Heather Longstaffe

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Heather Longstaffe is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, currently based in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web|url = http://www.manitobamusic.com/workshops/display,workshop/67589/songwriter-in-residence-heather-longstaffe|title = Songwriter in Residence: Heather Longstaffe at Tue, Jun 24, 2014 to Wed, Jun 25, 2014 |website = Manitoba Music|access-date = January 14, 2016}}

In 2011 she won the Radio Star National Songwriting Competition{{Cite web|title = Country vocalist named top songwriter|url = http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/herald/Country-vocalist-named-top-songwriter-118858329.html|website = www.winnipegfreepress.com| date=March 30, 2011 |access-date = January 14, 2016}} and signed with EMI Music Publishing.{{Cite web|title = Heather Longstaffe Signs with EMI Music Publishing Canada|url = http://www.manitobamusic.com/news/read,article/4869/heather-longstaffe-signs-with-emi-music-publishing-canada|website = Manitoba Music| date=October 18, 2011 |access-date = January 14, 2016}} Heather Longstaffe performed at the Canadian Country Music Association Songwriters' Series in 2012{{Cite web|title = Events {{!}} 2012 CCMA Awards {{!}} CBC Saskatchewan|url = http://www.cbc.ca/sask/features/ccma/events.html|website = www.cbc.ca|access-date = January 14, 2016}} and 2014.{{Cite web|title = Photos: 2014 CCMA Showcase at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton|url = http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/09/05/photos-2014-ccma-showcase-at-west-edmonton-mall-in-edmonton|website = Edmonton Sun|access-date = January 14, 2016}}

After years writing songs for artists such as Jordan McIntosh,{{Cite web|title = Jordan Mcintosh is living the dream|url = http://www.insideottawavalley.com/news-story/3869005-jordan-mcintosh-is-living-the-dream/|website = www.insideottawavalley.com| date=June 27, 2013 |access-date = January 14, 2016}} and Madeline Merlo.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/tumbling-mt0053144703|title=Tumbling – Madeline Merlo {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=September 29, 2016}} 2015 saw Longstaffe release music under her own name with TTA Music,{{Cite web|title = Winnipeg Born Heather Longstaffe Releases Debut Single |publisher=730 CKDM |website = www.730ckdm.com|url = http://www.730ckdm.com/index.php/music/item/6116-tta-canada-releasing-debut-project-from-former-winnipegger-heather-longstaffe |access-date = January 14, 2016}} and "Slingshot" was subsequently nominated for a Manitoba Country Music Association Award.{{Cite web|title = Manitoba Country Music Association Announces 2015 Awards Nominees|url = http://www.manitobamusic.com/news/read,article/6519/manitoba-country-music-association-announces-2015-awards-nominees|website = Manitoba Music| date=September 2015 |access-date = January 14, 2016}} After performing with Dallas Smith{{Cite web|title = Encana Events Centre – Dawson Creek's Entertainment Centre :: Dallas Smith|url = http://www.dawsoncreekeventscentre.com/events/detail/dallas-smith|website = www.dawsoncreekeventscentre.com|access-date = January 31, 2016|first = Encana Events Centre – Dawson Creek's Entertainment|last = Centre}} and touring with Emerson Drive,{{Cite web|title = Emerson Drive band parking in Oshawa on April 18|url = http://www.durhamregion.com/whatson-story/5527092-emerson-drive-band-parking-in-oshawa-on-april-18/|website = www.durhamregion.com| date=March 30, 2015 |access-date = January 14, 2016}} her songs "Jack Daniels" and "Rooftops" broke through on Canadian radio{{Cite web|title = Blogs|url = http://www.country93.ca/blog_item.php?PostID=1554|website = www.country93.ca|access-date = January 14, 2016}} and SiriusXM,{{Cite web|title = Heather Longstaffe on Instagram: "Thank you @siriusxm for having #Rooftops on rotation in the #myhighway ..."|url = https://www.instagram.com/p/9aLKuYEZ44/|website = Instagram|access-date = January 14, 2016}} repeatedly winning listener opinion polls.{{Cite web|title = KICX 91.7 on Twitter|url = https://twitter.com/KICX917/status/676460121707421696|website = Twitter|accessdate = January 14, 2016}}

Longstaffe has been a volunteer with Musicians On Call, bringing live music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities.{{Cite web |url = http://www.musiciansoncall.org/site/PageNavigator/Volunteers/Nashville_Volunteers |title = Nashville Volunteers |publisher= Musicians On Call|website = www.musiciansoncall.org|access-date = January 14, 2016 |archive-date = March 5, 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072445/http://www.musiciansoncall.org/site/PageNavigator/Volunteers/Nashville_Volunteers}}