Meaghan Smith

Meaghan Smith, a young Canadian chanteuse looks like and sounds like she just walked out of one of those Debbie Reynolds movies such as, Tammy’s In Love. She exudes a wholesomeness which infuses her music, in a way that is far from being syrupy, but it is magical, because it recreates a sound that is often lost on many of today’s artists. Smith is attracted to vintage jazz, and she reaches back to the sounds of the 1920’s and ‘30’s to reinvent a vintage ambience in which to wrap her warm, heartfelt lyrics. In early November, Smith who is signed to the Sire Records, an imprint of Warner Music, will have completed an arduous, but rewarding cross continent tour, which saw her perform thirty-one concerts in numerous major cities, both in the United States and Canada. At many of those gigs, she opened for iconic singer / songwriter Ron Sexsmith. Operating on almost no sleep, as she and the other members of both her band and Sexsmith’s band, had driven many miles, from their gig the night before, Smith was generous with her time, and thoughtfully answered my questions concerning her EP The Cricket’s Quartet, which serves as an appetizer for her full length album The Cricket’s Orchestra, which will be released in 2009.