Her Roots Run Deep

 

Dominique Fils-Aimé is a JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter from Montreal whose music reflects the history of Afro-American musical culture, focusing on the social realities that have influenced the genres of blues, jazz, & soul. Notably she has released a trilogy of albums inspired by 40s - 60s soul icons such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, & Etta James.

Her debut full-length album, 2018s Nameless thematically centered on historical struggles of Afro-American silences & sorrows in the face of systemic racism.. This blues-tinged album bookcases Fils-Aimé original tunes between "Strange Fruit" & "Feeling Good", two classic blues tunes uniquely interpretted by Dominique's distinct vocals.

 

Dominique Fils-Aimé - Nameless, Ensoul Records, 2018.
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Strange Fruit
Birds
Home
Sleepy
Nameless
Rise
Unstated
Feeling Good

 

 

 

 

Her second album, 2019s Stay Tuned! opens with "Good Feeling". The name & melodic humming directly connect it to the final track of Nameless. This is a statement about how music builds upon previous generations. Here the jazz tinged Stat Tuned! builds on the blues infused Nameless. This release is a call to revolution, calling forth the 60s civil-rights movement themes of liberation & progress build on the revolutionary early Jazz stylings.

 

 

Dominique Fils-Aimé - Stay Tuned!, Ensoul Records, 2019.

Good Feeling    
Constructive Interference    
Where There is Smoke    
There is Probably Fire    
Gun Burial    
Big Man Do Cry    
Magic Whistle    
Some Body    
9LRR    
Revolution Serenade
Sun Rise    
Free Dom    
Joy River    
Stay Tuned!

 

 

 

 

She concludes her album trilogy with 2021s Three Little Words. As she referrenced blues & jazz in the first two segments, this time it is Soul music that forms the foundation of her songs. The music springs forth from the soul of the artist & reaches out to the souls of her listeners. True to its theme, every song title here are simply three little words.

 

Dominique Fils-Aimé - Three Little Words, Ensoul Records, 2021.

Grow Mama Grow
While We Wait
You Left Me
Could it Be
Being the Same
Mind Made Up
Fall & All
Love Take Over
Tall Lion Down
Three Little Words
Home to Me
We Are Light
Love Take Over
The Healing Song
Stand by Me

Enjoy,
NØ