Chantal Kreviazuk

With the music industry being what it is, you need all the breaks that you can get. Unfortunately Chantal Kreviazuk seems to have the market stacked against her a wee tad. Firstly there's her name, what brain dead dj is going to go to the hassle of trying to pronounce Chantal Kreviazuk when he can just say, "Here's the latest from Cher".

Secondly, Chantal Kreviazuk, happens to be trying to break into a market that is percieved as being somewhat over supplied. The fact that Sheryl Crow and Ani Difranco are poles apart, or that Tori Amos and Alanis Morrisette might occasionally use the same chord in a song and that's about it, or that Kylie and Polly Harvey have both performed with Nick Cave, but are miles apart musically is besides the point. They are all woman, all solo artists and therefore all in the same market.

This is a shame because there really is something different about Chantel. For a start she can really interpret the music of others and put a distinctive slant on it. Check out her version of the John Denver penned "Leaving On A Jet Plane", as used in the film Armageddon and hear a genuine meaning of the word arrangement.

Of course she also writes her own material, and here again we see that it is the arrangement that helps set it apart. Maybe it's the Canadian background that gives her that slightly different outlook on life, but there is something about the songs and interpretations of Chantal Kreviazuk that gives her work that little bit more.

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