helenaustin

Female Songwriter & Artist of the Year
Vancouver Island Music Awards 2011

Helen Austin is an alternative folk singer/songwriter from the UK now living on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

She is no stranger to the stage and has worked as a professional performer for over 20 years. After her previous life as an award winning stand-up comedian, she brings her quirky humour to her musical performances, as well as the ability to tug at your heart strings with her more serious songs.

Helen has written music and lyrics for specific occasions such her song "Relay", for the Relay For Life event which is now played at Relay events all over the world.

With her self-produced music videos getting over a million viewers online, she has been acquiring fans from around the world.

From April 2009 Helen Austin wrote and produced a new song every week for a year, resulting in her ‘Song of the Week’ album. Since then she has released two more albums, Treehouse and ‘Song of the Week 2’. Many of the songs from these CDs have been placed in TV, ads and movies.