JUNO ROCKS!

CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON and EVERGREEN ENVIRONMENTS “JUNO ROCKS” GARDEN

It’s Canada Blooms time again in Toronto. Celebrating 15 years, the biggest garden show in the country starts Wednesday and runs through Sunday.

This garden is based on the song “Teach Me” from Carolyn’s latest album Love Rules. As she stated, “All in all, I would like to think that in my life love rules.” Born on a farm in Alberta, she loves natural planting, ponds, and evergreens which will be the main setting for the Garden.  The song is about the desire to be a better person and the garden incorporates an area for reflection and tranquility based on that theme.  Since Carolyn is a very dedicated mother of a little boy and girl, there will also be space for children to play quietly and a small area from which Carolyn will perform. Carolyn Dawn Johnson has been nominated for 4 JUNO Awards and has won once. Read the rest of this entry »

Country Chic

By Marcy Cornblum – Home-Extra.ca

Singer/songwriter Carolyn Dawn Johnson has a very good reason for her four-year absence from the spotlight: she became a mom. Twice.

But now the Grande Prairie, Alberta, native is back, with the new record, “Love Rules.”

“I bring my songs to life in the studio,” says Johnson. “On stage I love to rock out with my band and let the music take over.”

Her passion for music began with singing in church and at neighbourhood sing-alongs. She went on to study audio engineering in Vancouver. All the while, she was penning songs. Read the rest of this entry »