Theresa Malenfant grew up in New Brunswick, Canada, surrounded by a music-loving family. When she was quite young, her mother introduced her to the Big Band singers of the 1940's. When Theresa first discovered the blues, she was so taken by the music, she would spend long hours listening to the recordings of her favorite performers in order to learn their technique.

At the age of fourteen, Theresa made her first singing debut at a high school variety show. Reaching deep into her soul she sang with such feeling and emotion that the unsuspecting audience went absolutely wild. A few years later, and still underage, Theresa stole quietly into a local bar and asked to sing with the great Dutch Mason - she brought the house down. The blues-loving crowd was so thrilled that Theresa had to sing three more numbers and repeat her first before they let her off the stage!
It wasn't long before Theresa formed her own band and started to make an impact on audiences wherever she played; people raved about the New Brunswick girl who sang like janis Joplin. Theresa herself was not yet content until she had tackled the one goal she had at that point: the release of her first album.

TURTLE BLUES may have been a small basement studio production, but the 3,000 copies that were pressed sold out faster than anyone had exepected. Her next project, YOUR GOOD THING, was recorded live at The Dock in Fredericton and this time 4,000 were shipped out and grabbed by eager enthusiast. YOUR GOOD THING also won Theresa recognition with nominations for best female artist at The East Coast Music Awards in 1993 as well as best female artist and best blues artist in 1994.

With all the success, it was in 1994 that Theresa decided it was time to develop her own style and record original music written especially for her. She also wanted to feature those songwriters and musicians from the Maritimes whom she had always admired, including many of those talented artists that had often joined her on stage. This resulted in the album EYE OF THE HURRICANE. With so much interest directed toward the album the production company released a single, which did well in radio stations across Canada. It was no surprise that in 1995 Theresa won the East Coast Music Awards for best female artist.

Theresa next album, LITTLE GIRL BLUE, features songs originally performed bay Janis Joplin. This project brought her nominations for female artist of the year at the 1997 & 1998 Canadian Maple Blues Awards.

Since 1998 Theresa has been working in Canada and Europe, where she has released PIECE OF MY HEART, a compilation of songs from EYE OF THE HURRICANE & LITTLE GIRL BLUE. Theresa has begun to develop a strong following in Belgium & Holland, and because of this she has formed her own band THE MIDNIGHT BELIEVERS. Her and the band have started work on a CD together. The release is planned for summer 2001. You can be sure that Theresa will continue to get rave reviews wherever she is performing!