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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Simon Wilcox ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Smart Function ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: SHErecords/BMG ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 0hr 36min total- 53.8mb ██████▀
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Right Ride 3:01 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Simon Wilcox established herself as an ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ artist with her debut album Mongrel of ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Love (2000). She toured extensively and ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ developed a reputation as a songwriter, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ especially as a lyricist. She traveled ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ across the continent, as far north as ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Dawson City and as far south as Los ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Angeles. Her music captured the hearts ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ and imaginations of many. With her ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ sophomore album, she wanted to reach ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ more people and yet continue to explore ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ songwriting. "I've had the opportunity ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ to write for and with such a diverse group ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ of artists that I've been able to ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ express so many different aspects of my ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ personalitywhen I sat down to write my ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ own material-I could really focus on ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ capturing a moment in my life". ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Listening to Simon's work for/with ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ artists such as Three Days Grace, ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Jorane, Projet Orange and even Randy ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Bachman (!) one is struck by her ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ versatility and skill. ▀█████▄
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Mongrel of Love won Simon critical ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ acclaim and substantial media coverage ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ (Maclean's, Le Soleil, La Presse, The ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Vancouver Sun, The Ottawa Citizen, Now ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Magazine and The Ottawa Sun, to name a ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ few) and it also drew attention to her ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ remarkable life story. The daughter of ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Canadian rock guitarist David Wilcox and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ UK-based record producer Sadia Sadia, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Simon was abandoned at the age of three. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ A fan of her father's music took Simon ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ in, ostensibly for a month, but her ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ parents did not return, and Simon ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ stayed. By the age of sixteen Simon was ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ on her own, traveling the world. She ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ reconnected with her parents and in them ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ she has found both inspiration and ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ friendship. Also a visual artist, she ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ has studied fine art in Italy, England and ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Toronto. She has exhibited her work both ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ here and abroad. Proudly Canadian, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Simon speaks French impeccably, and ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ she can also speak some Italian (picked ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ Profesore Agostino Dessibut that's ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ another story). At nineteen she began ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ her work as a musician. Simon has ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ vocalist on recordings by Ashley MacIsaac, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ The PocketDwellers, Kevin Hearn (of the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Barenaked Ladies) and many others. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Most recently, Simon formed a label: ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ SHErecords. SHE has partnered with BMG ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ to release "Smart Function" on May ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 4/2004. The team that brought this album ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ together is great: from producer Ron ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Lopata, to a band of talented musicians ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ (namely Davide Direnzo, JK and Justin ▀█████▄
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▀▀███████▀ and yet Simon's voice is as strong as ▀█████████
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