Heather Blush is a Canadian
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
singer.
She performs with her band The Uppercuts, which includes Steve Hazlett (drums) and Dale Ulan (upright bass), under the name Heather Blush and the Uppercuts.
In ''The Calgary Sun'', her voice was described as a combination of
Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...
and
Norah Jones.
Early life
Blush was born Heather Johnson She studied in Florida to become a music therapist.
Musical career
She moved to Calgary, Alberta, where she recorded her first album in 2005
[; last accessed 2007-07-16] titled ''First Blush'', with producer Dan Donahue in Winnipeg. She formed Heather Blush and Triple S, the name of her band before Stu Davies (lead guitarist) left the band in 2007. Shane Sutherland played double bass with The Uppercuts until 2010.
Her second album is ''Vice'' (2008),
and her third album is ''Versa'' (2009, meant as part 2 of the ''Vice'' album).
References
External links
Official site
Canadian blues singers
Canadian women jazz singers
Canadian jazz singers
Living people
Musicians from Calgary
Musicians from Winnipeg
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian women singers
Singers from Manitoba
Singers from Alberta
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