Shawna Caspi and Isabel Fryszberg and The Uncommons

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Toronto-based singer-songwriter Shawna Caspi takes her time crafting lyrics that are poetic and meaningful, often using unusual rhymes and surprising turns of phrase. She spent years on the road playing solo shows at festivals and in concert halls, train cars, backyards, and living rooms, supporting her warm, clear voice with intricate fingerstyle guitar accompaniment, and drawing energy from shifting landscapes and long drives through Canada and the United States. After taking a break from the road to rest, reflect, and write, Shawna returns with her fifth album, Hurricane Coming, a collection of raw, deeply personal songs set against a backdrop of colourful cinematic soundscapes. Shawna also created a series of abstract paintings inspired by the songs on the album, seamlessly combining her work as a musician and visual artist.

This show will be a co-bill by Isabel Fryszberg and The Uncommons

“Her tunes are like diner menus -- one column is organic, one is meat, one is side orders. Each song has its different tone, approach and presentation .” — Nodepression

Isabel Fryszberg, writes or co-writes original songs, crossing various genres from folk,jazz, country to blues. She has won audiences through her timeless songs and storytelling. “All faithful to an old tradition while definitely walking the other side of the street”- John Apice, Nodepression. Over the last three years she has released three music videos that have received numerous awards at international film festivals.

Her trio is an “uncommonly,” dynamic one featuring Toronto’s finest veteran musicians- Steve Briggs ( Russel deCarle, Sylvia Tyson, Quartette), Rebecca Campbell(Lynn Miles, Chris McCool).

Her first debut album released “Hearts and Arrows,” (2014) thematically was a personal, heartbreak album. Her second album was an entirely different project. “Coming Out of Darkness” (2016), was a collaboration that she spearheaded with a community arts program she had founded for people living with mental health and addiction challenges.

She performs regularly in Toronto and in 2024 will starting a monthly residency at the Tranzac Club. Last years she played Winterfolk and Blues Festival 2023. One audience participant from the festival wrote “This was superb…If Winterfolk was as good as that session; it must have been pretty sweet.”

She is also a multi-disciplinary artist and therapist who advocates for the arts to create wellness and community. She is the recipient of the 2020 Alumni Achievement Award in Occupational Therapy from the University of Toronto for her innovative work in mental health, and community arts

Isabel is currently working on a new music video and plans to record a new album..

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