Episode 47 - Denise Valle

Denise Valle is a prodigiously talented R&B singer/songwriter
based in Saskatoon. For this show's final episode at the
Saskatoon Public Library (for now?), we delved into the
multi-purpose and echoey space in the Frances Morrison basement -
presumably closer to wherever the forbidden books are
stored.

We chat about singing with your back turned, Valle's
Rosthern-based upbringing (home of the Wheatkings) and
California-based education, the influence of El Salvadorean
rancheras music and American pop around the house, the doors that
opened from winning a local singing competition (The Duo) along
with Brock Fehr, experiences performing in Mo' Love ("what about
the elephants?"), cross-border observations, Valle's parents'
journey from El Salvador to Los Angeles, the importance of and
liberation in talking about experiences with racism and
discrimination out loud, "vulnerability hangovers", building up
songs from "skeletons", the artistic relationship with
validation, the magic of Daniel Caeser, the wonder of Stevie
Wonder, and other topics and tangents.  



Denise Valle on
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/denise-valle/tracks