Tannis Slimmon

Tannis Slimmon is a critically acclaimed Canadian musician who has been singing, songwriting, recording, and touring for over 30 years. In 2008 she was honoured with the Contemporary Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards for her album Lucky Blue. In 2020, she was honoured with Folk Music Ontario’s prestigious Estelle Klein Award.

You’ll find Tannis’ name on over 100 albums, contributing songs or singing harmonies for others including David Francey, Willie P. Bennett, Valdy and Rheostatics. I’ve loved and admired Tannis in equal measures for pretty much two decades. I playfully and lovingly refer to her as ‘The Queen of the Slipstream,” as immortalized in the song by Van Morrison.

Tannis has graced several of my records and I feel blessed to have her voicings on Polishing Stone on the songs, ‘Through Bare Branches,’ ‘Full Moon,’ ‘Here We Have Time,’ ‘All the Ways I Do,’ and ‘The Thank You Song.’