Shalini  Kumar @ International Woman's Day at British Ex-Servicemen's Assoc. Vancouver, BC.
Channel: JohnInTheLightmusic
Date: 19/07/2012

International Woman's Day at British Ex-Servicemen's Assoc.

Canadian Professional Singer Songwriter: Shalini Kumar 
https://shalini.bandcamp.com/album/shalini

Vanmusic and CiTR 101.9 FM radio present The Vancouver Indie Pop Series every Friday at the British Ex-Servicemen's Assoc. This was the music lined up for International Woman's Day event on Friday March 9th, 2012.

Jodi Doidge, Jenna O'Connor and Jen Miller, perform at British Ex-Servicemen's Assoc.

Jodi Doidge sings her latest new single called: Little Love Song 
from her new cd called:  " Little Love Songs."
  
Please listen to this song on her website. 

http://jodidoidge.bandcamp.com/track/little-love-song
 
 
An event to celebrate International Woman's Day 2012, with music from very talented local Vancouver woman musicians.

This show was excellent!, and please support Vancouver's talented woman musicians by visiting these ladies websites.

1. Jodi Doidge: http://www.myspace.com/jodisylviadoidge
2. Jenna O'Connor: http://www.myspace.com/mediocrejenna
3. Jen Miller: http://www.myspace.com/jenmariemiller
4. Shalini Kumar: http://www.shalinimusic.com/


A former beauty queen, she's been awarded a number of titles over the years, including receiving a first place crown at an international beauty and talent competition in Guangzhou, China in 2012. After that experience, which Kumar describes as an "amazing opportunity," she decided to put the pageant world behind her and instead turn her creative energies to another of her long-held passions: music.

"(I want to) focus on what's real to me, (on) more of an existential level, like why do I feel so heightened and in tune when it comes to creating music? Why is it so relevant to me? Why do I have these fairies or whatever whispering in my ear? All these ideas, all these inspirations, I'm focusing on that," say the current Vancouver-based singersongwriter.

One of Shalini's current goals is performing more and she's set to give a solo performance tonight, Friday, Jan. 17, as the featured artist at Lynn Valley United Church's Friday Night Live. Presented weekly at 7:30 p.m., the show features music and comedy improv by Ad Libretto under the artistic direction of Alan Marriott, along with a performance by a special guest. While held at the North Vancouver church, the shows aren't religious, however, each week tend to focus on a positive and uplifting theme.

 
Tonight Shalini will perform a few of her original works, accompanying herself on the venue's grand piano. She plans to sing songs from her last EP, 2011's Book of Dreams.

"FNL is more of a theatrical show where they get ideas from the audience and then make a song out of it randomly. It's really funny and cute and charming. I think my new music now is a little bit more sad-sounding," she laughs, "so I thought I would go back to my old EP and dig up some songs and do something a bit more happier."

The sound Shalini is finding herself gravitating towards these days is more mature in nature, she says. She feels as if she's evolved since her last recording project, which reflected more folk-pop leanings.

"I wanted to move away from there and go back to my roots and discover the real essence of my creation and how it's grown up," she says.