Little Miss Higgins is looking forward to getting back into a creative space, now she and bandmate Foy Taylor have capped off a very successful year supporting their latest CD Across the Plains by winning Western Canadian Music Awards fro Best Blues album and best album design.
“It’s just nice to get recognized for it, especially album design because I designed that myself. But it is definitely an honour to be recognized event though I don’t create music to win awards,” said Jolene Higgins, taking a quick breather from her Nokomis, Saskatchewan home.
Little Miss Higgins, including Foy Taylor and stand up bassist Joey Lorer will be playing a fund-raiser for Womanspace at the Southminster United Church with The Good Lovelies, Nov. 23.
While she was not familiar with Womanspace, she is looking forward to the show especially playing with the Good Lovelies in a brand new venue.
“I’ve never seen the Good Lovelies, though I’ve heard them. So it’s going to be great to get to know them,” she said.
“And we haven’t played in a lot of churches, though sometimes they are used as venues.”
There have been a lot of highlights this year. They made it over to Europe — twice.
“We went over to the United Kingdom and then we got home for three weeks, when we got asked to open for k.d. Lang. And it was a real honour to be asked to open for an artist like k.d Lang and a great Canadian. So we had some great audiences,” she related.
“It was good. People over there really appreciate music, though they’re pretty reserved, but they love and respect music,” Higgins observed.
She hasn’t had much time to write new material and is looking forward to doing that this winter.
“I’m just starting to gear down and get into the creative process. So somewhere down the road I want to explore that and other recording possibilities,” she said.
Tickets cost $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m., Nov. 23, with the show beginning at 8 p.m. at the Southminster United Church.
