Make sure you are listening this\u00a0 week for a chance to win tickets to see the incredibly talented Chantal Kreviazuk at Sarnia’s Imperial Theatre on March 11, 2022 at 8pm.<\/p>\n
Chantal Kreviazuk \u2013 one of Canada\u2019s most accomplished songwriters and recognizable voices \u2013released her eighth studio album, \u201cGet to You,\u201d last year.\u00a0 The album features 11 songs, all written and produced by Chantal with Dylan Wiggins.<\/p>\n
Chantal says\u00a0 \u201cThis album means so much to me because it has a positive message throughout about self-love, acceptance and perseverance,\u201d<\/p>\n
Choosing to release an album during a global pandemic was easy for Chantal saying,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe wonderful thing about music is that it is always welcomed and needed.\u00a0 In times of crisis, it offers solace and comfort. Without question, now is the time to release music.\u201d<\/p>\n
So many songs from her career that we will be playing for you all week long.\u00a0 Listen for the music and the stories behind the songs.\u00a0 Like this one.<\/p>\n
“Surrounded” comes from her 1997 album Under these Rocks and Stones and she explains why the song is so powerful for her.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 Saying it’s the reason for singing and writing songs.\u00a0 Music is there to heal us and to offer comfort.\u00a0 For her, she explains, writing music is her coping mechanism.<\/p>\n The song comes from a painful experience for Chantal.\u00a0 When she was about 18, the boy she loved took his own life.\u00a0 \u00a0She remembers working at a restaurant, calling home to ask if she could keep the car, and her dad told her she needed to come home.\u00a0 There was something in his voice that told her something was wrong.\u00a0 Chantal says that event was very traumatic and has impacted her whole journey in life and says she wrote the song “Surrounded” about that boy Samuel and about what it felt like to be told something so horrible.<\/p>\n The power of music.\u00a0 To help and to heal.<\/p>\n Get your tickets<\/a> now and keep listening for a chance to win.<\/p>\n