Spiral Road

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Cat No: CSCCD1112

Release Date: 23 February 2015

Label: Continental Song City

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8713762011123

Genres: Rock

Description
The stunning debut album , Spiral Road, by Suzanne Jarvie . Produced by the Canadian multi-instrumentalist, Hugh Christopher Brown.

It seems inconceivable that such a powerful singer-songwriter as Suzanne Jarvie has remained unknown in the music world until this moment in time. Born in the 60's in colonial Hong Kong, and raised in Toronto, Canada, Suzanne's musical ability was first noticed by her mother when she was singing complete nursery rhymes at 18 months old in perfect pitch.

One possible reason Jarvie kept her musical voice silent for so long was being stricken with terrible stage fright as a young child when she was asked to sing "Silent Night" at a Christmas concert. In high-school, at age 16, she fell hard for a cool boy in her class who idolized Keith Richards. She decided to take guitar lessons as a way to impress him. The love was unrequited, and the plan failed butâ€¦Suzanne kept playing and singing, and eventually in her 20's was exposed to and drew inspiration from the likes of Gram Parsons and Emmy Lou Harris.

Partly because Suzanne craved stability in the wake of her parents' painful divorce, at age 14, and partly because of her ongoing stage fright and creative reticence, she put music on the back burner, went to university, became a criminal defense attorney, wife and mother of four children. The first real blow of Suzanne's adult life came when her youngest son was diagnosed with a serious heart condition â€“ he endured two open heart surgeries at age 7 and 11. Then, in 2011, on an ordinary day, her oldest son had a tragic accident at the age of 14, falling down a spiral staircase, and went into a coma. "It blew everything apart, including me," Suzanne recalls. "Everyone was demented with grief. Despite the doctors saying he wouldn't survive, the miracle of his slow recovery and healing occurred and changed the course of my lifeâ€¦.One afternoon I heard a melody in my head and just started writing. I picked up my guitar and played an opening line, and words just started appearing, through the subconscious, through emotions and through a melodic filter. Over the next few monthsâ€¦all these songs came gushing out."
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