Tracy K
Beausejour - Manitoba - Canada

Tracy K approaches her music the same way she approaches life: in a go-with-the-flow kind of way. Because if there’s something she has learned in 50+ years of living, and 30+ years of making music, it’s that things don’t always go as planned. Life happens. Kids happen. Marriage and divorce happens. Serious sickness happens – not once, but twice. Yet, she remains as cool as the blues that colour her world; laidback like the tranquil countryside that stirs her spirit.

 

Fittingly, What’s the Rush? is the title of Tracy K’s brand new blues album, recorded at Winnipeg’s award-winning Bedside Studios, and being released in September 2016. Her fourth studio album contains eight tracks that truly reflect her depth of talent, uninhibited soulful passion, and appetite for storytelling. With vocals reminiscent of songstresses like Bonnie Raitt and Koko Taylor, Tracy K effortlessly delivers moodful melodies laced with that unmistakable bluesy groove. 

 

 What’s the Rush? pays homage to the genre that helped mold and shape Tracy K into the resilient woman she is today. Like most blues recordings you’ll hear smooth slide guitar riffs, haunting harmonica, toe-tapping percussion, and musical scales sensually strummed on acoustic. But listen closely, and you’ll also discover an honesty and authenticity in musicianship and lyricism that can be acquired only from a lifetime of living. Proving that for Tracy K, there is still a lot of life-after-life waiting to happen.  

 

Tracy K possesses a fun and engaging energy that turns everyday gigs into compelling performances. She knows how to capture your attention, making you feel like you’re the only one in the room, and she’s there playing just for you. 

 

Having already lived many different lives as a blues artist, Tracy K – now an empty-nester who recently returned home to Manitoba from Thunder Bay – thrives on the thrill and challenge of reinventing herself. Among her personal reinventions is her own contemporary blues band, wherein she likes to kick it up notch with her trademark amplified harmonica, and test the limits of her vocal prowess. She also performs in an acoustic blues duo with partner Jamie “Snakeman” Steinhoff, whose mastery of acoustic, Dobro and lap steel guitar is derived from a well-informed history of early blues and folk. 

 

When not performing, you might find Jamie and Tracy K selling 'Snakeman's Canned Heat Salsa' and 'Tracy K's Stolen Apple Jelly' alongside her CDs at farmer’s markets near their quiet country home in Beausejour, Manitoba. And, if you find yourself at the right market at the right time, you just might be lucky enough to hear them belt out a blues tune or two. Because, well, that’s just the way Tracy K rolls these days, same way she always has: going with the flow, seizing the moment, and living every incarnation of life to the fullest. 

 

Yes, there’s still a lot of life-after-life waiting for Tracy K. And she’s still not in a rush to get there. 

 

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What's the Rush?
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Label: Self-Release

Genres: Blues

Styles: Contemporary Blues

Songs on the Album

Track # Song Title Style Genre
1 Everybody Wants Contemporary Blues Blues
2 I Got the Honey Contemporary Blues Blues
3 What Tomorrow Brings Contemporary Blues Blues
4 Heartstrung Contemporary Blues Blues
5 Done Gone Wrong Contemporary Blues Blues
6 Indigo Heart Contemporary Blues Blues
7 Time Machine Contemporary Blues Blues
8 I'm Guilty Contemporary Blues Blues

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Old, New, Borrowed & Blues

Label: Self-Release

Genres: Blues

Styles: Blues Rock

Songs on the Album

Track # Song Title Style Genre
1 Cruisin' Blues Rock Blues
2 C U Again Blues Rock Blues
3 Here All Along Blues Rock Blues
4 Rock This House Blues Rock Blues
5 Sweet Serenity Blues Rock Blues
6 Rollin' with the Changes Blues Rock Blues
7 Lucky Girl Blues Rock Blues
8 Broken & Blue Blues Rock Blues
9 Spoonful Blues Rock Blues
10 Stop! Wait a Minute Blues Rock Blues
11 Shine Blues Rock Blues
12 Fire in the Sky Blues Rock Blues

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Welcome to My Fantasy
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Label: Self-Release

Songs on the Album

Track # Song Title Style Genre
1 I'd Do Anything Blues Rock Blues
2 Honky Tonk Man Blues Rock Blues
3 Slow Dance Blues Rock Blues
4 Yellow Moon Blues Rock Blues
5 Mojo Mama Blues Rock Blues
6 Welcome to My Fantasy Blues Rock Blues
7 No Peace of Mind Blues Rock Blues
8 Austin Shuffle Blues Rock Blues
9 Workin' on Lovin' You Blues Rock Blues