2024 SOCAN Vince Fontaine Indigenous Award Recipient, Award-Winning Roots/Americana Artist, Jade Turner, Unveils A Cleverly Written, Moving Song About Loving Someone Battling Addiction, “Marion”
The recipient of two songwriting awards this year from SOCAN and Manitoba Music, Turner recently received her 27th Manitoba Country Music Award nomination
Release Date:
Friday, October 18 2024
Ahead of her upcoming third studio album, Canadian singer/ songwriter -Americana artist, Jade Turner, is gearing up to unveil a moving and cleverly written track about a loved one in the throes of addiction, delivered as a love song. In 2024 alone, the celebrated multi-award winning artist was semi-finalist in the SiriusXM Top of the Country competition, performed on a live national broadcast of Breakfast Television, received her 27th Manitoba Country Music Award nomination, made her second appearance on eTalk, received the Kevin Walters Memorial Songwriter Award, and this September became the recipient of the SOCAN’s Vince Fontaine Indigenous Songwriting Award. Hailing from the Misipawistik Cree Nation, Turner’s music is deeply rooted in her cultural tradition of storytelling, delivering an authentic catalog that traverses a variety of themes. Skillfully moving from lighthearted to meaningful and delivered through a creative blend of Americana, singer/songwriter, Country, and Rock, Turner’s megawatt voice and range flow with ease, effortlessly conveying her messages with emotive impact. Following the release of “Wandering Soul”, one of her most revealing songs to date, Turner offers, “Marion”, a moving, mid-tempo Americana track that chronicles the battle of loving someone gripped by addiction. “Marion” will be released on Friday, October 18 2024.
Written by Jade Turner and longtime collaborator, Stephen Arundell (William Prince), “Marion” was co-produced by Stephen Arundell and Murray Pulver (Crash Test Dummies, Doc Walker).
About "Marion":
A poignant and thoughtful song about the battle of loving someone in the throes of addiction, Jade Turner’s “Marion” offers a stunning display of her shrewd songwriting skills, expansive vocal abilities, and remarkable capability to musically capture the devastating reality of addiction facing so many families. Intentionally written under the guise of a romance song, “Marion” is about seeing a loved one in the grips of substance abuse. On an Americana blend of acoustic and electric guitar, the instrumentation deliberately ebbs and flows under Turner’s touching lyrics, moving from sparse to full bodied as she shares the heartbreaking experience of seeing her loved one from a distance. Flawlessly moving between high and low registers, Turner’s expansive, emotive vocals power through the song, sharing a deeply personal experience that too many people also face. In a lyric that says “Marion, you won this round”, Turner makes it undeniably clear that addiction is a battle with many rounds, and that while this round may go to her loved one, she will always continue to fight for their wellbeing. Turner dedicates “Marion” to the people who love someone with addiction, recognizing the difficulty and complications they experience in the struggles they face.
Quote: “It’s not just the person facing addiction who is affected by it - all of their loved ones are as well. I knew if I was feeling this way, that somebody else would too. This song is for all of us who love somebody dealing with addiction.” - Jade Turner
Take the heartfelt storytelling of Patty Griffin, mixed with the raw authenticity of Zach Bryan and an occasional hint of Sheryl Crow's playfulness, and you've got Canadian Country and Americana artist Jade Turner. A proud member of the Misipawistik Cree Nation, Jade was raised in Northern Manitoba, with an upbringing rooted in the art of storytelling. Her lyrics tell personal tales that range from serious topics to satirical ones, delivered with dynamic vocals that span from gritty and raw to spirited and energetic. Despite a career that seemed nearly impossible due to the absence of Indigenous female representation in mainstream music, Jade credits blues artist Crystal Shawanda as one of her major inspirations, later teaming up to write "Deadweight," which was released in 2023 and received two awards for Song of the Year and Single of the Year at the Manitoba Country Music Awards that same year. In 2024, Jade became a semi-finalist in the 2024 Top of the Country with Sirius XM competition and recently received the Manitoba Music Kevin Walters Songwriter Award and the SOCAN Vince Fontaine Indigenous Song Award, along with four Manitoba Country Music Award nominations, bringing her total count to 27.
Jade has announced her third album, Breathe, will be released in the Winter of 2025.
