Jane Siberry is the first to admit she is not an easy singer to categorize. As music journalist Ian Grey once wrote: “She sings about dogs, God, angels, sex and more in a multi-octave voice unhampered by considerations of gravity.” Find out for yourself this week, when Siberry comes to Vancouver Island for performances, starting tonight in Victoria. Siberry is considered one of Canada’s most original and influential singer-songwriters. She was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Oct. 17 by fellow music icon k.d. lang. Siberry’s work is visionary and ever-evolving. Best known for transcendent works like ‘Calling All Angels,’ ‘Love is Everything’ and the iconic ‘Mimi on the Beach,’ she has created a singular body of work that defies labels. Her contribution to The Crow soundtrack, ‘It Won’t Rain All the Time,’ continues to resonate decades later. After leaving Warner/ Reprise Records in 1996, Siberry founded her own label, Sheeba, and pioneered a ‘pay-what-you-can’ model for music downloads. She also expanded live performances beyond traditional venues with global “salon tours” — from llama farms in New Zealand to garages in Australia, kominkas in Japan, kitchens in Finland and bell towers in rural England. Audiences describe her performances as “intense, heraldic, funny and startling.” Siberry opens her Island run at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Victoria Nov. 22, hits the Duncan Garage Showroom on Nov. 23, moves on to the Parksville Museum Heritage Church Nov. 24 and wraps at Char’s Landing in Port Alberni on Nov. 25. For more information, check out her website [https://janesiberry.com/tour].
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