WELCOME & THANK YOU for visiting my new website. I'm so very excited to share this new chapter of my musical journey AND my second collection of soul songs due to release this spring! Beautiful melodies and lyric have surfaced while I kept busy as Vancouver's gypsy-jazz Chanteuse and adding vocal "sugar" to Grateful Dead tribute GD/BC. I've had to re-focus, to slow down and listen deeper, to process my own healing more fully and to honour my inner voice. This felt like the perfect time for a fresh start and a fresh website.
Our world needs us all to shine as brightly as we can with our gifts, our compassion and our kindness.
My hope is to inspire your unique individual “little spark” ….of all the good that you can do. Shine on!!!
Deanna
A song about finding our way ~ navigating in a storm. About being our very best selves and living our best life, fulfilling our highest purpose amid all of life’s chaos and challenges. This is my very own Bond Theme Song :)
Bronnie Ware’s amazing book, ‘Top Five Regrets of the Dying’ has turned out to be a recipe for life. It lists the top regret: “I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself.” This song is about discovering, or re-discovering, that unique spark inside of you.
Single # 2 - a nod to my many years as Vancouver's gypsy-jazz chanteuse, this old timey swing ballad asks us to be mindful. To awaken to opportunities of positive change and feed our hearts with all the good we can see, imagine and be.
Are you spotting a theme?
This is the FIRST SINGLE from Deanna's long-awaited sophomore album. A powerful call to action for humanity ~ urging us to follow our hearts and focus on beauty, kindness and compassion. We are Blessed to Witness!
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May 24, 2024 release ~ a powerful sophomore album with an all-star band: George Koller (Holly Cole, Loreena McKennitt), Simon Kendall (Doug & the Slugs, Colin James), Davide DiRenzo (Jacksoul, Cassandra Wilson, Danny Michel), Drew Jurecka (Dua Lipa, Chantal Kreviazuk) and award-winning producer/engineer Les Cooper (Jill Barber, Good Lovelies).
Expected release: May 24, 2024
Mar 4 2024
The truth is, I'm not a Boomer but I'm close enough for Boomer Bedtime Stories. A podcast that prides itself in preserving and sharing stories from interesting folks. Here is the episode where Michele Hall and I discuss my songwriting…
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Mar 4 2024
This jazzy ballad will sweep you away to another era with the mellow swing vibe and soulful clarinet. This is my nod to Vancouver's Hot Club of Mars of which I have had the great pleasure of being their chanteuse…
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Feb 19 2024
With the help of Ignite Media Productions a gorgeous video was created to help usher the release of Blessed to Witness in to the world. What a treat it is to highlight the stunning Cliff Gilker Park with all it's…
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Jan 9 2024
Vancouver's Grateful Dead Tribute GD/BC keeps booking shows and I keep joining them for the fun. It's a serious flash back for me to continue performing this extensive songbook and I must say the band is stellar. I love adding…
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Jan 8 2024
I'm thrilled to announce that two special evenings have been booked to celebrate the release of my new collection of songs. A Concert & Cabaret will showcase an all-star Vancouver based band along with a talented group of local friends…
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Nov 22 2023
Dear little sparks,
In celebration of life, love and connection this NEW website is dedicated to my creative adventures. It will feature my songwriting and my performance with the Deanna Knight Tree-O, Hot Club of Mars and Vancouver's Grateful Dead…
Since 1995 Deanna has passed this poem out personally to thousands of people, asking that they read it in the morning and make a wish.