Justine has been singing for as long as she can remember, with her first on stage performance at the age of 5. Growing up in a musical household (her mother was the piano teacher in town), allowed her to explore music constantly. Choir concerts, small town coffee houses and playing in a traveling ukulele band are among the many of Justine’s performances as a child.

Justine was born and raised the small town of Silverton, British Columbia, Canada. “Growing up in a town of 200 people was an incredible experience that shaped me as a person. One of the things that really stood out was the fact that every person that lived there seemed to have their specific talent or role. I figured out that my role was to be the singer, I sang my heart out every chance I got”.

Her influences and inspiration come from a wide variety of artists such as Joni Mitchell, Alana Davis, Emmylou Harris, Ray Lamontagne, Fionna Apple, Tracy Chapman and most of all singer songwriter Sarah Mclachlan. Sarah was the babysitter of one Justine’s close childhood friends. “Ill never forget the night I met Sarah. I was 11 and awkward and unsure and she was eloquent and confident yet so humble. She was living, doing the one thing that I always dreamed of doing. This was before she became famous and before CD’s were even invented, so she gave me her cassette tape. I played that tape over and over again. I love everything about her music, she’s an amazing artist and has been such an inspiration to me throughout my life”. Shades of Sarah’s music can be heard in Justine’s musical style.

Justine picked up the guitar for the first time in 2002. She started taking lessons and as soon as she had the guitar as her vehicle, songs started pouring out. Within about a year, Justine had written and handful of songs and started playing in a few live venues around Calgary, Alberta where she was living. Later that year she took a trip to San Francisco to visit her dad. She fell in love with the city and eventually moved there 3 years later.

Justine has lived in San Francisco now since June 2005. She has just finished recording her first professional demo CD with well known Bay Area producer Jason Carmer (Third Eye Blind, The Donna’s, Mark Eitzel.) Her music was recorded at Skywalker Ranch Studio. She has had the opportunity to collaborate with two amazing musicians to create this CD. “Brain” Mantia (Tom Waits, Primus, Guns & Roses) provided his incredible percussion talents on two of the tracks, and Joe Gore (Tracy Chapman) added his musical style playing guitar and piano. The result is a combination of acoustic, folk, rock and pop that displays Justine’s diverse talent as and artist, writer and musician.

Justine performs live and solo throughout San Francisco on a weekly basis. The most common comment she receives is that she has a “voice like an angel”. She’s really excited to spread that voice around.