I performed it the crowd roared. - Aubrey
At 3:53pm on September 11, 2008, Ken Pustelnik said…
Hi Sunday;
A warm welcome to LBW hope you find
what you need here.
I have a tune posted by the late Jo Anne Kelly who
was a friend and sometime fellow musical collaborater , check
it out you may enjoy it.
Kind regards
Ken Pustelnik