About
Angie
Listening to Angie
Grant’s debut CD, Don’t Worry Daddy, is a lot like
meeting with Angie Grant, herself. Both are bold and elegant while
remaining poignant and down-to-earth at the same time. To the
Oakville based singer, songwriter, session musician, and recording
artist, music and performance are Life itself. In fact, it’s hard to
imagine Angie without a guitar in her hands. She has a voice of
silky smoothness with a dash of late-night-soul, and is equally
comfortable laying down classic rock riffs as performing 1930’s jazz
standards.
Her repertoire is rooted in a myriad of musical styles,
genres, and eras, from Bessie Smith to James Brown, Joni Mitchell to
Led Zeppelin and the Beatles. Don’t Worry Daddy stands as an
exhilarating and ethereal amalgam of the varied styles she absorbed
while performing in a full spectrum of underground scenes from
across Canada, to New York and Japan.
Don’t Worry Daddy, a confessional look at life in her
twenties—a free spirited time in which Angie reveled in pleasures,
acquired experience, and ultimately discovered her unique
voice—showcases only the very best of an entire decade’s worth of
songwriting. These thoughtfully crafted and artfully arranged
original tunes have a jazzy, come-hither Pop and R&B feel, featuring
skillful instrumentation by Angie on guitar, bass, and vocals. Some
songs examine interpersonal relationships and how happiness seems to
come in fleeting moments of closeness and passion, while others
exhibit a sublime sense of whimsy in the face of adversity. Angie
wrote, arranged, performed on, and co-produced the album along with
veteran Film and TV music producer/composer, Jono Grant. She
considers the time spent writing the album to be an emotional
metamorphosis from youthful idealism to mature self-actualization.
Don’t Worry Daddy marks the dawn of what is certain to be a lengthy,
richly rewarding, and innovative musical career.
The album
standout track, the charmingly melancholic cabaret-style tune,
“Don’t Worry Daddy”, portrays the determined, optimistic idealism of
the Artist confronting life’s harsh realities. In contrast, the
hauntingly spacious and richly textured tune, “Bangin’ at Yang”
extols the virtues of abandoning one’s self to the moment.
Aurally idiosyncratic, it is an intoxicating mix of lush intonations
and lonesome lyrics sure to burn into the memory. Gorgeously sung
and inspirational, “Song for Zoe” is a swingy lament featuring lush,
layered textures, tender lyrics, and muted trumpets amidst an
atmospheric jungle—a savvy, modern-day, lullaby. Vividly rendered
and musically earnest, “Further Away” is a raw and biting R&B song
of disenchanted love. The lyrics are poignant and relentlessly
contemplative. “Live On” plays out as a provocative and rousing
concoction of driving Ska rhythms and youthful indiscretions. It is
both bold and mesmerizing.
A self-taught musician who now keeps a regular roster of music
students, Angie says she’s fortunate to be doing what she loves. For
Angie, music, like life, is a personal journey demanding endurance,
versatility, and dedication. A mature artist with a mature vision.