She was the first black woman to win a Juno Award, Canadian singer/songwriter based in Toronto, Liberty Silver won two Juno Awards in 1985 for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year and Reggae Recording of the Year. Since then, she has captured a total of five Juno nominations.
In the mid-eighties, Liberty appeared in Canada’s Ethiopian Famine Relief song “Tears Are Not Enough” singing a duet with Mike Reno of Loverboy where she won a Grammy for her collaboration.
She also co-wrote and performed the official theme songs for the 1996 Atlanta, Georgia and 2004 Athens, Greece Olympic Games and has performed for world leaders. Liberty is renowned for her six-plus octave range.
Recently she performed at the Carassauga Festival in Mississauga recognized as Canada’s largest multicultural festival.
Joining Dianna via ZOOM is multiple Juno and Grammy Award winning recording artist, Liberty Silver. For more information visit her Facebook page @libertysilvermusic.
Special thanks to Victor Miller for making this interview possible.