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Shelley Hamilton

 

A talented singer/actor/writer/host, released her 1st CD “Feeling Good” in 2004  at CBC’s Glenn Gould Theatre. Along with the critically acclaimed CD of the same name, Shelley has also co-wrote with singer/actor Janet MacEwen (who also directed) “Feeling Good” a one-woman cabaret show she performed that debuted to rave reviews at the 2004 Atlantic Fringe Festival and in Toronto(Yorkville) . Her music video “Cali Alone” was filmed in Costa Rica. Television credits include various singing, voice work, and acting credits over the years in television and film, including CBC, CBC Radio, & The Comedy Network.

 Shelley has sung in Dubai, Japan, Holland, the Caribbean, as well as all over Canada and the U.S, and is the featured vocalist on the 2003 Juno Award-winning album Allegro, by Warner Music artist Robert Michaels. Shelley is also featured on One World by Jamie Bonk which won Album of the Year and Best Instrumental Album – Acoustic at NAR Lifestyle Music Awards. She was honoured by a repeat invitation from the Canadian High Commission to return to the Caribbean for a jazz tour of the islands in 2006, including the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival in Jamaica, the Sugar Hill Resort in Barbados, and jazz concerts and workshops in Trinidad (2006 & 2007). In Toronto, she has performed several times at the Du Maurier Toronto Jazz Festival. Her rich, fluid interpretation of music blends contemporary & original elements of Latin jazz and jazz standards as well as soul, country, r&b and pop.

Her performances in the Africville Suite concert with Joe Sealy at Neptune Theatre and the 25th Anniversary of the Black Cultural Centre also in Halifax brought her back to the her home-town roots where she was also presented with the 2008/2009 Artist of the Year award by the African Nova Scotian Music Association. While in Toronto, Shelley has been lending her magnificent vocals to the Classic Albums Live series of concerts: Bob Marley (Legend), Rolling Stones (Some Girls) and Prince (Purple Rain). This very talented vocalist has also written and recorded a new 3 song cd release titled, Connected and has featured two of the songs in her one women play, A New Hope. She was honoured that her song “Connected”, which she co-wrote with Diane Leah, was sung by the MCC choir for Jack Layton’s memorial service.

 

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