Apryll Aileen
There are lots of people who sing but not everyone has a voice. Apryll Aileen is a classically trained pianist with a touch of science & spirituality; an alt-pop soulful vocalist, guitarist and songwriter from Atlantic Canada.
Sultry vocals and an alluring stage presence make Apryll a fan favourite at music festivals worldwide. She transcends genres, creating her own undefinable sound with influences coming from pop, rock, electronic, folk and R&B. She doesn’t imitate – she creates.
Studying classical piano since she was five years old, Aileen has since incorporated her classical foundation into the melodic pop music that pours out of her soul. It’s been said, she’s a hybrid of two polarities, blending melodic songwriting and vocal tones from artists such as Miley Cyrus and Adele but with the storytelling edge of Stevie Nicks.
She came into this world during a fierce lightning storm; like a bolt of energy, her personality is charged with charisma and passion. You’ll feel her energy when she enters the room and the vulnerability and authenticity in her vocals will hit you right in the gut. Chock full of captivating lyrics and melodic hooks, her songwriting will leave you saturated in all the feels, wanting to dance but also, contemplate life’s meaning.
Aileen loves to hear that her music inspires others, especially young women. She broke up with her corporate love affair on Valentine’s Day in 2014, and never looked back. Trading in the computer keys for the piano keys, she ventured off, setting up her own tours around the world, from Los Angeles to New York, Toronto, London and France. Enamoured by her songwriting, vocals and stage performance, Toshi Yanagi and Jimmy Earl (players for Jimmy Kimmel Live! band), quickly helped Aileen form a band in California.
She has since returned to Atlantic Canada where she now lives, between Saint John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Coming off the heels of headlining the stage at the 2022 Canada Games in Niagara Falls, performing at the World Junior Hockey Championships and performing at the Horseshoe Tavern, Aileen just launched her new album “Bad Things” on Friday the 13th of October with a release show at the Carleton in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sync Credits: The Family Channel, BBC Worldwide (2023 & 2017), “Butterflies” short film in 2014 by Emmy® Award-Winning Director Cayman Grant.
HONOURS, AWARDS & SHOWCASES
– WIM Entrepreneur Accelerator Program, 2023
– Canadian Songwriting Conference (PEI), 2023
– World Junior Hockey Championships (Halifax), 2023
– MONDO.NYC Showcase at The Bowery Electric in New York, NY, October 2022
– Canada Games Headliner for the province of NB in Niagara Falls,ON, Canada, August 2022
– ECMA Showcases – Two For the Show Export Stage and Pop Showcase, May 2022
– Area 506 Festival with Grammy Nominated Measha Brueggergosman August 2021 – KIRA (Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts) September 2021
– Canadian Music Week, East Coast Music Awards & Music New Brunswick 2021
– IMSTA FESTA Songwriting Competition (Los Angeles) 2018
– YWCA Arts, Culture & Design Award 2017
– Bell Media Scholarship for Canada’s Music Incubator (Toronto) 2017
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