Gabriola, a small island with a permanent population of under 5000, is a 25-minute ferry trip from downtown Vancouver.
This is where singer-song-writer Frazey Ford, who came to attention with the Canadian folk-country band The Be Good Tanyas in the early 2000s but has been on a soul music-inspired solo career for more than a decade, retreats to decompress.
Two years ago, the downtime became enforced. Her album was released two weeks before Covid-19 hit: “Five Canadian dates, then everything stopped.”
