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Welcome to my site.

My name is Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire.  Mahrÿke is a name I was given that was inspired by the song Marieke by the late, great French singer Jacques Brel.  That may be what started it all…

 

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When I was 5 years old, we had an old tape recorder with a small hand held mic that my sister and I played with.    We took turns inventing song-stories.  She sang 30 second ditties. My recordings, on the other hand, went on and on, it was hard to make me stop.

As I sang, I would imagine myself on stage, singing the blues…

Now I am an Independent recording artist.  I have been writing since I was 10, singing since I was 17, recording demos since 1999…many, many demos…and now I am finally releasing my first CD called Double Entendre

So what kind of music do I do and what do I sound like?…

Well, I write in different styles and sometimes I mix them up.  I write all my lyrics and 99% of the music and I really just want to sound like me, but here goes…

If you like lyric based alternative, folk, jazz, blues…if you like word games and innuendos… the music of Holy Cole,  Ani DiFranco, Leonard Cohen, Damien Rice or Francis Cabrel, you will enjoy Double Entendre.

The CD Release Party was on April 9th at the Blue Chair Restaurant in Edmonton's trendy Southside. It was standing room only, the food was great and a good time was had by all.

But if you didn't make it out to the party, you can still get a taste of the music…just click on the music link above to find out more about it and the great musicians that back me up. From there, click on the earphones to have a listen.

If you like what you hear, you can now download Double Entendre here. Check out the Press Release to find out all about it.

This site is a work in progress.  There’s lots more coming and you can expect changes as we go along. 

But while you are still here, join my mailing list here on the left and I’ll keep you up to date with my new material, projects, gigs, tours and other stuff that could be fun. 

Leave your name and particulars.  By the way, I am into responsible use of the internet so your info is safe with me. Congratulations to Jarrid who won the draw of the Free Cd AND a Mini Rubics Cube at the Release.  I will be having draws for free concert tickets and other cool things now and then so I will keep you posted about that too.

 

 

 


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