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<\/a>Bif\u2014currently based in Ontario\u2014says that she\u2019s been able to play live \u201cfrom time to time\u201d when things opened up from COVID-19-related shutdowns.<\/p>\n
\u201cOut here we had a lockdown for quite a while, and even a stay-home order,\u201d she says. \u201cReally, for a lot of the time, we could only do streaming shows.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bif says that after the lockdown she was elated to play in front of people.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously it\u2019s a real euphoria for both the performers and the audience,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a little different, of course, when people are restricted as far as being able to sit or stand closely together. But depending on the show, they don\u2019t play by the rules. In Saskatoon we had a mosh pit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bif says that she has three shows planned in BC in February and hopes to add dates as\u2014knock on wood\u2014restrictions ease across the country. On February 19, she\u2019ll take the stage at the Mary Winspear Centre for a night of music and storytelling.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are going to be playing an acoustic performance along with stories that I put out in my memoirs in 2016 called I Bificus<\/i>,\u201d she says. \u201cI also have a book of poetry coming out and some of those will be read and performed. And of course all of the hits that everyone is waiting to hear\u2014we will play them all.\u201d<\/p>\n
I Bificus<\/i>, Bif says, was written after a tumultuous time in her life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was after I had recovered from breast cancer and gone through a divorce and a couple of dogs died, and [the book has] some stories from my career,\u201d she says. \u201cThe new book of poetry is a bit more abstract and a bit more whimsical.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bif says that writing a book was a different challenge but the process is really quite similar to refining an album.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe write about 30 to 40 songs and usually the label wants about 10,\u201d says Naked. \u201cYou have to be able to let it go and not take it personally. My experience making albums and working with executives and production teams and record weasels [prepared me for it]. I really enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the storytelling portion, Bif says that it just flows naturally.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d she says. \u201cThe first time I was performing on a stage I was 17 and a half years old. I\u2019ve never done anything else. I guess you can say it\u2019s second nature for me. I\u2019m chatty so it\u2019s easy for me to tell stories. I know they are going to be able to relate and laugh or cry right along with me.\u201d<\/p>\n