Lyne Tremblay

On April 24, 2020 the Montreal based singer, actor, dancer, Lyne Tremblay will release her 2nd CD, "Get To It", a nine song project recorded and produced in Montreal by Matt Zimbel (Manteca) and Erik West Millette (West Trainz) and mixed in Toronto by Jeff Wolpert. After winning accolades for her first release, "Break 'n Enter" in 2004 (National Jazz Award Finalist Best Vocal Recording, Top 10 releases of the year Jazz FM), Tremblay took a different approach with this CD, exploring a gypsy roots-reinvention of cabaret with a blend of original compositions and interpretations in English, French and Spanish. With a fresh take on seminal songs like Grace Jones', "Slave to the Rhythm", Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me to the End of Love", the David Gilmour ode to gratitude "This Heaven", the Rolling Stones "Mother's Little Helper", and her own original compositions, Tremblay's husky single-malt soaked vocals and graceful interpretations are at once intimate and joyous. Her vocal phrasing grooves deep and her improvisations are as soulful as they are subversive. One must employ the word "Cabaret" with caution, it's an art form often thought of as déjà vu, "been there, done that, got the top hat", but Tremblay comes to her cabaret sensibilities following long service on the stages of Europe, where the art is taken very seriously, and the audience takes no prisoners. Lyne started her career in modern dance and toured internationally with the edgy and innovative Eddy Toussaint Dance Company. After a grueling audition process, she was cast in one of musical theatre's toughest roles "Cassandra" the slinky, sexy Siamese, in Andrew Lloyd Weber's original Canadian production of "Cats". She played the lead role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret in Paris for six months and toured Europe with the Lyon based company "Le Théâtre du 8ième". Other roles of note include "Anita" in West Side Story, "Nava" in the original Montreal production of Jerusalem and a starring role in the celebrated Michel Tremblay piece "Albertine en Cinq Temps" which was a Dora Award finalist for best ensemble. Lyne's feature film work is equally eclectic. She appeared in the Louis Malle film Atlantic City with Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon. She played "Angel Eyes" in the cult classic Night Magic featuring Carole Laure with music by Lewis Fury and Leonard Cohen. In 2007 a short dramatic film was written for her, entitled "Rise Up", which was shown at film festivals around the world and premiered at an AFI screening at Man's Chinese Theatre in LA. Recently Lyne co-starred in the Valerie Buhagiar feature film "The Anniversary" with Colin Mochrie. Television credits include, Street Legal, The Newsroom, E.N.G. Blue Murder and The City and a few more. In 1996 Lyne created "Gauche" , the one woman cabaret show directed by John Evans, which played to critical acclaim and SRO audiences. "A cabaret Goddess", said impresario Jaymz Bee. The cabaret experience has been a trampoline to launch Lyne's extensive work as a bi-lingual host for numerous corporate event and fundraisers. An artist with such multi -disciplinary skills is sometimes called a "threat", a triple threat. In fact, there is nothing threatening about Lyne Tremblay. The worlds of acting, dance and music gather together in this artist to become what might be called today, a "cross platform" performer, an artist informed by an immense vocabulary of experience on stage, on screen and in the studio. Tremblay has also been singing and recording with the legendary Jazz World nonet Manteca, as they celebrate their 41st season with the release of their 13th CD. The Globe and Mail called Tremblay, "a stunning, riveting performer with a great gutsy voice." "Get To It" delivers on that promise with guts, tenderness and and seductive originality.