Canadian pop-R&B singer and songwriter Alessia Cara made her record debut in 2015, though she started racking up YouTube views with acoustic covers of popular songs in 2011. Upon graduating from high school in her native Brampton, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, Cara opted to devote a year to music rather than go straight to college. She continued to upload YouTube clips regularly and landed a major-label recording contract with Def Jam. Matched up with Andrew “Pop” Wansel, Warren “Oak” Felder, and Coleridge Tillman, a trio of songwriters and producers with dozens of R&B and pop hits between them, Cara co-wrote and recorded the distinctive wallflower anthem “Here” and had the song released as a single in May 2015. Its streams numbered in the millions prior to the premiere of its official video. A five-track EP, Four Pink Walls, arrived this August, followed by her full-length “Know It All” which was released in mid November. Alessia is equal parts fresh face, old soul, and newcomer. Make sure you grab your tickets and see this emerging artist before she takes over the pop world.
Alessia Cara w/ w/ Kevin Garrett & Craig Stickland
Saturday, February 6th
Doors: 7:30pm
All ages
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