ABOUT THE ARTIST

In a blaze of blues, rock and soul, married couple and music partners Annika Chambers and Paul DesLauriers are a force to be reckoned with. Between Paul’s award-winning, gritty blues guitar work and Annika’s soaring, gospel-grown voice, their anthems burn as fiercely as their real-life chemistry. Their first introduction (lasting only a few seconds) in the crowded lobby of the historic Orpheum Theatre during the 2018 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee left a lasting impression on both of them. It was not until a year later, at a recording session during 2019 IBC, that their professional acquaintance blossomed into a love affair, culminating in marriage in August of 2019. Since that time, renowned Canadian blues rocker Paul DesLauriers and acclaimed American soul-blues singer Annika Chambers have unified their artistic destiny, much to the joy of everyone who's had the pleasure of hearing and seeing them together.

Houston, Texas native Annika Chambers, like most great American singers, began singing as a child in the Southern Baptist church. Though gospel music is her mother tongue, it was in the blues that she found her true voice. After winning her first Blues Music Award for Soul-Blues Female Artist of the Year in 2019, she released her third album “Kiss My Sass” on the VizzTone Label Group. It debuted at number four on the Billboard Blues Chart and won the 2020 Living Blues Award for Best Southern Soul album. Annika was also the 2022 Blues Music Award Winner for Soul-Blues Female Artist of the Year. She performs regularly at top blues festivals across North and South America as well as Europe.

Deeply rooted in the blues-rock idiom, guitarist-singer Paul DesLauriers is the winner of the Maple Blues Awards (Canada's national Blues Award program) for Entertainer of the Year (2016, 2017), Electric Act of the Year (2016), Guitarist of the Year (2013, 2019) and Acoustic Act of the Year (2013). In 2016, he took second place at the 32nd International Blues Challenge held by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee. His most recent recording, “Bounce,” (Bros/Vizztone) debuted at number one on Canada's Roots Music Report and held the top spot for several weeks. In November 2019, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Joh Lord of Deep Purple fame's Concerto for Group & Orchestra, the Paul DesLauriers Band were invited to perform the piece at Palais Montcalm in Quebec City, Canada along with Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Orchestre Symphonique de Québec under the direction of Paul Mann. Paul DesLauriers’ international touring schedule includes regular performances at top Blues Festivals in North America and Europe including the Montreal International Blues Festival, Ottawa Blues Fest, Edmonton Blues Fest, Calgary Blues Fest, Big Blues Bender Las Vegas NV USA, White Mountain Boogie n’ Blues NH USA, Heritage Music Blues Fest Wheeling WV USA, Passion Blues Cognac and Cahors Blues Festivals in France, the Sierre Blues Festival, Switzerland, and Grölsch Blues Festival Shöppingen Germany to name a few.

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