Media Release

Date: June 28, 2007

Free Concert - Featuring a Dazzling Group of Singer/Songwriters

TORONTO - A truly exceptional group of prominent singer/songwriters – including Jules Shear, Danny Michel, Shari Ulrich, Damhnait Doyle, Justin Gray, and Haydain Neale – will perform at the Bluebird North: Where Writers Sing and Tell concert kicking off this year’s Humber Songwriting Workshop.

Sponsored by the Songwriters Association of Canada, the free concert is scheduled for Saturday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall located on the south-east corner of Lake Shore Blvd. West and Kipling Avenue in Toronto.

Brief Bios:

Damhnait Doyle - (member of Shaye: award-winning vocalist and successful 
                        collaborator)

Justin Gray -       (songwriter/producer, works with Joss Stone, Ryan Malcolm, \
                        Emma Bunton, Snow, and others; nominated for Grammies,
                        Junos, and British Music Awards)

Danny Michel -    (writer/producer/performer – making rare Toronto appearance)

Haydain Neale -   (soul writer/singer/ producer, winner of Juno Award for best
                        R&B/Soul recording of jacksoul)

Jules Shear -       (originator of MTV Unplugged, writer for Bangles, Cyndi 
                         Lauper, and others; making a very rare Toronto appearance)

Shari Ulrich -       (noted composer, producer and performer coming all the way
                        from British Columbia)

About the Humber Songwriting Workshop

The Humber Songwriting Workshop offers aspiring lyricists and musicians an opportunity to spend a week writing songs with a faculty that includes some of the greatest names in songwriting. The workshop runs from July 7 – July 13 at Humber’s Lakeshore campus. For details, please contact Pat Tait at 416-675-6622 ext. 77172

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Contact:

Madeleine Matte
416.675.6622 ext. 3446
madeleine.matte@humber.ca

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