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Dec 15 - Dec 22,2002 |
The Meaning of Chantal
Toronto singer/songwriter digs deep on strong third album
By Kerry Doole
Originally Published: 2002-12-01
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Chantal Kreviazuk
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She is still in her 20s, but Toronto-based singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk already has an impressively successful musical career behind her. Having her first two albums sell double platinum each in Canada is a feat matched by very few of our artists.
Those records, 1997's Under These Rocks and Stones and 1999's Colour Moving And Still, offered us Kreviazuk's signature style. It features her pure and haunting soprano and a writing style that fuses introspective and emotional lyrics and a sophisticated adult pop sound.
The fact that her second album won two Juno Awards in 2000, beating out the likes of Celine Dion, Alanis Morisette, and Joni Mitchell, also showed that Chantal is something of a darling of the Canadian music industry in general, and her label, Sony Music, in particular.
Her music has been generally praised in the press, though the occasional criticism of it as aural wallpaper for the yuppie crowd was likely further fuelled when the recent CD release party for her brand new album, What If It All Means Something, was held at trendy Queen Street West store Caban.
Tandem interviewed Kreviazuk prior to the album's release, and found the songstress clearly proud of her work. "I really like it and for me that is very important. I'm not someone who can make an album that perhaps would be embraced commercially or by critics without me liking it. If I made a record that was selling really well but that I felt was cheesy or was compromising my taste, I would be quite distraught about that. I feel really wonderful about this record and for me that is the most important thing."
Early media attention has often focused on the fact that some of the new songs were co-written by Chantal and her husband, Our Lady Peace singer Raine Maida. Of course, we're rather starved for homegrown celebrity couples up here, so this attention shouldn't be surprising.
Kreviazuk is full of praise for her personal and professional partner.
"I am very lucky to have my husband, as he is not only my sounding-board, but my rock, the person I can dump it all on. It is not just like having a comforting, understanding husband, but having someone with wisdom and experience. It surpasses any ideal you could have created for a partner!"
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