2013 | Vocal Jazz Album of the Year | Elizabeth Shepherd | | The JUNO Awards

Two-time JUNO Award nominee and critical darling, Elizabeth Shepherd’s genre-bending soulful jazz has established her as a mainstay on the international jazz circuit, playing legendary venues like Tokyo’s Cotton Club, London’s Jazz Café and the Hollywood Bowl. Her first full-length album of standards, Rewind charts new territory for the songstress as she puts her stamp of originality on songs – some familiar and some undiscovered from the American songbook. It wasn't until Elizabeth became pregnant with her daughter while on the last leg of her 14-month tour that she realized she would not be able write enough original, new songs for an album that was due to her label in Japan, so she decided to record songs that she had grown up with. She wanted desperately to connect with something that was always a constant in her life while she was in the midst of what is arguably the most significant life change a woman will ever have – motherhood. After the album was finished and her daughter Sanna was born, Elizabeth realized that motherhood, and Rewind, turned a new page for her personally, and musically.