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Alert Music artist Roxanne Potvin launches  third CD with major concerts in Ontario and Quebec: ”No Love for the Poisonous” is an intimate, edgy collection of new, adventurous music.

Raised in Quebec, resident in Ontario, and now a performer with an international reputation, Roxanne Potvin will release her third CD October 28.

      Intriguingly named “No Love for the Poisonous” the collection of original new songs on the Alert Music label resonates deeply with the experiences of the 26-year-old artist’s generation.

      To support the release of the CD, she is playing a series of major concerts in Ontario and Quebec::

Wed. October 29          London Music Club, London

Friday Nov. 7               Pepperjack’s, Hamilton

Saturday Nov. 8           Glenn Gould Theatre, Toronto

Wednesday Nov. 12     Quartier de Lune, Quebec City

Thursday Nov. 13         Savoy, Montreal

Friday Nov. 14             Savoy, Montreal

Tuesday Nov. 18          National Arts Centre Studio, Ottawa

Thursday Nov. 27         E-Bar, Guelph

Western Canadian dates will follow in February 2009.

Produced by Fembots leader Dave MacKinnon, “No Love for the Poisonous” outlines a new musical vision for the artist. While the passion and heart of the blues remain an integral part of her music, there’s a wider musical vocabulary at work. Funky New Orleans grooves fit perfectly with soul swagger, happy old-school pop, and introspective moments. Her earliest musical influences (and her family background) still resonate, and the CD contains a song in French, and another — like the singer herself — which is perfectly bilingual.

The singer has spent 2008 touring across Canada, with festival appearances in the U.S. and Europe. In fact, on the date “No Love for the Poisonous” is to be released in Canada, she will be appearing (for the second time in the last four weeks) in Norway.

Her first CD, “Careless Loving,” was recorded when she was 21, and was self-financed and self-produced. Her initial recording for the Alert label, “The Way it Feels,” included guest appearances from Daniel Lanois, John Hiatt and Bruce Cockburn among others.

“No Love for the Poisonous:” is distributed through Universal Music Canada.

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