Tomorrow, Feb. 10th ART BEAT brings you a live in studio interview with acclaimed blues musician SUZIE VINNICK. Vinnick is visiting Smithers for one night only 10 February as part of the Home Routes Concert Tour through Northern British Columbia.

Catch my interview Wedneday at 12 noon on 93.9FM in Smithers, and streaming here on smithersradio.com The show will repeat at the usual ART BEAT time of 3pm Friday, 12 Feb.

Suzie Vinnick is a 10X Maple Blues Award winner, 3X Juno Nominee and was a Finalist in the 2013 International Blues Challenge Solo/Duo Category in Memphis, TN.

Before this she was the winner of the 2012 CBC Saturday Night Blues Great Canadian Blues Award.

Just 5 short years ago, Suzie sent a copy of her first solo acoustic blues album Me ‘n’ Mabel to Bill Wax the program director of SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s B. B. King Bluesville channel 70. The station had an average of 3 million listeners a week and was regularly visited by B.B. King. Vinnick's album ended up charting for seven weeks on B. B. King’s Bluesville “Picks to Click” reaching number three.

Me ‘n’ Mabel received a 2012 Juno Nomination and led to numerous US and international performances  such as opening for John Hammond at the Madison Square Park Conservancy in New York City and performing in Germany at the Women in (e) Motion Festival in Bremen.

Suzie Vinnick will be in Smithers for one night only 10 Feb. and in Hazelton Feb. 11 as part of her Home Routes Concert Series Tour through Northern British Columbia.

For ticket information email: info@homeroutes.ca or call 1-866-925-6889 FREE x 201
 

From My Little Art Heart,

Colleen Sharpe

Host of ART BEAT