Julianna Riolino All Blue Release Show w/ Ivy Wye

Julianna Riolino

Julianna Riolino knows how to capture and highlight beauty before it fades. She spent her days running up to the release of her solo debut helping restore the stained glass windows at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto. Surrounded by symbols configured in bits of 19th century French glass, Riolino couldn’t help but reflect on her own past and the memories of pains, healing, and love strewn through it. “It made me think about life as a balancing act, and we’re all just trying to do our best to navigate it,” she says. That focus on morality and the stretch of time seeped naturally into Riolino’s Americana-indebted songwriting, resulting in the golden, fluid All Blue, due October 14th from You’ve Changed Records. “If I was a painter, this would be my blue period,” she says. “I’m looking at my life, all my decisions lined up, and either atoning for them or laughing them off.”

The true religious fervor both in Riolino’s life and in the LP is directed towards icons like Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and The Band. Inspired by those artists, Riolino asked for a guitar as a child, and began teaching herself how to bring similar life to the melodies in her head. And while she honed her voice by participating in school musicals, songwriting remained a deeply personal venture. “I sang at every opportunity, but I didn’t share my songs with people until I was 18 or 19,” she says. The first song she decided to play for friends was “Lone Ranger”, a reimagining of which now acts as the lead single for her debut solo album ten years later.

https://juliannariolinosings.bandcamp.com/album/all-blue

Ivy Wye

The one and only constant throughout Ivy Wye’s life has been her unrivalled connection to music. Along the way, she’s been able to forge her own brand of melancholic, introspective, and deeply personal folk sound - one that has gone on to define her artistry.

Rich in melody and laced with captivating harmonies and instrumentation, Ivy's music collates her breadth of talents across the acoustic guitar, flute, keys and various vintage synthesizers. This instrumentation forms the backdrop for her soft, hypnotizing, and undeniably angelic voice to lead listeners through her music. While her lyrics lean towards the metaphorical and esoteric, beauty is found within her ability to paint vivid imagery in broad, colourful strokes.

Ivy largely cites influence from 1970s singer-songwriters, including the likes of Vashti Bunyan and Linda Perhacs. She is also enamoured by the modern, minimalistic folk sounds of Jessica Pratt and Shannon Lay.

https://ivywye.bandcamp.com/album/hopes-convenience-2