Issa
The fiercely independent Canadian singer and songwriter Jane Siberry was born Jane Stewart on October 12 1955 in Toronto. After learning piano and guitar as a child she wrote her first songs as a teenager. While studying microbiology at the University of Guelph she began performing, eventually being part of the short-lived group Java Jive. Her folk influences were on display on her 1981 self-titled indie debut, and it caught on enough to get her a record deal with A&M. Three years later, her sophomore album, No Borders Here, abandoned folk for electronic inflected art pop. She had her first chart success with the seven-and-a-half minute “Mimi on the Beach”. 1985’s The Speckless Sky continued the same sonic approach and gave her the number 27 single “One More Colour”. She signed with major label Reprise and released The Walking, an album informed by a difficult personal break-up at the time. For 1989’s Bound by the Beauty she moved away from art-pop and returned to more folk and even country elements. She scored her first top 10 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart with 1992’s “Calling All Angels”. 1993’s When I Was a Boy celebrated her overcoming her alcoholism and leaned toward R&B, hip-hop, and funk. The album fizzled, as did 1995’s jazz heavy Maria. After leaving Reprise she formed her own label and relocated to New York where she recorded a number of live albums. 2000’s Hush explored traditional folk songs. In 2006 she sold off most of her possessions and changed her name to Issa, a new personality that resulted in the albums Dragon Dreams, With What Shall I Keep Warm?, and Meshach Dreams Back. She raised money online to fund 2016’s Ulysses’ Purse.
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Télé réalité
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Issa Production on 22 Jul 2022
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Black Rose (Original Mix)
Dance - Released by Dirt, Lies & Audio Black on 18 Jul 2014
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Tu peux y arriver
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Issa-Production on 2 Oct 2019
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Sweet Tears (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Dirt, Lies & Audio Recordings on 4 Jun 2013
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Double Attack (Original Mix)
Dance - Released by Hard Fire Records on 15 Oct 2013
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Green World (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Ulysse United Records on 24 Nov 2017
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Hypontized (Original Mix)
Pop - Released by Eternal Eclipse Records on 29 Jan 2018
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Dans l'ensemble
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Issa-Production on 7 Oct 2019
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Zoom (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Dirt, Lies & Audio Black on 5 Jun 2014
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Pump It Up (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Hyperblast Records on 11 Apr 2016
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Fresh Mind
Miscellaneous - Released by PROVOCATOR on 28 Mar 2023
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Sommertage
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 5667348 Records DK on 13 Aug 2023
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Wild dreams
Miscellaneous - Released by PROVOCATOR on 13 Sep 2023
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Не знаю (Original Mix)
R&B - Released by Amadei Music on 30 Sep 2021
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It Was Hard from the Beginning
Pop - Released by Mabhele Record on 7 Jan 2022
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