Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire

Sounds Like:

A bilingual quirky mixed bag of tricks a little like Jane Sibery...

Influences:

Leonard Cohen, Rickie Lee Jones, Francis Cabrel

Favourite Singer/Songwriter:

French - Francis Cabrel, English - Josh Ritter

Website:

http://www.arianemahrykelemire.com

Social Media:

Songs by Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire

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The Song Sharp Swords has no lyrics associated with it.

[Lyrics]

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My two left feet
teeter on the edge of a decision
You are the sea
I am a starfish
He is the boulder I cling to
She is a wave
You are the sand
I am the shoreline left bare
I am a mermaid
You are my song
She is the melody
He is the notes
We were the tempo
We are a rhythm
We are a wailing
Red sirens blaring
Stunned
Chaos
Aftermath mess

This is not a love triangle
This is a wrecked tangle
Where things are sharp edged
Where things feel flat
Where I am cornered
Where we dance
Where we fight to reach the surface
and break the trance

My two left feet
teeter on the edge of a decision

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Region:

Edmonton, AB

Level of Experience:

ON MY WAY

Genre:

Blues | Folk and Traditional | Jazz

I Write:

By myself | For myself | With others

I prefer to write:

Lyrics | Melody

Songs Recorded:

41 songs in French and English, 1 in Spanish

Albums Released:

Double Entendre (2008), Décousue (2010), Wrecked Tangles and Love Knots (2012)

Awards:

2 Western Canadian Music Awards, CFMF Eye Candy award

I am interested in:

Other Jobs:

Video editing, photography, visual art, teaching writing and theatre workshops

Biography:

Hailing from Edmonton Alberta, hollow-bodied electric guitar in hand, Ariane Mahrÿke delivers her songs with humour, candor, vulnerability and strength. She flirts with folk, jazz, blues, and electroacoustics while effortlessly moving from French to English. Lemire perfectly reflects the diversity of Canadian culture. She offers dynamic performances and takes her listeners through expansive musical journeys sewn together by witty banter.

Through her participation in remarkable experiences like the Festival en chanson de Petite Vallée in Gaspésie, the Coup de coeur francophone in Montreal, the Rencontres d’Astaffort in France and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, she has become a seasoned musician.

Her first album, Double Entendre, was crowned Outstanding Francophone Recording at the 2008 WCMAs, her second album, Décousue, was nominated in the same category in 2010, and she is about to release her third album, Wrecked Tangles and Love Knots, this fall.