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Canadian Music Fest: March 12 - 14, 2009 * Canadian Music Week
Basia Lyjak debuts music video at CMW
Rok Boutique, Saturday March 14th, 2009, 12AM
www.BasiaLyjak.com
Contact: Emy@BasiaLyjak.com
TORONTO, ON - February 17, 2009 - Rock n' roll singer songwriter Basia Lyjak will mark her CMW debut this year with the release of her first full-length music video for her hit single 'Don't Talk' at the Rok boutique on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 12AM! Rok Boutique has quickly become one of T.O.'s hottest, most exclusive venues where one is just as apt to mingle with international superstars as with indie mega-talent, all while still being among friends, so it's an honour to be there to unveil the "Don't Talk" video to the public! Join Basia and her wicked players Ron Bechard (Edwin, Sin Dealer), Dave Carreiro (Chris Kirkpatrick, Slash Puppet), Dale Harrison (The Headstones) and multi-instrumentalist Pat Kelly (Nancy Rancourt) for this momentous night in her rise as a performer and songwriter - and she even has brand new songs to share with fans!
"Some singers were born with the rock'n'roll gene and some were not. The minute Basia Lyjak opens her mouth, you know which group she falls into. Lyjak has the kind of voice that would be out of place anywhere but centre stage in front of screaming guitars, big bad bass lines, and pounding drums. Her music is a full-frontal assault on the sense, and she gives no quarter." - Doug Gallant, Canadian Musician Magazine
Basia will kick off the festival weekend on March 13 at 7:30PM, live on UCS Live, Uncharted Sounds Magazine's webcast (at http://www.unchartedsounds.com/video.html). You'll be able to catch Basia out and about, taking in CMW's wicked seminars and live shows, but on March 15, 2009 at 8:30PM, you can also see her walk the runway at Metal Maniacs Fashion & Burlesque Show at Good Handy's, put together by Mila Starr's MetalStarFashions.com and Stacey Laureyessens' theOriginalFace.ca, Makeup With Direction - two key players in the visual direction and realization of the Don't Talk video! Go to http://metalmaniacs.eventbrite.com/ for full details on performers!
You've seen Basia on SUN TV's Canoe Live, OMNI1, Rogers Entertainment and TwentySomethingTV.com; you've heard her all over the internet and on Q107 for her Lee Aaron opening slot and on Y108's "Get Hammered." You've read about her in Canadian Musician Magazine, The Toronto Sun, Metro News, Mississauga News, Uncharted Sounds, Fazer, Spill Magazine, Muzik Movement Newz and more, more, more! People have taken notice, and in 2009 it will be impossible to turn away from Basia Lyjak or get her songs out of your head!
Canadian Music Week is Canada's leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country's music - media and entertainment industries. Combining four information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; a film festival; four awards shows and the nation's largest New Music Festival - Canadian Music Fest - CMW spans a four-day period from March 11 to March 14 - 2009 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel and various downtown Toronto venues - attracting participants from across the globe. For more information - visit www.cmw.net.
For CMW media information, please contact:
Planet3 Communications Ltd. - Marli Bennett/Jessica Charbonneau/Joanne Smale
t: 416.922.4459, e: info@planet3com.net
