Episode the 23rd: Music, Edmonton and Erica Viegas
You may not know this — and you may not even agree with it — but Edmonton is a very musical place. We produce a ton of musicians who go on to do great things. Hell, some of them even choose to stay here in town and ply their trade (I’m thinking Bill Bourne of Edmonton Folk Music Festival fame).
With such a rich and diverse cross-section of musical talent in Edmonton, Scott and I decided to chat this week with one of Edmonton’s up-and-comers. So we brought the talented, the beautiful, the holy-crap-listen-her-amazing-voice Erica Viegas. And you know what Erica told us? She told us that she wanted the use the Unknown Studio to release a new track out into the world. All exclusive-like. So listen to the show for something we can guarantee you’ve never heard before.
Quickly, and stolen from her website, this is what Erica’s all about:
Raised in Sherwood Park, Alberta in a musical family, Erica has always had a passion for music. Since begging her parents to let her take voice lessons at age 11, she grabbed at every opportunity to be on stage, whether it was singing in a school play or performing the national anthem at an assembly. For more than 10 years, she has been singing at festivals and talent competitions all over Western Canada, including the Alberta Tattoo at Rexall Place, Calgary Stampede, Big Valley Jamboree, and Canadian Search for Miss Universe. In 2003 and 2004, Erica represented the City of Edmonton as Klondike Katie during the Edmonton Klondike Days (now Capital Ex), performing over 50 times during the 10-day festival.
Erica’s also a U of A Business School graduate with a day job at her alma mater. And she’s looking to maybe tour this summer, across Canada or even the US.
And I am going to make it my personal mission to try and get Erica up on the stage at the Folk Fest this summer, at the very least as someone who can perform in between main stage sets. She’s that good. So good, I think a lot of people need to hear her. So download the episode today!
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EDMONTON JOURNAL STILL SPONSORS THE UNKNOWN STUDIO
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It’s true! After so much joking and tongue-in-cheek referrals to Edmonton’s newspaper of record on our show, the Edmonton Journal decided to put their money where our mouths are, by sponsoring the Unknown Studio this month!
We’re helping EJ to promote their Blackberry mobile launcher. You can check it out by clicking here on your Blackberry browser. If you have any comments about the mobile launcher or the Journal’s mobile site, let us know and we’ll pass it along!
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Download episode 23 of the Unknown Studio directly to your computer.
This was a great show…. good info for local musicians on a bit of the process of making it in Etown..
Cheers!
Thanks JBraz! I think we’re probably going to feature some more musicians on the show… maybe a couple more sprinkled throughout the year. If you have any ideas for who we could have on, let us know!
Erica sounds like a pretty cool lady…and great song. I hope to see her live at On the Rocks, and can’t wait for the next episode guys. Cheers!
Emil
Hey Emil!
She *is* a cool lady. I’m going to try and make it out to one of her next live shows as well. And, of course, we have to find a way to get her up on stage at Folk Fest!
Thanks Guys! If you do end up making it out to OTR Emil, please come and say hi! Glad you liked the song