Meredith Shaw

January 12th, 2012

HAPPY 2012!!

Oh how i hope you had a great holiday and are geared up and giddy for a beautiful 2012. Thank you for all your sweetness over the past few months and for embracing PLACE CALLED HAPPY!!

Lots of lovely things in the works for 2012:

music videos, tour dates, Big Sugar dates, new toons….oh my!!

If you want me to bring Happy and The Hearts Club Band to your town email bookings@meredithshaw.com

If you feel like getting FISHY you can check out and share my first MUSIC VIDEO

xoxo

October 27th, 2011

ON THE ROAD: Big Sugar Tour “Revolution Per Minute”

I’m currently on the road with my producer, mentor and friend Mr Gordie Johnson + Big Sugar + Wide Mouth Mason. It’s a wild time and i wanted to share it with you. SO….i’m doing daily polaroids of our adventures. Here are the first 4…shhh…this is just between us right? xo

October 12th, 2011

INDIE WEEK 2011!! October 13th 10PM

I am THRILLED to be playing INDIE WEEK this year!!

It will be my last show before i leave on tour with Big Sugar.

So come on out k? k.

Details:

Czehoski’s

678 Queen Street West

10:00 – 10:30pm

Here is the facebook event!

xoxo

August 16th, 2011

Check it out!! NEW MUSIC VIDEO for LITTLE FISHY

For Immediate Release: August 16, 2011; Toronto, Ontario Singer songwriter Meredith Shaw likes Tuesdays or so it seems as for the last few months she has either posted a new video titled Tuesday Treats or performed as part of her Tra La La Tuesdays August residency at C’est What in Toronto.

This week is extra special with the release of the colourful “Little Fishy” video that was shot in Coney Island, New York by Director Michael Lenic.

“I was so excited to shoot my first music video with Michael,” says Shaw, “the experience and the product reflect our deep friendship and mutual artistic respect. We chose “Little Fishy” because it’s a song full of rich visuals and playful storylines. It’s all about love – finding it, keeping it and loosing it, we decided to have no men in the video, but instead literally fishies.”

Coney Island was the ideal backdrop, “all the colors, walls, graffiti, murals, and structures made it the postcard perfect place for Meredith to be dancing, singing and looking for her fishy,” explains Lenic. “The shoot day was long and hot, by the end of the day a storm was coming which worked beautifully for the moment she put on her rain slicker.”

The song is off Shaw’s latest album Place Called Happy produced by Gordie Johnson and recorded in Willie Nelson’s Pedernales studio in Spicewood, Texas, near Austin. Shaw recently returned from touring with Big Sugar giving the band some female energy and vocals. The tour continues this fall across Canada.

“Little Fishy” video premiers on entertainment website marcandrew.ca and Shaw’s youtube channel at 4pm EST on Tuesday August 16th

Upcoming Shows:
Aug 16 Tra La La Tuesdays, C’est What with Aaron Garner & Patrick Ballantyne
Aug 23 Tra La La Tuesdays, Cest What with Andrea Caswell & The Donefors
August 27 Peterborough with Big Sugar
September Girls Who Believe Tour with Girls Action Foundation Dates TBA
October 30th Solo Show, Bluebird Café, Nashville TN October/November
Big Sugar Fall Tour Dates TBA

Media Inquires Contact: Diane Foy, Skylar Entertainment
Director of Public Relations and Social Media
Phone: 416-413-9672 email: diane@skylarentertainment.ca
Web: www.skylarentertainment.ca

July 18th, 2011

Summer Residency Dates Announced!!

POP SONGSTRESS MEREDITH SHAW COLLABORATES WITH BIG SUGAR

For Immediate Release: July 12, 2011; Canadian songstress Meredith Shaw is thrilled to be on tour with the newly reunited Big Sugar. Shaw’s new album Place Called Happy was produced by Gordie Johnson while she has three co-writes on the new Big Sugar album Revolution Per Minute. “Gordie has created a musical family over the years and I feel very lucky to be a part of it,” says Shaw.

After joining Big Sugar on stage during Canadian Music Week, Johnson invited her to be a part of the band’s summer and fall tours. “Being on the road with Big Sugar is super fun. I get to bring out my inner rock/reggae chick and sing on some of those classic Canadian tunes like “All Hell for a Basement” and “Diggin a Hole,” exclaims Shaw. “They’ve even added one of my tunes “Acted Badly” to the Sugar set! It’s also pretty damn cool to see the crowd rocking out to the new songs I had a hand in writing.”

The Place Called Happy CD was recorded at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales studio in Spicewood, Texas, near Austin where Johnson now lives. The 10-song album flips from emotion to emotion within stylistic variations of pop music that take a cheeky Lily Allen approach to the power vocals of Adele. Shaw will be going back into the studio next month to remix “Acted Badly” with Johnson and Big Sugar’s DJ Friendlyness and a single and video for the song will be released in the fall.
In August, Shaw will host Tra La La Tuesdays at C’est What in Toronto with her Hearts Club Band. “I have so much fun with these guys and gals onstage and I can’t wait to share it,” she says. “I have great opening acts along with a ton of special guests. I love being part of a musical community and I’m calling in a lot of favours for the shows. I want the best for my audience and they’re going to get it every week for a whole month.”

Upcoming Shows:

July 15 Kingston with Big Sugar
July 16 Ottawa with Big Sugar
Jul 29 New Glasgow, NS with Big Sugar
July 31 Port Hawksbury, NS with Tim Chaisson & Morning Fold
Aug 2 Tra La La Tuesdays, C’est What with Robyn Dell’Unto
Aug 9 Tra La La Tuesays, C’est What with Ben Kunder
Aug 16 Tra La La Tuesdays, C’est What with Aaron Garner & Patrick Ballantyne
Aug 23 Tra La La Tuesdays, Cest What with Andrea Caswell
August 27 Peterborough with Big Sugar
September Girls Who Believe Tour with Girls Action Foundation Dates TBA
October 30th Solo Show, Bluebird Café, Nashville TN
October/November Big Sugar Fall Tour Dates TBA
 
Media Inquires Contact:
Diane Foy, Publicist, Skylar Entertainment
416-413-9672; diane@skylarentertainment.ca
www.skylarentertainment.ca

July 18th, 2011

TUESDAY TREATS!!

Every week for the past 10 weeks i’ve been posting videos talking about each track off the new record, Place Called Happy. You can check ‘em out in the videos section of the website

Hope you like them! xo

June 28th, 2011

Meredith Shaw with BIG SUGAR TONIGHT @ The Mod Club!

That’s right! I’ll be sing singin’ with Big Sugar tonight for their record release show at the Mod Club. You may even here a tune or two off my record PLACE CALLED HAPPY (Sugar-fied of course)
I’d love to see you out at the show! You can get tickets here:
bigsugar.com

April 6th, 2011

PLACE CALLED HAPPY – Press Release

We are getting so excited over here to get this record released!! Not long now…just a little over a month until the BIG DAY. The shows out East were fantastic and the “Girls Who Believe” tour has been such a pleasure. Meeting YOU and sharing the music is absolutely the best part of what i do so i can’t wait to get happy released and on the road! Stay tuned for Tour Dates!! xo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CANADIAN SONGSTRESS MEREDITH SHAW SET TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM PLACE CALLED HAPPY

Toronto, ON – Singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, Meredith Shaw, is set to release her debut album, Place Called Happy, on May 10, 2011 (iTunes and www.maplemusic.com). Produced by Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar, Grady) at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales studio in Spicewood, Texas, the ten-song album navigates a range of emotions with stylistic variations of pop music that take both a cheeky Lily Allen approach to a more demure Adele.

The album promotes positivity, telling tales about love and life, through a blend of pop, folk and country music. Shaw explains, “I had such fun making this record and I’m so excited to share the songs. A lot people are exploring what happiness means to them these days and I hope my melodies can keep them company.”

As an entrepreneurial young woman, Shaw hosts the Weekend Morning Show at Toronto radio station Boom 97.3 and is also the creator of muffymade (www.muffymade.com), an illustrated line of greeting cards, lip-glosses and chocolates, among other lifestyle products. Shaw was a finalist on both the pre-Idol TV show Popstars: The One and Canadian Idol Season 2, where she discovered how to combine her love of pop with a more mature sound. In addition, Place Called Happy’s closing track, Girls Who Believe, was featured in a Fall 2010 episode of CTV’s Degrassi: The Next Generation. From the success of her single on Degrassi, Shaw has created a traveling showcase for local high school female students called Girls Who Believe. The showcase touches on discussions about self-esteem, songwriting and a career in music.

Having performed throughout Canada, the U.S. and England, Shaw has graced the stages at Canadian Music Week, NXNE, Toronto’s The Opera House, New York’s The Bitter End and Caffe Vivaldi, and London, England’s The George & Vulture. In celebration of her debut album, Shaw will be performing in select North American cities this spring and summer. Tour dates listed below, more to be announced soon.

For additional information, product or interview requests please contact:

Strut Entertainment Jonathan Elder 416 861 0387 jonathan@strutentertainment.com

March 17th, 2011

EAST COAST MINI TOUR ANNOUNCED!!

Charlottetown and Halifax….next week i’m coming for ya!! Very excited to be taking PLACE CALLED HAPPY to the East Coast for the very first time. And yes…i know Charlottetown and Halifax are only a PART of the East Coast but i did call it a ‘mini tour’ for a reason. Hopefully i’ll be back for a ‘maxi tour’ very soon. K that just sounds wrong. Anyway come see ME and the devilishly talented TIAN WIGMORE (yes…i’m borrowing him from Tim Chaisson and The Morning Fold) at 3 shows next week. I will guarantee 3 things: Tian will not be wearing shoes, i will be wearing some form of sparkle and together we will take you to a place called happy.

See you next week!!

xoxo

Monday March 21st BABA’S LOUNGE Charlottetown, PEI

Wednesday March 23rd GLOBE Charlottetown, PEI

Thursday March 24th THE CARLTON Halifax, NS