FEATURED ARTIST
31ST July 2020
In 1988, Angel Forrest began a musical career which would
span over three decades – and counting. Her first album,
Secondhand Blues, featured several classics. The energic
vocalist’s work immediately gained attention from critics
and new fans. Her tribute show to the legendary Janis Joplin
brought Angel into the public eye. The live performance was
immortalized on her Angel Sings Janis Live album.
Her first original composition album, Here For You, then sold
over 30,000 copies and was followed by the other LPs,
including her Wonderland Christmas album, the
award-winning album Come Alive, as well as Mother Tongue
Blues, which won her the Lys Blues Album of the Year in
Québec and was nominated for the Recording of the Year at
the 2014 Maple Blues Awards. Her last live opus, Electric Love,
topped the charts around the world.
The Montreal artist was named Female Vocalist of the Year six
straight times by the Toronto Blues Society between 2013 and
2018. Never limited to blues, the 2018 Memphis International
Blues Challenge Finalist sings in the whole country, blues and
rock spectrum.
Up to here, Angel Forrest has had a glorious three-decade career
that’s led her everywhere around the globe. Now in her 50’s, the
vocalist still has to go out there and rock. Throughout
Hell-bent With Grace, her new album, Angel will give
the perspective of an aging woman in the public eye
and her lessons learned, as she feels like a little
girl living so many changes in what can be
perceived as the peaceful autumn of her life
(She’s Gone). The opus will also explore tough
subjects – The Blame Game is about mental
illness – as Angel takes a retrospective
look at her own life, as wells as her
relationships with the rest of the world and
herself.
Musically, the album reflects the rock influences
of Angel, but she stays true to her country
and blues roots, meaning that the songs
still have this heartfelt, raw groove,
which has always made the singer’s
success.