I hold with the Dr. John school of music; ' keep it simple ' and I listen for the groove.
Performances include:
Toronto City Roots Festival Concert Series
Peterborough Folk Festival, Thousand Islands Jazz Festival, Brockville ON
Folk Harbour Festival, Lunenburg N.S.
Pelee Island Women's Retreat Gala, Pelee Island,ON
Collaborated with York University dancer and choreographer Terrill McGuire and performed with Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre,
Founder and Artistic Director of Dancers for Peace
International Development and Relief Foundation, Toronto Gala
Recorded three indie albums with Juno Award winner, the late Ed Hutchison
Here's what they've said:
"Clela, I've really enjoyed listening to your CDs. I love your singing and the way you are using the minor tuned harps. Keep up the great work and 'keep on harpin' "
Charlie McCoy, Nashville Harmonica Player
"One of the highlights of this year's festival, Clela is a warm, engaging singer with a great voice."
Garry Woodcock, Artistic Director, Folk Harbour Festival, Lunenburg, N.S.
"It's wonderful Friday night music, thoughtful and reflective, sad and hopeful at the same time."
Toronto editor Philippa Campsie
"Clela's haunting velvet voice takes you on a lazy daydream river ride."
Toronto songwriter the late, Norm Hacking
I was raised on the St. Lawrence river in the Thousand Islands. I learned to play the harmonica while travelling out to Prince Edward Island on Canada's east coast.As a member of P.E.I. acoustic string band The Rubber Boot Band and vocal duo Dawne and Clela, I performed throughout the Island, in Halifax N.S. and in Newfoundland.
In the early years in Montreal, Quebec and on the East coast, I saw performances by; Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Gary Burton, The McGarrigle Sisters, Ellen MacLwaine, Willie P. Bennett, Stephen Barry band, Harmonium, Ray Charles, James Cotton, Dutch Mason, Rita MacNeil, Scott Parsons, Ladies Choice Bluegrass Band and Sam Moon
In Toronto, I had classical voice training with Canadian Opera Company member Helga Tucker.Our acapella trio ' The Spadina Sisters ' was busking in Yorkville and we were invited to perform at the Mariposa Folk Festival. As member of the Toronto Singer's Guild, I participated in a vocal workshop with Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross of Bebop vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.
Heard Toots Thielemans and discovered World Music:
Moved by the music of Cape Verde, Cesaria Evora & Cuban vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer. I adapted my harmonica style, more melodic, rhythmic and warm.
View Clela Errington's EPK
