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Coco Love Alcorn "Love really is Coco's middle name and she sings as if she's earned it." -- Georgia Straight
Whether it's touring North America opening for Ani DiFranco, making videos with Kinnie Starr or writing songs with Marc Jordan, Coco Love Alcorn has been a unique and powerful Canadian musical force for over a decade.
The critically acclaimed vocalist first made her presence felt with the independent release of her eponymous debut in 1995. Produced by Juno award winner Rick Kilburn, the well received album introduced Canada to a stunning new vocalist who displayed a mastery of technique well beyond her years.
Following the release, Coco quickly established herself as an artist to watch. Through out the late 90s, she became an in demand performer with high profile appearances at Lilith Fair in Vancouver and The Stardust Picnic in Toronto. She also did extensive touring which included opening for
established artists such as Burton Cummings, Chantal Kreviazuk, and Jesse Cooke.
By the late 1990s, A&R at BMG Canada took an interest in Coco's career, funding several collaborative song writing and recording projects in both Vancouver and Toronto. The projects put her to work with the likes of Kinnie Starr, Chris Gestrin, Kurt Swinghammer, Chris Wardman, Kevin Fox, and Dale Darlington. It was during this time that Coco was "discovered" by Ani DiFranco while performing in Toronto. The folk icon was so impressed with a performance she gave at the legendary Cameron House that she hired Coco on the spot to go out on a US tour as her opening act.
Coco put out her second independent release, the "Happy Pockets" EP, to coincide with the tour. The album was the result of her many BMG funded collaborations and did brisk off stage business throughout the tour. Shortly after the tour ended, Coco was asked by Canadian music icons 54.40 to join the band as a back up singer and featured guest artist. This ongoing working relationship has included many TV appearances, countless live radio performances and interviews, recording, and of course extensive nationwide touring.
"The young Alcorn... stole the show on more than one occasion, holding the audience by turns spellbound and ecstatic with her powerful range and jazz sensibility. Clearly, she's an artist to watch." -- The Vancouver Sun (54 40 concert review)
In the past few years, Coco has been involved in a couple of side projects that have had many song placements on popular American TV shows like USA Network's "The Dead Zone" and Showtime's "The L Word". These shows are currently airing all over the world and have built Coco's name with a growing international audience. The worldwide exposure has also lead to international website sales for both of Coco's indie releases as well as the side projects
(www.paloma.com and www.joystick.bz).
With the pending release of Coco's long awaited new CD "Sugar", Coco is ready to take her career to another level. Produced by multiple Juno Award winner Steve Dawson (who also contributes his trademark guitar work) and featuring Chris Gestrin (K-os, Kate Hammett-Vaughn) on keys, John Raham (Kinnie Starr, The Be Good Tanya's) on drums and Keith Lowe (Fiona Apple, Bill Frisell) on standup bass, Sugar is a remarkably assured work from an artist who's time has truly come. Featuring co-writes with Lennie Gallant, Kevin Coles and her father John Alcorn, the album is a delightfully nuanced, down tempo gem that leaves plenty of room for Coco's spectacular voice to shine. Focusing on themes of love, angels and the power within, the album is masterfully wrought by Dawson and will no doubt draw comparisons to the work of other Canadian female luminaries such as Jane Siberry, Holly Cole and k.d. lang. Sugar is slated for official release on September 19, 2006 on Black Hen/Universal.
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