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September 12 , 2008

Time to Kill, a Short FIlm by Danielle French, Production Completed

In the spring of 2008, Danielle received very generous grant under the new Alberta Creative Development Initiative (ACDI) administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, initiating production on a short film to her Tom Waits-inspired song Time to Kill. One of the priorities of this particular grant is to assist Alberta artists who are working in new or innovative arts practices within or across artistic disciplines. Danielle received this grant based on her history as a muscian expanding into the realm of filmmaking. Having produced and directed her first low budget short film Avalon, which appears as a DVD enhancement on her latest CD release Shadows,

Both Bravo!FACT and The Banff Centre have since come on board to lend their support this project. Danielle has just completed the post-production for Time to Kill in co-production with the Banff New Media Institute at the prestigious Banff Centre working with a professional in-house editor.

The additional support from Bravo!FACT means that the film is likely to be screened on the Bravo! television station, as well as other screening opportunities initiated through Bravo!

Danielle is absolutely thrilled to have had such amazing support and this project and would like to send a huge thank you out to the cast, crew, mentors, industry, and funders on this project.

August 27 , 2008

Danielle acts as Music Supervisor for Calgary short film by Lazy Susan Productions

Danielle was approached by Michal Lavi of Lazy Susan Productions to act as the Music Supervisor on their short film titled Tying the Not. She sourced independent music and assisted in selecting artists such as Kara Keith, Zack Weber, and Krisanthi Pappas to name a few.

Synopsis of Tying the Not

No one believes Zoë when she says she doesn’t want to get married. She knows everyone assumes it is her longtime partner, Kyle, who refuses to wed. Out of her charitable heart and her profound belief “that everyone needs to make a complete fool of themselves at least once”, she comes up with a brilliant plan to prove everyone right. What’s more, she has the perfect timing, venue and the dress to execute her outrageous plan: the wedding of her best friend, Emily, who unwittingly chose her as her bridesmaid.

Visit www.lazysusanproductions.com for more information.

August 5 , 2008

Music for Coffee Beings Volume III is released, featuring Danielle's song Descending.

Music For Coffee Beings is breaking new ground in promoting Canadian artists through distributing a series of compilation CDs that feature some of Canada's best independant and signed artists. These compilation CD's are free of charge and are distributed to 1000 cafes and coffee shops throughout Canada and the USA.The cafes play the CDs for their customers and have the brochures with contact information for the artists involved in the project. In this way customers can contact the artists they have discovered and also purchase their CDs.

Danielle's song Descending is featured on the most recent compilation: Music for Coffee Beings Volume III. Look for it at a coffee shop near you!

June 15 , 2008

Danielle appears in Clowntown theatre production, Bobby, running Wednesday June 18th to Saturday 21st.

Making her accordion performance debut, Danielle wrote the music and is performing in this upcoming clown theatre show Bobby, written and performed by Judith Mendelsohn.

In Bobby, a grumpy, jobless clown despairs at his oil-drenched, water-starved environment. Not to be confused with a light-hearted clown show for kids, but absolutely hilarious nonetheless, this show is rated 14+ and runs from June 18 to 21 at 8pm at Birds and Stone (204 16th Ave NW, in the basement of the Unitarian Church of Calgary).

May 5, 2008

Danielle receives an XPOSURE Showcase and Tour grant through the Alberta Music Industry Associaion and X92 Radio to perform at New Music West and to support her upcoming cross-Canada tour

Danielle is one of two Calgary artists selected to perform at this years' New Music West festival and conference in Vancouver. She will be performing on Wednesday, May 14th at 7:30pm @ the Purple Crab (3916 Main Street, Vancouver).

This showcase will give her the opportunity to perform for industry professionals in order to help raise the profile of her latest CD Shadows. This is an invaluable opportunity to network at the conference as well and sit in on panel discussions on topics such as international touring, film and TV licensing and A & R submissions.

Immediately following her showcase, Danielle will embark on a tour from Vancovuer to Toronto. Danielle is looking forward to traveling and sharing the bill with Victoria songstress Rozalind MacPhail and Toronto artist Karen Kosowski on this tour.

Visit the tour section of this website for full tour details!

Danielle would like to extend a huge thank you to XPOSURE for the generous showcase and tour funding (administered administered through the Alberta Music Industry Association and funded through X92 Radio).

March 20, 2008

The Green Fools commissioned Daniellle to write a song for their latest theatrical offering, "'Rapture Study in Seven Songs". Performances will run March 20 - 29, 2008.

Danielle was approached by the Green Fools Physical Theatre Society to create an original musical work to be featured in their show Rapture Study in Seven Songs. As the show title suggests, seven different musicians of varying styles have been approached to create original works for this show, each musician being assigned a different inspirational theme to create their work. Without giving away the six other variations on the "Rapture" theme, we can disclose that Danielle was offered the inspiration of "Drugs" as her theme. To find out the results of this most interesting assignment, come see the show, Rapture Study in Seven Songs running March 20 - 29, 2008. Details can be found at www.greenfools.com

Danielle would like to thank the Audities Foundation for donating the studio time to record her piece and Jonathan Lewis who played violin and mixed the song.

March 1 , 2008

Danielle is up to the Matt Masters 30 Day Challenge!

With the Juno Awards coming to Calgary in early April, mayor Dave Bronconnier has declared March "Music Month" in Calgary! Visit www.musicliveshere.ca for a complete list of exciting events being organized in celebration... including the Matt Masters 30 Day Challenge.

What is the Challenge?

Cowboy gentleman Matt Masters has arranged to play 30 live shows in 30 days and is challenging the rest of Calgary to play along side, kicking off the March Music Series. The Matt Masters 30 Day Challenge will profile and encourage local artists in Calgary and applaud audience support. Matt has challenged other local singer/songwriters to get out there and also book 30 dates throughout the month of March.

Danielle has stepped up to the challenge! To view the complete list of dates and venues that Danielle will be performing at in and around Calgary through the month of March, visit the Tour section of this website!

January 5, 2008

Danielle French Shadows named among the top 100 albums of 2007

Celebrating is 80th year on the Alberta airwaves, CKUA radio network is recognized as the voice of Alberta artists, musicians and cultural enthusiasts. CKUA stands alone as a unique independent alternative, community-based public broadcaster with unprecedented audience support.

CKUA has released its list of the Top 100 albums of 2007 and Danielle is very proud to announce that her brand new CD Shadows has been named among them, alongside Tom Waits, Jann Arden, Bjork and Feist.

Visit the Multimedia section of this website to download a few tracks from Shadows, or please consider purchasing a copy through the Shop section. Individual songs may also be purchased through your favorite digital distributor (ie. iTunes).

November 22 , 2007

Danielle receives grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and FACTOR to market her latest CD Shadows.

Danielle has received two generous grants: one from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the other from FACTOR to assist with some marketing expenses for her latest CD 'Shadows'. Aside from a website overhaul, look for posters, postcards, stickers and some additonal radio play as a result! We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters.

October 24 , 2007

The Green Fools have commissioned Daniellle to write a song for their newest theatrical offering, "'Rapture Study in Seven Songs", to be performed in Calgary in March, 2008.

Danielle has been approached by the Green Fools Physical Theatre Society to create an original musical work which will be featured in their spring show Rapture Study in Seven Songs. As the show title suggests, seven different musicians of varying styles have been approached to create original works for this show, each musician being assigned a different inspirational theme to create their work. Without giving away the six other variations on the "Rapture" theme, we can disclose that Danielle has been offered the inspiration of "Drugs" as her theme. To find out the results of this most interesting assignment, you will have to consider attending the show this spring! Visit www.greenfools.com for more details.

June 24 , 2007

Danielle to perform at July 1st, Canada Day celebration

Danielle will be performing with a small band as part of Calgary's Canada Day celebrations at Prince's Island Park. You can spot her on the World Stage from 3:15 to 4:00pm.

June 12 , 2007

Danielle to perform in The Dirty Goddess "and adult fairy tale" at the Ignite Theatre Festival, hosted by Sage Theatre

Playwright Cassandra Christie invited Danielle to join musicians Natasha Platt and Susan Faulkner in creating and performing the soundscape to The Dirty Goddess which is being remounted at this years' Ignite Theatre Festival (hosted by Sage Theatre). This "adult fairy tale" features masks, puppets and mysticism... and live music!

Tickets are $10 per show or $25 for an Ignite Festival pass. Both shows are in the Victor Mitchell theatre at the Pumphouse Theatre (2140 Pumphouse Ave SW) and show times are:
Thursday, June 14, 2007 from 7:45 to 8:45pm
Friday, June 15, 2007 from 9:30 to 10:30pm

May 17 , 2007

KerfMusic picks up Danielle's latest CD Shadows for Digital Distribution

Based out of Danielle's hometown of Calgary, Alberta, KerfMusic's mission is to help musicians succeed in their music by providing a web portal for their creativity, through making full-album downloads available for sale on their website at www.kerfmusic.com.

April 29, 2007

Danielle performed at the CKUA open house in Calgary this morning for their funding drive. Please consider donating to this publicly funded Alberta radio station that supports local artists... and request your favorite song from Danielle's latest CD Shadows when making your pledge!

Pledge now at www.CKUA.com

April 12, 2007

Danielle's brand new CD Shadows charts on Alberta radio stations

In gearing up for her official CD release party on April 5th at Broken City, Danielle has been donning her publicist hat over the past few weeks, focusing on local Calgary media and radio outlets.

The response has been overwhelming! Shadows is currently charting at #2 on CKUA Radio Network and at #15 on CJSW 90.9 FM (Calgary campus radio). Other media including Ffwd, the Calgary Herald, the Weal (SAIT campus paper), calgarysongwriter.com (online review) and CKUA's nightcap (online) have all featured articles and/or interviews on Danielle's latest release over the past week on City TV's Breakfast Television, CBC's The Key of A and CKUA's David Ward and the Afternoon Edition all had Danielle in-studio for a visit. Danielle would like to thank all of the above outlets for their amazing support!

Danielle is just gearing up to release Shadows to campus and public radio outlets across Canada. Stay tuned...

March 31 , 2007

Danielle's third independent CD Shadows will be officially released in Canada on April 5th at Broken City

Since completing the recording of Shadows last summer, Danielle has been shopping the material to the industry to gain licensing and/or distribution. She is currently negotiating a distribution deal with Spirit River in Canada and will be hosing an official CD launch on April 5th, 2007, 10:00 PM, at Broken City (613 - 11th Ave. S.W. Calgary) as part of the monthy RAMP series, presented by The Summerlad. Lullaby Baxter and Ryan Bourne and the Distraction will also be performing this evening- it promises to be an interesting and entertaining evening!

Look for upcoming interviews and reviews in next weeks' Calgary Herald, Ffwd Magazine, The Gauntlet (University of Calgary), The Reflector (Mount Royal College). Danielle will also be the guest musician on Breakfast Television (CHUM) on Thursday morning on April 5th. And several radio stations across Alberta have added songs from Shadows to their playlists. It makes a difference for them to hear from you, the audience, so please follow these links to request Danielle on your favorite Alberta radio stations:

CBC Calgary (Danielle will be featured on The Key of A with host Katherine Duncan on Saturday March 31 between 5 and 6pm)
CKUA (across Alberta and on the internet at www.ckua.com)
CJSW 90.9 FM (Calgary Campus Radio)

To hear a few tracks from Shadows , visit the Multimedia section of this website, or purchase a copy through the Shop section.

February 1 , 2007

CBC Calgary comissions Danielle to write a song about literacy for their February 8th "Canada Reads" event.

CBC Calgary approached Danielle, along with fellow Alberta songwriters Kris Demeanor and Crystal Plamondon, to commission a song with a literacy theme. Danielle penned a song called Paige, which tells a story of a girl who gets lost in a book and ultimately finds herself. All songwriters will perform their song live on at CBC's "Canada Reads" event at 7:30pm on February 8th at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Calgary. This event will encourage a dialogue on literacy and how books and reading inspire us all.

January 23, 2007

'Time to Kill', which appears on Danielle's upcoming CD release 'Shadows' makes it to the semi-finals in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition

Danielle is thrilled to announce that a song from her upcoming CD release 'Shadows', a Tom Waits inspired number that is quickly becoming a favorite among listeners, made it to the semi-finals in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition. With over 15,000 entries from around the world, this a huge accomplishment. This song also placed second runner up in the Calgary Folk Festival Songwriting Competition a few years ago. You can listen to (stream) this song online at www.sonicbids.com/daniellefrench or purchase a copy of the full 'Shadows' CD by visiting the Shop section of this website. Or, you can purchase individual tracks from the 'Shadows' CD, as well as all the tracks from all three of Danielle independent CD's, for about $1 per song through your favorite digital distribution outlet, such as Apple iTunes, MSN Music, or MP3tunes to name a few.

January 22, 2007

'Descending', which appears on Danielle's upcoming CD release 'Shadows' will appear on episode four in the second season of Falcon Beach, airing nationally on January 26, 2007 at 8:00 pm on Global

Last summer, the producers of the televison show Falcon Beach put out a call to independent Canadian artists to submit their music for licensing consideration in the upcoming (second) season. Danielle submitted an advance copy of her latest recording 'Shadows' for consideration. A short time later, Danielle was contacted to lisence her song 'Descending' for inclusion in episode four of the second season of Falcon Beach, set to air across Canada on Global TV at 8:00pm on January 26th, 2007. Falcon Beach has also secured distribution on ABC in the United States (check your local listings at www.abcfamilygo.com/falconbeach), on BBC in England, and in 30 other countries worldwide from Vietnam to Israel, so Danielle will enjoy international exposure and royalties as the show airs in these territories.

You can listen to (stream) this song online at www.sonicbids.com/daniellefrench or purchase a copy of the full 'Shadows' CD by visiting the Shop section of this website. Or, you can purchase individual tracks from the 'Shadows' CD, as well as all the tracks from all three of Danielle independent CD's, for about $1 per song through your favorite digital distribution outlet, such as Apple iTunes, MSN Music, or MP3tunes to name a few.

January 2, 2007

Danielle French to perform at Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephen's Wedding on January 14th as part of One Yellow Rabbit Theatre's High Performance Rodeo

Ex-porn star, sexologist and performance artist Annie Sprinkle, and sexy dyke playboy, experimental artist and professor Elizabeth Stephens are madly in love. They have vowed to have a wedding every year for seven years, partly in protest against the anti-gay marriage movement. This, the third wedding in the series, and the first in Canada, takes advantage of our laws to legally bind the two blushing brides. Adorned in a flower-spotted crinolin, Danielle will be performing a song from her latest release 'Shadows' at this event and will be joined by a tuba and accordion player just to spice things up a little! Visit http://loveartlab.ucsc.edu/ for more information.

July 1 , 2006

Danielle French's Third Independent CD 'Shadows' is now Released in the United States and through Internet Distribution (visit the Shop section of this Website).

Corinne Johnson Photo (c) 2005

On July 1st, 2006, Danielle hosted a very successful CD release part at the Green Room in Reno, Nevada bringing in an impressive cast of local musicians as her back up band. Opening the show were local favorites Grace and Kate Cotter. To view the advance article/interview with Danielle in the Reno News and Review, visit the Press sections of this website.

The material on Danielle's brand new CD Shadows has been described as "beautiful strangeness". This project features guest musicians Martin Tielli (the Rheostatics), Jonathan Lewis (the Plaid Tongued Devils), Peter Moller and Diane Kooch (both of Kris Demeanor's Crack Band), Diego Medina (Chad Van Gaalen) and Brent Van Dusen (Oscar Lopez and others). Shadows is an enhanced CD that also includes a DVD of Danielle's first short film, Avalon. Danielle would like to acknowledge the support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts on this project. To listen to a few demo tracks from Shadows, follow this link www.sonicbids.com/daniellefrenchTo purchase a copy of Shadows, visit the Shop section of this Website.

Danielle would also like to thank the following people for their support through pre-purchasing advance copies of Shadows,, helping Danielle raise the necessary funds to master and press this CD. Thanks To:Inge French, Victor French, Andrea and Brent Harris, Brendan French, Phillip Liesemer, David Van Belle, Michael Green, Stephen Schroeder, Blake Brooker, Anita Miotti, Onalea Gilbertson, Johnny Dunn, Richard McDowell, Richard Kolke, Denise Clarke, Kyle Taylor, Janna Zahorodniuk, Rich & Victoria, Kerri Bowser, Don Brinsmead, Anne Georg, Ralph Christofferson, Charlotte Fredericks, Anita MIotti, Devon Jones, Michel Labonte, Terry Marsh, David Carten, Bryan Normandin, Joe and EV VanderWeil, Mikie and Cam, Kahele, Stacee Kent, Maria Lantin, Slavica Ceperkovic, Heather Belot, Peter Stinson, Emmanuelle Piron, Sonja Zujce, Wanda Lindberg, Barb Maier, Nicole Brennan, Marty and Al, Shaela Miller, Jeffrey Fayle, Peter Rumpel, Craig Paddon, Susan Plotz, Fred Hollis, Dean Staton, Jill Tuia, Ed Bettencourt, Terry Winter, Laurie Fuhr, Marilyn Brown...

March 1, 2006

Martin Tielli of The Rheostatics graces Danielle with his prescence on her upcoming CD, Shadows

Danielle connected with Martin Tielli in Calgary while he was performing a week-long residency with The Rheostatics at One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo Festival. After hearing demos from Danielle's upcoming CD, Shadows, Martin enthusiastically agreed to record guitar and vocal tracks on her project. Not having time to record during his stay in Calgary, Danielle recently flew out to Toronto to work with Martin in his own environment and is thrilled with the results of their collaboration! A musical soulmate has been found! The Alberta Foundation for the Arts has generously supported Danielle's upcoming recording project, covering recording costs and musicians' fees up to the point of mixing. Danielle is currently seeking completion funding for this project and is anticipating a release date in early 2007. The material on Shadows is evolving from an earlier four-song demo project titled foreshadow. Two of these demo songs are available for download in the multimedia section of this website.

January 17, 2006

Danielle Sings with The Rheostatics!

Beloved Canadian iconoclastic rock band The Rheostatics did a week-long residency with One Yellow Rabbit Theatre during the annual High Performance Rodeo Festival of new and experimental theatre. They performed a different album each night and also helped celebrate the thriving Calgary music scene by hosting a guest vocalist night, inviting 16 prominent Calgary singers to join them on stage- each one choosing a Rheostatics song to perform with the band. Danielle was invited to join them during the encore and chose the song "One More Colour", a Jane Siberry song that the Rheos covered themselves on their album "Introducing Happiness". Danielle did her best Martin Tielli and rocked out with the boys. Future collaborations are in the works! Stay tuned...

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