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Stacy Ricker, a recent transplant from Halifax, is known to many as the lead singer of the Moncton-based neo-folk-rock group Sol.Sol released their first indie EP, Small Vacations,in 1996. That same year, they also performed a rendition of "Blue Tattoo" on A Tribute to Hard Core Logo (Bruce MacDonald film)with other artists such as Super Friends, Pursuit of Happiness, Kinnie Starr . In 1997, they released their full length debut,Lucinda as well as the circulation of their video Lucinda on Much Music and Music Plus. The band toured Canada several times sharing the stage with Weeping Tile, Holly McNarland ,The Head Stones, Sarah Slean, KevinFox, Rheostatics, Great Big Sea, Big Sugar, Damhnait Doyle and many festivals such as Great Big Picnic, North by North East,Canada Music Week and had singles on campus and community radio.They won an East Coast Music Award for Best Alternative Artist in 1999. Following a rare live recording in 2000 "SOL Live", the band respectfully parted ways to pursue self interests.
Stacy provided additional vocals for the 2003 self-titled album by Halifax's Wintersleep. As well various artists from the east coast such as Zwerg on his 1998 album "To Myopic Mutts" ,Acadian singer /songwriter Mathieu D'Astous 2002 album "Ada" as well as a compilation on Halifax's Voices for V-Day sharing amongst artists' such as Rose Cousins, Tara MacLean, Amy Campbell, Damhnait Doyle, Laura Smith and Amelia Curran. In 2003, Stacy moved to Toronto to begin studies in Massage Therapy and had to put music on the back burner choosing to fall of the grid for a few years. In the spring of 2006, Stacy joined musicians Jennifer Gillmor(Roach Motel,Kelly & the Kelly Girls,The Amer Diab Band), Cheryl Reid( Ember Swift,Garnet Rogers)& Steve Sauve of Brazen Crush. They went on to record an EP "tease" and played a variety of shows with Drowning Girl, Blue Venus and Layah Jane.Brazen Crush performed their last show at Pride 2007, which shared a stage roster of Hunter Valentine, Kinnie Starr & Carol Pope. Stacy Ricker lives and works in Toronto as a Registered Massage Therapist and is happy to be back on the grid singing,song writing, being a rock star, studying the vastness of the electric guitar and banjo( yes it's true) and remains open to new projects and touring in the near future. |
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