September 7, 2020
“I’ve always connected with artists whose voices resonate; you can feel it in your body. That is what I’ve always wanted to be.”
Discovery is the beauty of music. It reveals itself in layers. Such is the evolution of Celeigh Cardinal. Following a time-tested path from singing in church to performing in cover bands to writing original material, Cardinal has reinvented herself with each new chapter in her career. With a confident voice and boundless energy, Cardinal owns a stage, connecting deeply with her audience through humour, passion and love. Whether sweetly strumming an acoustic guitar or leading her band in a rocking rave-up, she commands our attention. Her singing is rich and deep with a burnished maturity and a nimble technical virtuosity that wraps itself around notes with a purr, a snarl or something in the middle. Assimilating influences Fiona Apple, The Band, and Eva Cassidy, her songs are authentic and heartfelt and connect us to the healing power in music. With two full-length albums completed, and a future release in the planning stages, Cardinal is poised to expand her profile which already includes awards from the Western Canadian Music Awards, the Edmonton Music Awards and, recently, a Juno nomination in the Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year category, and two 2020 Western Canadian Music Awards, including Indigenous Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.
“Everything I’ve ever done has put me on this path to exactly where I am right now.”
Playlist
Artist (Song) Album
- Julian Taylor (Ballad Of The Young Troubadour) The Ridge
- Brettyn Rose (All I Want Is You)
- The Breakwater Band (Onward)
- Sochei (Only You) Sochei
- Celeigh Cardinal (The Devil is a Blue-Eyed Man) Stories from a Downtown Apartment
- Celeigh Cardinal (When All Is Said And Done) Stories from a Downtown Apartment
- Celeigh Cardinal (Song by the Supermoon) Stories from a Downtown Apartment
- Lakota John (Together At Home)
- Jessa Calderon and Tanaya Winder (Rise and Shine)
- Lyla June (The Most Beautiful Girl in the World)