Dominique Fils-Aimé
15 Minute Live Performances: Dominique Fils-Aimé
This week’s edition of 15 Minute Live Performances (watch previous sets from UPSAHL, KANDLE, Cha Wa, Rozzi and Nick Waterhouse) features Dominique Fils-Aimé. Earlier this year, Fils-Aimé gave us a peek into her daily routine in our A Day in the Life feature and released her third album, Three Little Words. The future is mighty bright for Dominique. In 2018, she released her debut album, Nameless, and the blues-inspired collection was shortlisted for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize. She took things up a notch (to put it mildly) on her sophomore album, Stay Tuned!: a prestigious JUNO award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year in 2020, joining none other than Diana Krall, Holly Cole and Molly Johnson as a winner in that category. As for&nbs...
A Day in the Life of… Dominique Fils-Aimé
Dominique Fils-Aimé is a singer with so much soul—and a sound so other-worldly—you’ll be hard-pressed to believe she’s from this modern earth. Her sound is a melodic amalgam of a Sam Cooke-Peggy Lee-too-many-greats-to-name-here mosaic laced with her unmistakably sunlit style. Fair warning: When you first listen to this JUNO-award winner’s newest album, Three Little Words, it’s entirely possible you won’t ever want to stop. It’s a beautiful dilemma that comes highly recommended. “As we try to rid our lives of toxic relationships, striving to evict intrusive thoughts that occupy our minds is one of the biggest challenges,” she says, of her single “Mind Made Up”. “[The song] is an encouragement to accept that challenge in all its forms and manifestations. The dream of getting better comes wit...
