Sunday Wilde
Location: AMERICA NORTH: Canada: Ontario
Genre: Blues
Influences: sadness, joy, love, grief, torment
Tormented, joyful, sad, dirty and raw
Sunday wilde is from the wilds of a northern Ontario small town, and has been found singing everywhere from small logging towns at funeral parlours, and blues joints and all the way to large festivals, and bars in bustling metropolises. She is a powerful and intense vocalist, a rare voice that speaks from the primal soul. Sunday is a songwriter who explores the subjects of grief, addiction, love and the torment of social and family dysfunction. Her lyrics and delivery make it abundantly clear that she speaks from experience and authority.
She has 8 albums of mostly original music:
- Sunday wilde & the 1 Eyed Jacks - Release May 2019
- TWO - Reno Jack and Sunday wilde - Release September 2017
- Blueberries and Grits—Release July 2016
- He Digs me—Independent release February 2014
- He gave me a blue nightgown—Independently Released 2012
- What man!? Oh That man!! - Independently Released 2011
- Broken String of Pearls— Independently Released 2009
- Black Pearls of Wisdom (Reno jack & Sunday wilde) - Independently Released 2007
REVIEWS available on her website at www.sundaywilde.com and include Rootstime, No Depression, Toronto Blues Society, Wildy’s World, Underground Blues, Blues Blast, The Blues Magazine (UK) , American blues Blog, The Good Music Fox UK, Il Blues(Italy) and more
Her original songs have also been included on:
- Blues Women International—The Hopson Sessions Released 2013—charted #1 on The Roots Music Report
- Lets Riot Rockabilly CD 2012—Distributed worldwide
- The Alternate Root—Valentines Music for Lovers— 2013, 2011 and 2010 and Women’s History Month sampler
- Java for Javelyn—Indie Music Volume 4—X-Rite Records—2011
She has won jazz and blues awards for her original compositions most notably:
- Winner of the Voters Choice Award for Best Blues Song of 2011 and 2014 at the Independent Music Awards
- Best International Blues Release of the Year at the “Jimi Awards” on blues411 for 2011, 2013
- Runner up for Best Acoustic Blues Album of the Year in Germany (Wasser Prawda) 2013, 2014
- Nominee for the SIRIUSXM Indie Awards 2014 for Blues Act of the Year
- Nominee for Album of the Year Solo Artist Music & Film in Motion Northern Ontario
- Awarded SIX Ontario Arts Council Grants and a Canadian Arts Council Award for her work in songwriting and recording
- Winner for Best Female Blues Act of 2012 for SevernFm (UK) and Runner up for Studio Album of the Year 2013
- Winner of the Vocal Vibes Artist of the Year Award 2013
- Hit #1 on Siriusxm Radio BB Kings Bluesville
- Honorable Mention International Songwriting Competition Blues 2015
#7 on the Roots Music Report for the top 50 Blues Albums (Worldwide radio play on Roots Stations), #3 for Blues Albums on THEEX (Kamloops, Canada), #3 for Roots & Blues on EARSHOT National Canadian Roots Charts, #1 for Blues Albums on CKUW—Winnipeg, #1 for Roots/Blues Albums on LURADIO—Thunder Bay, #5 for Top Jazz Tracks at Garageband Jazz on ITUNES, On the Best of 2011 Playlist at BluzFM of Jazz FM, Canada’s premier jazz station, On the Top 100 Blues Albums of 2011 and 2014on the Roots Music Report
Her influences come from a array of sources such as the wilderness, Ruth Brown, pain, suffering, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, grief, heartbreak, Bessie Smith, Big Bill Broonzy, mixed in with love, joy, Tom Waits, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. She continues to create, explore, interpret and innovate, melding divergent styles and influences, pushing the envelope of her craft further. All the while enthralling audiences with her live performances and singular style. Her music is playing worldwide on roots and blues stations including: Siriusxm Radio, Smokestack Lightning, WWOZ in New Orleans, Elwoods House of Blues Radio Hour, CBC National Radio—Saturday Night Blues, Galaxie Blues on Digital Cable, At the Crossroads Syndicated Blues Show, BBC, Full Time Blues, PBS Fm, House of Blues Radio Hour, Biker Street Radio, Rootstime, and many more stations in Italy, France, Australia, Canada, USA.
www.sundaywilde.com