Beatrice Smartt

Beatrice Smartt is the new stage name for Shelley Campbell, formerly known as "AUBURN" (Canada). She has been highly acclaimed in her musical career, also performing in a variety of projects over the years, including internationally acclaimed band Radiogram. Her discography includes Auburn's "Misfit Cafe" as well as "Blue Ridge Reveille", which was later licensed to Nettwerk (home of The Be Good Tanyas). The Georgia Straight says this about her:

"...loaded with that intangible quality - call it honesty - that separates pretenders..."

This is another quality that binds the many artists of Holy Hardstock!!!

"Campbell's spellbinding voice is a sweet, soulful instrument in its own right. Whether she's lamenting the loss of a lover or raising a glass to a fallen comrade, she nails each track with requisite charm and intelligence." Colin Smith-Canada.com

"'She began absorbing the lessons of life in rural southern Ontario. Her parents encouraged her to explore the woods and fields outside their home. But they also immersed her in Native American culture and evangelical Christianity, a contradictory baptism that owed to her father's missionary work. Together they would visit the Mohawk nation, where he was known by his honorary chief name (in English "enlightener"). Like his father before him (and generations before, their relative and famed missionary David Livingstone), Shelley's father worked in rural Tennessee as well, adding to the musical influences Shelley was exposed to including gospel, soul and African influences. They spent time together at revival meetings, where her father's preaching, the worshippers' responses, and her own performances exposed Shelley to a different kind of spirituality. "I was there as The Child," she laughs. "I came to appreciate the emotions I saw. But I've always been drawn to a more universal acceptance of people instead of making them feel guilty. I'm not putting down anybody's beliefs, but mine come more from wonder at the individual journey and the ties that bind us all. And one of the ways that I learned to celebrate this connectedness is through music." http://www.isound.com/shelley_campbell_formerly_auburn_canada