Laila Biali

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Multi award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist and CBC Music national radio host Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents from Carnegie Hall to Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported the icon Sting. In 2020, Laila was honoured by SOCAN Music with the Hagood Hardy Award for Excellence in Songwriting. In 2019, Laila’s eponymous release won her a JUNO (Canada's GRAMMY) for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. The year prior, she was awarded top prize at the Canadian Songwriting Competition in Jazz. Laila was also the youngest-ever double winner at Canada’s National Jazz Awards when she was named SOCAN Composer and Keyboardist of the Year. She received her first JUNO nomination for Tracing Light (2011) and a spot on DownBeat Magazine's Best Albums of the Year for Live in Concert (2013) and Out of Dust (2020). In 2017, Laila was brought on as the host for CBC Music's national radio show, Saturday Night Jazz, a weekly show broadcast millions of listeners across Canada. While Laila continues to earn high honours in the Jazz world, her signature sound transcends genre as she "masterfully mixes jazz and pop, bringing virtuosity and unpredictability to songs that are concise and catchy" (Washington Post). Laila's highly anticipated album, Out of Dust, featuring GRAMMY nominees and winners including Lisa Fischer, Alan Ferber, John Ellis, and Larnell Lewis, released March 27, 2020 and was nominated for a 2021 JUNO Award.