ELIZABETH SHEPHERD “MONtreal” CD

Elizabeth Shepherd, Canada's most talented singer-songwriter, releases her first album in four years, a concept album themed around her beloved city of Montreal!

A dreamy jazz pop world filled with a sweet mist just like the cover! The soft, beautiful voice, mellow electric piano, and modern beats will take the listener to a state of blissful intoxication...

Elizabeth Shepherd is a talented and beautiful female singer-songwriter who is extremely popular in Japan as she plays organic and stylish jazz pop. In her previous album, ``The Signal'' (2014), which also featured Lionel Loueke, she boldly incorporated electronic sounds and took a turn toward a new generation jazz approach, and now she has completed her first new album in four years! The fantastic sound making with a lot of electric piano and ambitious arrangements that incorporate modern beats throughout are an evolution of her previous work, but this time it is an even more dreamy and euphoric work. As it is a concept album themed on Montreal, the ``Paris of North America'' where she lives and where French is the official language, many of the songs are sung in French, and the sound makes this work even more comfortable and stylish. This is a masterpiece that fans of talented female artists such as Esperanza Spalding and Gretchen Parlato should listen to.

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