![]() ![]() Supported by her parents, who explained to her what a musical career would entail and who set down some ground rules such as maintaining her grades, Francis learned piano and was proficient in playing other instruments including the acoustic and electric guitar, the upright bass and electric bass, and harmonica by the time she was 13, which was when she made her American national television debut on the Oprah Network for writing and composing an original theme song for the Gayle King show. “Once I stepped on that stage I knew, right at that moment, that this was something I wanted to pursue,” Francis told Black Ottawa Scene in 2014. She first took the stage at the age of seven to sing Canada’s national anthem at the televised grant opening of her elementary school. Angelique Francis, whose latest record Long River won her the 2023 Juno award for blues album of the year, grew up in a musical family in Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa. ![]()
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