www.emberswift.com

Indie music sensation Ember Swift’s particular brand of politically charged folk-jazz-funk music has garnered ardent fan frenzy + rave critical acclaim from across Canada, the U.S., + Australia. Swift is a poignant songwriter, a prolific recording artist (9 albums + counting on her independent Few'll Ignite Sound label), a relentless touring artist (over 150 shows per year), a vibrant stage performer, + a committed activist. She combines political commentary + critique into her lyrics + believes in the marriage of music + advocacy as a viable vehicle for social change.

With amazingly talented integral band-mate Lyndell Montgomery, + often featuring Adam Bowman on drums + percussion, Swift has played Ottawa + Winnipeg Folk Festivals in Canada; Blissfest + Great River Folk Festival in the U.S.A., + the Roots + Blues, Woodford + Port Fairy Festivals in Australia, to name but a few. Her extraordinary voice, unflinching lyrics + deft acoustic guitar skills combine organically with drums, bass + electric violin to create an "energy explosion" on any stage. Ember Swift is best described as a brilliant jazz vocalist inhabiting the body of an alternative-folk singer-songwriter who creates, with her band, music that sounds like "the bilingual love child of Paul Simon + Laurie Anderson who is being raised by Joan Jett."