A warning to Strawberry Vale: Unless you harbor a serious desire to be sampled by Eminem, you'd be wise to stop making such luscious, pretty pop songs. The Victoria, B.C., artist sings with a whispery delivery reminiscent of previous Eminem samplee Dido,
*Update - Come visit us on www.myspace.com/strawberryvale - add us to your 'friends' list.
Strawberry Vale is a pop/roots/groovy something or other band out of Victoria BC Canada, headed up by singer/songwriter Lisa O. Lisa's song "What in the World" (aka Broken Like Mine) won Island Music Quest 2004, and "Out of Your Mind" was recently chosen by Ken Tizzard, bass player of Thornley, to be in the list of 5 finalists in the Peavey 40th Anniversary song contest. SVale are currently working on their debut CD... stay tuned.
"an artist to be reckoned with!"
May 2006
Alannah Myles, International Grammy and multiple Juno award winning artist.
"You are an extraordinary talent with the rare gift of being able to write songs that dig deep into the heart of the public conscience...." "....I truly see you as an artist to be reckoned with out there in this world"
Alannah Myles
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'a real revelation'
Nov 2005
Peri Urban, Music Reviewer - Scotland, UK
"Strawberry Vale is a real revelation. The production is warm and intimate (which is exactly what you need with a voice like that). The song writing is wonderfully straightforward and refreshing, with very direct lyrics that are both meaningful and commercial. I love it!
What is it about Canadian music? Everywhere I go on the web I keep coming across brilliant Canadian music. I'm gonna check out the rest of those links and revel in some more great stuff."