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Celebrated Singer-Songwriter
Laura Smith Headlines Sierra
Club of Canada’s
One Earth One Chance
Benefit Concert, May 31
Maritime-based
singer-songwriter Laura Smith will
reunite with her longtime
accompanist George Antoniak to
headline the Sierra Club of Canada’s
benefit concert, One Earth One Chance,
Friday, May 31 at the Rebecca Cohn
Auditorium, 8pm.
The Sierra Club of Canada has been
active Canada-wide since 1969,
working to influence public policy and
raise environmental awareness.
Sierra Club seeks to develop a diverse,
well-trained grassroots network
working to protect the integrity of our
global ecosystems. At a chapter level,
Sierra Club pursues issues from toxic
cleanup of the Great Lakes and Sydney
Tar Ponds to protecting the remaining
ancient rainforests of Vancouver
Island and B.C.’s mainland coast.
“I am very excited and grateful that
Laura Smith, whose lyrics speak to
environmental issues, has agreed to
perform at this benefit, “says Phil
Thompson, Atlantic director, Sierra
Club Canada. “We hope this concert
will put this new chapter of Sierra
Club on solid financial footing.”
Born and raised in London, Ontario,
Smith’s music is direct and honest.
Fiddles and guitars lift and carry her
spirited vocals, while her melodies and
poetry dig deep. She began playing
music at 19, first teaching herself
piano, then guitar, citing early
influences as Janis Joplin, Joni
Mitchell, Ray Charles and Paul
Simon. After moving to Toronto in
1972, it was a chance meeting with a
lighthouse keeper that brought Smith
to Cape Breton, where she immersed
herself in the culture and music of the
region. Four years later, she took up
residence in Halifax and made a name
for herself at the Flamingo Club,
recording her first, self-titled album in
1989.
Her 1994 album b'tween the earth and
my soul elicited critical acclaim,
abundant airplay, and national
television appearances. In 1995, her
single “Shade of Your Love" was the
second most played AC song in
Canada. In 1996, she won two East
Coast Music Awards (Female Artist,
Album of the Year) and two Juno
nominations (Best New Solo Artist and
Best Roots and Traditional Album). In
1997, she won a Gemini Award for
Best Performance in a Performing Arts
Program or Series.
Smith's last recording, It's a Personal
Thing, plumbed a deep well
of emotion. Recorded in Hubbards in a
house overlooking the ocean, the
album was produced by Smith and
David Hillier. From the instinctive
opening track, "My Gate's Wide Open"
through to the wise and kindly closing
tune, "You Know Too," Smith has
mapped out a very human journey.
"To be able to perform at the Cohn and
contribute to the activist organization
The Sierra Club is certainly an
honour,” says Smith. “Lucky me! My
songs, my planet and George Antoniak; what a
night!"
George Antoniak has been a working
guitarist since the 1960's. He played
in the orchestra pit at Confederation
Centre in PEI and toured with the late
great Gene McLellan before going on to
work for three years with the award
winning Quebec band Lougarou. He
has toured extensively with other
artists such as Matt Minglewood, Sam
Moon, The Press, Ram, and The Scott
Parsons Project. Antoniak has worked
as a producer, co-producer and
writer-arranger with numerous
artists in the Maritimes such as
Wayne Nicholson, John Chaisson, Lisa
MacDougall and Laura Smith.
Recently, Antoniak has devoted his
time and energies to his children and
Smith is delighted to have him joining
her on the stage again.
Tickets for the One Earth One Chance
benefit concert are $24 and are
available by calling the Dalhousie Arts
Centre Box Office at 494-3820.
For more information on Laura Smith,
visit www.laurasmith.ca or
www.sierraclub.ca
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