Little Miss Higgins (aka Jolene Higgins) will be gracing the living room of Tim and Jean Cameron, and Thompson for the next Home Routes concert on Oct. 22.
Higgins, who has been performing music under the stage name Little Miss Higgins for the past 10 years, was born in Alberta, and grew up in Kansas. She says a friend used to call her that, and after using it for a gig poster, the name just stuck.
Currently living in Manitoba, Higgins says the music scene in Winnipeg found her a band. She had always wanted a band she says, but played mostly solo or duo acts. “I always wanted to have a band, since I first started playing, but it never worked out. I got to know the music scene in Winnipeg, including the fellas from the band The F-Holes. I got to know them, and really liked what they were doing, and I thought it would be a great fit. I asked them to do some shows, which turned into recording an album.”
In 2013, Little Miss Higgins recorded an album with The F-Holes, and formed Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five. The band has been touring and writing together ever since.
Since Home Routes concerts are in a living room, Higgins says the whole band won’t be travelling up here. It will just be her, and her partner who is the banjo player for the band. Higgins’ music is a mix of everything. “It’s roots music. Stuff rooted in an older style of blues, jazz, and country.”
It’s important Higgins continues with music she says. Since the age of four Higgins has been playing piano, but focuses primarily on voice and guitar now. The next step after touring western Canada, Higgins says, is a new album. “I have a lot of ideas. I know this winter I’d like to bunker down and do some writing, and collaborating with other people. That is something I really like to do.”
Little Miss Higgins will be performing Oct. 22, at 206 Campbell Drive, starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20. To find out more information on Home Routes, and other upcoming concerts email Tim and Jean at [email protected] or call 677-3574.
