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Alexz Johnson is never quite what you'd think: she is always, instead, a surprise. While she writes intimate, down-to-earth lyrics, they’re delivered with a larger-than-life, crystalline voice. And while at first she might be able to blend into the sea of other fresh-faced, struggling artists on the streets of her current hometown of New York City, she’s actually an entertainment veteran with fifteen years in the industry and a Gemini Award under her belt. Eight years ago she landed the lead role on Instant Star, a hit Canadian TV show which gave her a platform for her music.
Currently Alexz is about to independently release the Skipping Stone EP, a five-song taste of the new music she has been writing in LA and Nashville, where she meets up to collaborate and record with singer-songwriter Jimmy Robbins. "I love Nashville, it's definitely effected me creatively," she says. "At one point when I was there and I was writing, I stopped in front of a wall of photos of all the great women at the Ryman -- Dusty Springfield, June Carter, Patsy Cline-- and I thought about how back then the voice was enough of a 'story.' You didn’t need the gimmick or the drama to be a singer. It was about how you sang."
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