Gabrielle Shonk Shares “Habit” (Live Session) via The Big Takeover, Debut LP Out Now On Universal Music Canada
Gabrielle Shonk
Shares Live Acoustic Video Of “Habit”
Via The Big Takeover
Self-Titled Debut Album Out Now
On Universal Music Canada
photo credit: Norman Wong
“Shonk’s voice, part of the same throaty jazz-pop lineage as Amy Winehouse or Tony Bennett-phase Gaga, croons over a snare beat and a few sparse piano chords.”
– W Magazine
“Shonk sounds like an amalgamation of the past 20 years of star female songstresses …”
– VICE’s Noisey
Quebec indie-folk singer/songwriter Gabrielle Shonk released her highly anticipated self-titled debut album last Friday on Universal Music Canada. The soulful indie-folk effort has received accolades from VICE’s Noisey, W Magazine, Paste Magazine, Billboard, Ghettoblaster Magazine and more. Lead single “Habit” grabbed early attention from VICE’s Noisey who likened Shonk’s vocals to a mix of Alicia Keys, Fiona Apple and Amy Winehouse. Shonk recently released the Habit single package, in addition to album cut, “Free” which debuted with Earbuddy. Today, she shares a beautiful acoustic live video of “Habit,” the track that started it all, with The Big Takeover.
Watch “Habit (Live Session)
Gabrielle Shonk is the natural product of a creative household, raised by a blues-musician father and artist mother in Quebec City. She started singing at a very young age and began writing her own songs as a teenager, soulfully guided by favorites such as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, and Tracy Chapman. Singing in both English and French, music quickly became Shonk’s universal language. Her musical craft took hold as she went on to study Jazz in University, where she later earned a degree in music. Shonk recently opened for fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Bobby Bazini as well as Rag N Bone Man, Hannah Georgas, Milky Chance and P!nk. This summer, she’s performed at Montreal Jazz Festival, Wayhome Festival, and is currently in the middle of a North American tour. See full list of tour dates below.
Canadian Tour Dates
10/11: New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall, 7:00 PM
10/20: Pont Rouge, Canada @ Moulin Marcoux
10/21: Cowansville, Canada @ Église Emmanuel
10/26: Ville Marie, Canada @ Theatre du Rift
10/27: Ottawa Gatineau Metro Area, Canada @ La Basoche
10/28: Laval, Canada @ Maison des Arts de Laval
11/2: Drummondville, Canada @ Maison des Arts Drummondville
11/3: Lavaltrie, Canada @ Café culturel de la Chasse-Galerie
11/9: Victoriaville, Canada @ Cabaret Guy-Aubert
11/16: Saint Jérôme, Canada @ Salle Antony-Lessard
11/18:Sherbrooke, Canada @ Boquebière
11/23: Sorel Tracy, Canada @ Salle Georges-Codling
11/24: Alma, Canada @ La Boîte à Bleuets
11/30: Ste Thérèse, Canada @ Cabaret BMO
12/1: Bécancour, Canada @ Moulin Michel de Gentilly
12/14: Quebec, Canada @ Salle Octave-Crémazie
12/16: Terrebonne, Canada @ Le Moulinet
1/25/18: Saguenay, Canada @ Salle Pierrette-Gaudreault
1/27/18: La Tuque, Canada @La Pécheresse
2/2/18: Val Morin, Canada @ Théâtre du Marais
2/3/18: Waterloo, Canada @ Maison de la Culture de Waterloo
2/7/18: Rimouski, Canada @ Salle Desjardins-Telus
2/8/18: Amqui, Canada @ Salle Jean-Cossette
2/9/18: Gaspé, Canada @ Salle de Spetacles de Gaspé
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