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artist Alice Groves

Ottawa, ON, CANADA
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A multi-disciplinary artist, Alice Groves is a singer-songwriter who co-arranges and co-produces

her music at her home-base, Monkland Studios in Ottawa as well as designing her own videos for

release on Youtube. She performs and records both originals and covers which blend world-folk-

jazz genres variously with infusions of Brazilian, Arabic (arpegios) and Celtic stylings. She has

performed in dozens of venues large and small from small cafes to large concert halls (including

the Studio of Canada's National Arts Centre, Parliament Hill Mainstage on Canada Day) locally,

nationally and internationally. And she has been interviewed and appeared on CBC radio shows

"All in a Day", "In Town and Out" and made numerous guest appearances on Radio Q101,

Energy 12,  CFRA, CKCU and on Rogers TV, CTV, and CBC-TV. 

 

Her constant drive to embrace world sounds and cultures has led her to include Antonio Carlos

Jobim's "A Day in the Life of A Fool"  (Cannes award-winning Brazilain film Manha Carnaval) on

her fifth album "Soft Illusions" and which has begun to receive notable attention on Youtube.

The album also covers Consuelo Velazquez' inimitable love song "Besame Mucho"  and the

modern classic "Don't Cry for me Argentina";  but it also covers Cirque de Soleil's  "If I Could 

Reach Your Heart".  Alongside these covers and others are her originals -  "Canada" - for which she

wrote both lyrics and music,  "Today's Lover"  and "The Phoenician" - both spoken word pieces

with Alice's soprano vocal scatting flowing in and out of the words.

 

Alice music can be found on Myspace, Youtube, and CDBaby, Itunes, Amazon, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

A Day In The Life Of A Fool 3:39

A Day In The Life Of A Fool

Alice Groves from Ottawa, Canada, singing Brazilian, Luiz Bonfa's, timeless, haunting song "A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Manha de Carnaval) written For the film "Black Orpheus" (winner at Cannes, Golden Globes, BAFTA) with music by Carlos Antonio Jobim, and based on the tragic Greek mythic love story of Orpheus and Eurydice.

A Taste Of Honey 3:46

A Taste Of Honey

The legendary song "A Taste Of Honey", as interpreted and sung by Alice Groves from Ottawa Canada. For more info, go to www.maryalice.ca

The Phoenician 5:12

The Phoenician

Alice Groves, award-winning Canadian Singer-Songwriter-Recording Artist, from Ottawa, Canada, performing her highly-acclaimed original Lyric, "The Phoenician", in dual performance mode of Scat Singing and Spoken Word. "The Phoenician" embraces themes of Human Nature, Youth, Romantic Love and Loss, Time, War, Beauty and Hope; and the images in this video powerfully symbolize these themes in a narrative flow which grips the imagination of the viewer, surprising him/her at every turn.

Forever and Ever 3:49

Forever and Ever

Alice Groves from Ottawa, Canada, singing the modern classic Greek pop-folk love ballad "Forever and Ever" - originally sung by legendary Greek artist, Demis Roussos, and written by S. Vlavianos and R. Constandinos . The song, launched originally in the 1970's to great acclaim, was later covered by Julio Iglesias. Alice Groves' exuberant interpretation brings the spotlight back on the simple joy of romantic love.

Canada (Olympic Mix) 3:31

Canada (Olympic Mix)

Alice Groves of Ottawa, Canada, singing her song "CANADA" for which she wrote both lyrics and music and which she originally performed on Canada Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada's capital. The song is a 'love' song to her country, her passionate love of which she came to fully realize upon her return from living abroad.

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