Amanda Rheaume - The Canadian CrossCountryQueen

Métis singer/songwriter Rheaume is a powerful vocalist with just a touch of grit and an instantly-accessible roots-pop-Americana sound.

A $40,000 winner in Live 88.5’s 2008 Big Money Shot competition, Rheaume has distinguished herself as one of the city’s, if not the country’s, most selflessly giving musicians.

She organizes Ottawa’s Bluebird North songwriter showcases, she participated in the Babes for Breasts tour to raise money for breast cancer, she recorded a charity Christmas EP for Boys and Girls club of Ottawa – selling 6500 copies just in Ottawa, she donated a dollar from each album sold during her last tour to a fund for the families of military personnel, and she’s even performed for the troops in Afghanistan…twice.