Singer Olivia Rodrigo will pay tribute to Alanis Morissette on the occasion of her induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on September 24 in Toronto.
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The young American singer, who already shared the stage with Morissette last May in Los Angeles to sing the timeless You Oughta Know, will be at Massey Hall to induct the Ottawa rocker. In a magazine interview Exclaim!, Olivia Rodrigo says she was hit hard when she first heard Alanis Morrissette when she was just 13 years old. ” When I heard Perfect, I said to myself “My God, can we write songs like these?” I started to see music and composition in a completely different way. »
In addition to the presence of Rodrigo at the ceremony, the consecration of Alanis Morrissette will be marked by the performances of Alessia Cara, JP Saxe and Ruby Waters, who will interpret some of the great hits of the Canadian singer-songwriter who marked branded the grunge scene of the 1990s, especially with his album Jagged Little Pilllaunched in 1995.
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Alanis Morissette during her performance at the Festival d’été de Québec on July 15
This year’s ceremony, hosted by Marie-Mai, will be particularly noteworthy, with, among others, the induction of Bryan Adams and his accomplice Jim Vallance, whose work as a songwriter has won four Juno awards, the renowned composer David Foster, who has worked closely with Celine Dion and Whitney Houston, as well as Franco-Manitoban singer Daniel Lavoie, author of numerous hits including the unmissable They love each other. Chad Kroeger, Corey Hart, Jessie Reyez, Charlotte Cardin, Serena Ryder, Deborah Cox, Pierre Lapointe, Bobby Bazini, Bruno Pelletier and Marie-Mai will be on stage to perform some of the classics of the inducted artists.
Moreover, in a ceremony that took place in Montreal at the Théâtre Jean-Duceppe on August 7, Daniel Lavoie proceeded to the enthronement of singer-songwriter Sylvain Lelièvre. The Quebec singer, who died in April 2002, had already received a first tribute from the Canadian Hall of Fame on the occasion of the enthronement of his memorable song Marie-Helenein 2015.