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	Sirens The combined sound of the award-winning Sirens (Donna Creighton and Jo-Ann Lawton) captures audiences. Unlike sirens of folklore, however, Canada’s Sirens deliver story songs with rare emotional complexity and a genre-blending style that is as unexpected as their vocal harmonies. They’ve been called startling, beautiful and nothing less than Magic. With evocative songs, bang-on vocals, down-home humour and two adventurous musical minds in the mix, Sirens’ performances are moving, tickling the funny bone one moment, drawing tears the next. Based in London, Ontario, Sirens have built a fan base in southern and northern Ontario with journeys west and into the United States over the past seven years. After their 1997 independent CD debut, Sirens were signed to the prestigious acoustic-based Borealis Recording Company label. Their first release with Borealis, Smilin’ (2000), propelled the band into new territory on the road and in the studio with producer Bill Garrett, culminating in a live performance at the 2002 Canada Summer Games. With appearances from coffeehouses and folk clubs to major folk festivals and soft-seat venues, Sirens are at ease on both sides of the 49th parallel. This year marked the release of Live at the Ugly Mug Café (2003) just as Sirens were selected as the Favourite Folk/World/Celtic Act at the London Music Awards. The debut of their latest collaboration, Borderlands, with Project Sing! was featured in a series of performances at the Wolf Performance Hall in London. Sirens’ musical versatility continues to surprise audiences. What is certain about this brand of contemporary acoustic folk is the infusion of tight original harmonies and the unexpected swings from traditional sea shanties to ragtime melodies, from jazz chords to pop to country, interjected with a waltz, a lullaby or 1950s-style doo-wop. Sirens’ lyrics are drawn from life experience, backed by guitars, recorders, whistles and occasionally keyboards or percussion.
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