A songwriter before a singer, melodies before music, meaning before words...sometimes backwards, but usually straight ahead...

Rock, pop, country, you'll find a bit of everything in my music. Please enjoy 

'Only from the heart, can you touch the sky'  -جلال‌الدین محمد رومی‎‎

Shirley Jackson – Canadian Recording Artist

Shirley Jackson is a Canadian touring blues & roots artist who epitomizes the blues & roots experience with every performance she gives and with every recording she makes.  

Glasgow Square Quote: “A Power House of Sound”. 

A recognized singer/songwriter in the International Song Award Finals(2022)and the World Song Awards top ten finalists (2022) an award winning saxophone player with two Maple Blues Awards for Horn Player.(2018, 2003) (Canada).

Jackson is an accomplished songwriter, arranger and music producer and has been a mainstay in the Nova Scotia music scene for the past 35 years as a singer, saxophone player, guitarist and band leader.  Jackson has independently produced four albums with the Good Rockin' Daddys; each nominated for Blues Recording of the Year by the East Coast Music Association and the Nova Scotia Music Awards. 

The six piece horn-powered Shirley Jackson & Her Good Rockin' Daddys hail to a sound inspired by the early years of Rock & Roll when horn sections were an integral part of the sound of a swingin' and rockin’ good time and stylized with Jackson's songwriting and arranging. With two members of the Good Rockin' Daddys as multiple Maple Blues Award recipients: Shirley Jackson (2x horn player) and Tom Bona (8x drummer) this 6 piece blues band provide a high energy show of fun modern swingin' horn- powered blues. 
Shirley Jackson – Tenor Sax, Vocals (2x Maple Blues Award recipient– Horn Player)
Dave  “Hot Lips” Harrison – Trumpet & Flugel Horn
Dawn Hatfield – Baritone Sax (ECMA & Juno recipient with the Johnny Favourite Band)
JF Lafleche' – Guitar 
Jef Wirchenko – Bass
Tom Bona – Drums ( 8x Maple Blues Award recipient. - Drummer)

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Interested in a wide range of music,mainly with an electronic edge/dub sensibility.All the tracks here are rough cuts done over the last few years.All are off the cuff improvisations - one maybe two takes at the most - throwing ideas around to see what evolves. As you can hear, they are not very polished .... that happens when you are searching for a slightly new form of whatever.

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