Diana Braithwaite is a Canadian electric blues singer, songwriter and screenwriter. She is a multiple Maple Blues Award winner. More recently she has teamed up with Chris Whiteley and they have been acclaimed as "blues icons" by the Toronto Star, and collectively have won nine Maple Blues Awards and had six Juno Award nominations. Although they are little known in the United States, Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley are mainstays of the Canadian blues scene. Braithwaite is a Black Canadian and a descendant of the Wellington County, Ontario pioneers. Her ancestors escaped slavery in America through the Underground Railroad, and lived in the first African-Canadian pioneer settlement in Ontario. She was born and grew up in Toronto, as the second youngest of six children. She began performing professionally as a singer-songwriter in her teenage years, and opened John Lee Hooker in Toronto, before touring as Albert Collins's opening act. In 1999, Braithwaite performed at Lilith Fair. In the same year, she released her debut album, In This Time. More information...
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