We’re so pleased to see Nancy’s name on this impressive Top 10 List from WOSRadio. Women of Substance Radio is a streaming, online radio station which airs 24/7 on the Live365 Network and iTunes Radio. Women Of Substance Internet Radio features label artists and Indie artists in all genres side by side. They hand-pick all of their music starting with icons of the past like Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, and so many more. They also play many indie artists, all of which are carefully selected by their review board, adding only the best quality artists and songs that can stand up next to the forementioned superstars. Tune in and have a listen by clicking here.
Nancy Beaudette followed the lead of her songwriting heros when she took the stage last Sunday night at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bluebird Café is one of the world’s preeminent listening rooms and the venue has gained worldwide recognition as a songwriter’s performance space where the “heroes behind the hits” perform their own songs; songs that have been recorded by chart-topping artists in all genres of music. Located in a small strip mall outside of downtown Nashville, the 100 seat venue is unassuming in appearance but some of the most significant songwriters and artists have performed on this stage. Our reputation as a listening room is based on the acoustic music that is our signature style. Our patrons repeatedly tell us that they are captivated by hearing songs performed by the creators themselves.
For the past four years Nancy has been frequenting this Music City, performing in listening rooms around town and c0-writing with numerous artists. She will step onto the Bluebird’s Stage again on Sunday, June 10th, 2012.
Moonlit Pond Records announces a new collaboration between Canadian songwriter, recording artist Nancy Beaudette, and hit writers Kerry Chater and Lynn Gillespie Chater of Nashville, TN. Great artists have been singing Chater Songs for almost four decades. George Strait, Lee Greenwood, Anne Murray, Alabama, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Warnes, George Benson . . . hey, even Jamie Foxx, known more for his brilliant acting abilities, gifted the world with his performance of “You Look So Good In Love” on the nationally televised special honoring Country Music legend George Strait.
Nancy says, “It’s such an honour to work with these amazing writers, and they make me feel at home. That’s important when we’re trying to write personal songs”. After spending an afternoon in a co-writing session, “Ride On” was born, a song about a daughter’s relationship to her Father. It’s not the last time we’ll be hearing about these collaborators!
Look for “Ride On” on Nancy’s next CD, expected in early 2013.
The National Women’s Music Festival is a four-day musical and cultural extravaganza that incorporates all facets of women’s lives. It’s a jam-packed long weekend where choices for things to do range from workshops, concerts, comedy, theatre presentations, a marketplace, newly released films and videos, a live auction, spirituality series, writer’s series and much, much more!
On July 1st, Nancy put on a stellar performance to a full house! As it was also Canada Day, tribute was payed to her home and native land, along with stories of her life in Eastern Ontario.
As an unexpected bonus, Festival Organizers asked Nancy to lead the Saturday evening “All Artist’s Jam Session”! The night was capped in a high energy, joyous atmosphere. Highlights included an invitation for the stage crew to step into the limelight and join in a rousing rendition of “These Boots are made for Walking”!
Chris MacLean & Nancy Beaudette at St. Lawrence Stage, Morrisburg, ON
Whether sharing the stage or performing solo, artists Nancy Beaudette and Chris MacLean delivered a concert at the St. Lawrence Stage on Saturday, April 9th, that literally won hearts – and also a new group of fans.
Beaudette offers empowerment workshops when she isn’t on stage. Her theme “run, fly, soar” frankly struck me as exactly the right description for the musical experience she and MacLean offered the audience Saturday night.
The two musicians, both recipients of major Canadian music awards, each with successful albums out, backed each other up both instrumentally and vocally. They have worked together before, and it showed in the way they were comfortable with each other on stage and in the effortless blending of their voices on songs like “A Million Reasons to be Here with You” and “Make My Feet Be Still”.
Yet as solo performers, the artists have unique, personal approaches.
Chris MacLean’s music is often poignant. She has known love and loss and her very thoughtful lyrics and vocal style reflect this.
There is also an undertone of social commentary in many of her pieces. She told the audience that one song was inspired by a series of negative signs she saw along a Michigan roadway, proclaiming that the world is dark and dreary. “If you’re always afraid the sky will fall / That’s no way to live at all / Trust the map inside.”
MacLean has performed in Africa taking her music to Tunisia and Morocco. She has seen desperate children, hungry children, children for whom the world is not a kind place. She reflects on social matters like these in her music, but never, as she herself puts it, in a ‘preachy’ way.
There is a real flavour of Nahsville, and traditioanal country in MacLean’s strong clear voice. She sang a Gillian Welch song, with its ironic undertones, following it with what was almost a ballad, “Sisters of Charity”, about a betrayed Cree woman in the 1840’s. The musical style of Appalachia seems ideally suited Chris MacLean’s voice.
Nancy Beaudette has a strong background in gospel music, for over 20 years writing and singing for the church. The open, rich, full voice gospel style seem to be reflected in her approach to music.
Whether she was strumming a ukulele in a short medley of old favourites, or delighting the audience with an upbeat bouncy spring song “You’ve got a step in your swing / You make the robins and the daffodils jump up and sing” her voice was an instrument itself.
Beaudette is an Eastern Ontario girl, born and bred, and she has kept those roots in her music. There are memories of childhood, old friends, old places in her music.
“South Branch Road” is just one example. It is a song about the line outside Cornwall where she grew up. “The South Branch Road winds and rollls, Like the river that flows by its side. I can trace the years from my birth to here / right down the centre line”.
And who could fail to enjoy the hilarity in Beaudette’s song about her less than successful efforts to be a hockey star in college (dedicated to Cornwall Olympic star Lori Dupuis)? “Just like Bobby Orr / Shoot to score”
The Chris MacLean, Nancy Beaudette concert was a memorable and highly enjoyable one. When they performed, one could not miss the sense of optimism which seemed to run through their music. Almost a sense of joy.
The audience at the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage was attracted right from the beginning.
August 20, 2010 For the second year in a row, Nancy Beaudette has made the cut in the Regional Finals of this prestigious song contest. The mission at NewSong Music is twofold:
To build a supportive community of performers and songwriters across all genres of music and levels of skill.
To identify the truly exceptional artists within this community, and to work closely with them to develop their careers and introduce their music to a broader, international audience.
“2010 Readers Choice for Favourite Artist” voted by the people of Cornwall, Ontario.
Each year, the Cornwall Standard Freeholder surveys its readers to find out who is giving exceptional service, or making a difference in the community. Their choices reflect their favorite people, businesses and services in Cornwall and surrounding area. For 2010, their choice for “Favourite Artist” is singer/songwriter Nancy Beaudette. Congratulations Nancy! And thank you Citizens of Cornwall for loving our artist!
August 20, 2009 by Kathleen Hay, Cornwall Standard Freeholder
Graham Greer and Nancy Beaudette
CORNWALL – The community’s talent pool has just got even deeper.
Singer-songwriters Nancy Beaudette and Graham Greer are no strangers to garnering accolades for their wordsmithing abilities, but both are now finalists in the Mountain Stage NewSong Canadian regional song competition.
Now in its eighth year, the contest is one of North America’s premier showcases of emerging performing songwriters across an array of genres.
In total, there are six regions – West, Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast and Canada – with 10 songwriters advancing to represent each region. One is the n selected from each region to perform in the international contest finals Oct 10 in Charleston, West Virginia, home of the Mountain Stage radio and television show.
