No Sinner fronted by
Colleen Rennison ( No Sinner backwards) is a force of nature, a postmodern blues
belter and queen of soul, a hard-singing, hard-loving, hard-drinking,
hard-working throwback to those she grew up listening to, including Nina Simone,
Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Big Mama Thornton, and Bessie
Smith.
The band release its
debut 9 track mini album ‘Boo Hoo Hoo’ on January 17th 2014 via Mascot
Label Group/Provogue records/Warner Music Finland.
Rennison’s career
began as a child actor in the Canadian indie film Max in 1994 at the tender age
of six, which is about the time when she first started singing as well. She
appeared in various movies and TV series including The Sentinel and Stargate
SG-1. She studied drama at New York’s famed Circle in the Square. More
recently, she appears and sings in the 2013 indie film Down River, which has
been getting critical acclaim at film festivals.
On returning to her
hometown, Vancouver, Colleen started writing with Parker Bossley (formerly of
Hot Hot Heat) and joined up with future band members Campbell and Browne, for a
weekly Thursday night residency at Guilt and Company, a new club in Vancouver's
Gastown district. “I honed my chops, my stage confidence, my style and
versatility,” explains Colleen. “I also learned to play with other
musicians.”
Known for appearing
in a T-shirt and cut-off jean shorts, Rennison’s larger-than-life,
whiskey-swigging, last of the red-hot blues mamas is no act, even though it
takes the stage to fully come alive. “I may have started acting first, but music
was always first and foremost to me,” she explains. “Acting accesses a totally
different part of my creativity. It would be an absolute blessing to be able to
do both. Right now, music is my priority.”
“It’s a consistent
theme in my life to negotiate between being animals and yet righteous,” explains
Rennison. “How we need a healthy dose of both good and evil in our lives. Music
itself is very much a medium between us and the spiritual world. The things we
express in our songs run the gamut from sinful to
celestial.”
View the promo video
of Boo Hoo Hoo here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIhDILaxLxw
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