Suzie Vinnick is a Canadian roots and blues singer-songwriter.Greg Quill
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'', 10 January 2009. She performs as a solo artist and contributes to variety of band projects, including The Marigolds (with Gwen Swick and Caitlin Hanford), Vinnick Sheppard Harte (with Kim Sheppard and Elana Harte), Betty and the Bobs and as a duo with Rick Fines. Originally from

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, Saskatchewan, Vinnick is currently based in

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, Ontario. Her music has appeared in commercials for

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, Ontario Foodland, Tetley's Tea and

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, as well as the soundtracks for '' MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives'', ''

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'' and the film '' A Touch of Grey''.

Awards

Vinnick is a six-time winner of the Maple Blues Award for Best Female Vocalist, winning in 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013, and a two-time winner of the Maple Blues Award for Best Songwriter, winning in 2006 and 2011. She also won the award for Best Bassist in 2006 and Best Acoustic Act in 2013. Her 2008 album ''Happy Here'' was a nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo at the 2009 Juno Awards. Her 2011 album ''Me 'n Mabel'' was a nominee for Blues Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards, and she won the award for Contemporary Singer of the Year at the 2011

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. She and her co-producer, Mark Lalama were recently nominated at the

for 2018 Producer of the Year for Suzie's latest release, "Shake The Love Around". She is also a two-time winner in the blues category at the International Songwriting Competition, for her songs "The Honey I Want" and "Sometimes I Think I Can Fly"."SOCAN members make big splash in 2010 International Songwriting Competition"

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, 4 May 2010.

Discography

Solo

*''Angel in the Sidelines'' (1994) *''33 Stars'' (2002) *''Happy Here'' (2008) *''Me 'n Mabel'' (2011) *''Live at Bluesville'' (2012) *''Shake The Love Around'' (2018)

Rick Fines and Suzie Vinnick

*''Nothing Halfway'' (2006)

Betty and the Bobs

*''Betty and the Bobs'' (2006)

The Marigolds

*''The Marigolds'' (2005) *''That's The State I'm In'' (2009)

Vinnick Sheppard Harte

*''And They All Rolled Over'' (2000) *''My Favourite Shirt'' (2007)

Tony D And His Cool Band

*''Dig Deep'' (1992)

Compilation appearances

*'' Dancing Alone: Songs of William Hawkins'' (2008): "Frankly Stoned"

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinnick, Suzie Living people Canadian blues guitarists Canadian blues singers Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian folk guitarists Canadian women folk guitarists Canadian folk singer-songwriters Musicians from Saskatoon Musicians from Toronto 1970 births 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Canadian Folk Music Award winners 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century women guitarists