Girl Power on SONiC: Danielle of Dear Rouge went from being an Alberta girl to an international rock star

SONiC 102.9 is celebrating International Women’s Day with some of your favourite female artists! Be listening as Molly and Jasmin of Mother Mother, Aimee Interrupter of the Interrupters and more take over the station in their very own Pop Up Playlists. Plus, listen all day to win tickets to see Metric with July Talk on April 21 at the Edmonton Convention Centre!

Before forming Dear Rouge with husband Drew, Danielle McTaggart was working as a solo artist. She named the band after her hometown of Red Deer, Alberta.

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Eight years, two albums and a Juno win later, the band are making a name for themselves internationally supporting bands like Arkells, Lights, Broken Social Scene and more.

Danielle chatted with Brandy Taylor about her female role models and why International Women’s Day is important to her.