Tanika Charles

Tanika Was Born In Toronto Canada To Trinidadian Parents But Energy Sector Opportunities Soon Brought The Family Out West To Edmonton Alberta. Music Was A Constant In The Charles Household. Her Father Would Return From Two Weeks On Site With The Latest Jazz Records For Tanika And Her Brothers To Jam Out To. A Few Years Later Tanika’s Eldest Brother Would Be The First To Coach Her On How To Sing And How To Record A Song. But The Allure Of The Road And Perhaps Deep Rooted Nomadic Notions Pulled Tanika Off The Prairies And Over To Coastal Vancouver As A Young Adult. There She Did Some Backup Singing And Learned What Tour Life Was Like But It Wasn’t Until She Returned To Toronto That Dreams Of Becoming A Professional Artist Began To Come To Fruition. She Recorded Her First EP What?What!What?! Assembled Her First Band And Quickly Became A Fixture Of The Local Music Scene. At The Same Time The World Took Notice Of That Scene And Of Tanika Too. read less