Barber Shop Podcast

On this very night the most famous female singer in the world was performing her sleight-of-ear in Toronto and Ivy James couldn't care less. Oddly at odds with the stupid and banal, this Oakville chanteuse has more rings on her tree of life than seems possible, an artist building her stage brick by brick with no blueprint in sight. In an era of likes and follows where talent show results and raw nepotism are often mistaken for talent, she is the real deal. For those of you new to this forum, the "real deal" means believable. Honest, committed songwriting with crafted word play, crisp, impassioned playing with a definite groove and a voice both fierce and fragile add up to something wonderfully refreshing indeed. An early knack for rhythm and melody served Ivy James well, and the shiny sneer of mid/late 90's pop punk sparked the real fire in her to perform and soon she was forming the relationships that led to the creative collaborations - that led to the band - that allowed the simmering creativity escape