featured on a regional news program in the Netherlands and has performed on network television in Canada and Australia. Musical style Vriend's literary writing style reveals the influence of 1970s singer-songwriters such as Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, and Cat Stevens. Her distinctive voice has been compared to the clear and vulnerable Nashville sound of Dolly Parton, the playfulness of Cyndi Lauper, and the raw power of Aretha Franklin and Etta James. Career highlights: 2015 – present Winner of the 2017 Maple Blues Award "Cobalt Music Prize" for recording and composition "All That I Can" May 2017 release (EP) reached No. 1 on CJSR chart (Edmonton), No. 5 on Soundslike Café (Australia), No. 19 on CKUA chart (Canada), No. 90 on North American overall campus charts Winner of nation-wide "She's The One" contest at the Ottawa Bluesfest Nominated for "Female Artist of the Year" at 2017 Edmonton Music Awards Semifinalist at the International Songwriting Competition, pop category Selected to showcase at the Reeperbahn Festival, Big Sound, MIDEM, SXSW, Popkomm, NXNE, Contact East, Junofest, Breakout West Featured in Songwriter's Association of Canada magazine and Elle magazine Appeared on TV talk shows in Germany ("Arte TV"), Australia ("Spicks and Specks, Mornings With Keri Anne"), Canada (CBC National) Songs placed on DVD release of Party of 5, Russian film Kitchen In Paris, YouTube online banking ad, short "Toonlife Dating" Backing band The Rooster Davis Group semi finalists in the 2016 Memphis Blues Challenge, and winner of the Best Self-Produced Blues Album in Northern Alberta, 2015 Performance highlights Kitchener Blues Festival Calgary Bluesfest Ottawa Bluesfest Burlington Sound Of Music Festival Edmonton and Calgary Folk Music Festivals Woodford Folk Music Festival (Australia) Port Fairy Music Festival (Australia) Australia Blues Festival Lethbridge Jazz and Blues Festival Medicine Hat Jazz Festival Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, France Vinyl Cafe with Stuart MacClean, CBC Radio Radio National (Australia), "The Inside Sleeve" Alainait Arts Festival (Iqaluit) Neukolner Oper (Berlin) Radio Bremen (Germany) Canadian Tourism Events (Sydney, London, Melbourne, St. Louis, Washington D.C., Frankfurt) The Basement (Sydney) Commonwealth Games (Melbourne) New York City: Bitter End, CBGB's, Fez, Arlene's Grocery, Rockwood Music Hall Koerner Hall (Toronto) Canadian Embassy in Brussels for Canada Day celebrations Discography 2003: Soul Unravelling 2005: Modes of Transport 2007: The Clandestine (EP) 2008: When We Were Spies 2009: Closer Encounters 2011: Love & Other Messes 2014: For The People In The Mean Time 2017: Everybody's different (EP) References