“It is without a doubt a masterpiece of songwriting and soundscape. Really incredible, soulful music. She will definitely get a huge audience in time, trust me.” - Alex Wharton, Abbey Road Studio

Sheena Legrand

(formerly Sheena Grobb)

Singer/Songwriter, Speaker, Teacher, Health Coach

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Heroes In The Making

Sheena Legrand

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After spending most of my teens and 20’s using music and songwriting to process my personal life, I really wanted to explore writing from alternative perspectives. It was as much a practice of getting out of my own head Read more

After spending most of my teens and 20’s using music and songwriting to process my personal life, I really wanted to explore writing from alternative perspectives. It was as much a practice of getting out of my own head as anything else.

I decided to enrol myself in a songwriting course through Catch The Moon Music where we were given monthly writing assignments and instructed to work with as many other creators and musicians as we could. I was learning about sync licensing and loved the structure and the challenge. I had over 100 songs in my own catalogue, and I was excited to see what could come out of different collaborations, since I had largely written on my own before then.

When the task of writing a hero themed song came up with producer Bryan Livaudais, at first I wondered if the world needed another song about a hero. I thought about the classics from Mariah Carey and Enrique Iglesias, or contemplated how cheesy some hero themed songs had sounded to me over the years. 

I guess I just hadn’t lost mine yet. I hear these songs differently now since my dad passed away last year. Heroes in the Making is dedicated to him and all the souls out there who leave big shoes for their children to fill. Not because they were perfect or invincible, but because they set an example worth striving for.

My dad had tragically lost his father as a young boy, and I think one of his highest callings was to fulfill the role of father completely for his children, and to serve as a stronghold for his wife and younger siblings whom he loved very much. This simple, kind-hearted farmer took one of his greatest hardships in his life and transformed it into part of his purpose here. My dad is my hero.

And just as children play and use their imaginations, I think of a world where everyone seeking to grow into their highest calling can see themselves as the hero in their own story. That this wild possibility brings out the best in each of us (no matter the hardships we’ve lived through, and maybe even because of those hardships). That we somehow see the best in others, even when we’re lost or hurting. The more I live to hear the stories of others around me, the more my belief is strengthened. That’s what Heroes In The Making is all about. It’s interesting that Bryan and I were never in the same room! We just emailed ideas and tracks back and forth, and met over Zoom a couple times. I found it was a really easy co-write because he just seemed to get the concept right from the beginning. It was like he could read my mind, and everything just flowed. I think you can hear that in this track.

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Sheena Legrand - Short Biography

There’s a special moment when the breath meets the heartbeat, and time stands still. The pull to move with the music emerges, and hesitancy falls away. Sheena Legrand channels this in “Back To Life” - her latest offering to the world since 3 full length albums as Sheena Grobb.

Listening to her music, there is a comfort, a familiarity, a remembering who we are.  Expect this WCMA-nominated indie-folk/pop songwriter, originally from Treherne, MB, to serve us a generous helping of sweet melodic hooks, intricate keys, and delicately layered vocals reminiscent of her earlier work, with an electrifying live loop experience that will be sure to get your body moving.

Sheena’s songwriting reflects the inner strength, playfulness, and electricity that exists when standing on the edge of our infinite potential. Her audiences live happily on that edge with her where the journey really begins.

Look for Sheena’s latest single “Half Way”- an anthem of resilience and strength about exploring the impacts of our limiting beliefs - available on all platforms, April 11, 2025.

 

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Sheena’s back with ‘Back To Life’

After a decade of soul searching, singer-songwriter finds a new groove

By: Eva WasneyPosted:

Sheena Legrand is ready.

It’s been a decade since the Treherne-born artist released new music. In that time, the singer-songwriter, formerly known as Sheena Grobb, got married, became a mother and did some much needed soul searching.

At 40 years old, she’s re-entering the music scene with a forthcoming record and a new perspective.

 

 

“Everything just clicked into place this year,” Legrand says, sitting in the cosy, sunlit living room of her Winnipeg home.

When she stepped away from the spotlight in 2014, Legrand had three deeply personal indie pop albums under her belt and had spent her 20s on the road, living the thrilling, ever-changing life of a touring artist.

Eventually, however, the novelty wore off and the lifestyle began to feel more untethered than exciting.

“It got harder to be always in the flow and never really knowing what was coming next. I really felt like a rebalancing needed to happen for me as an artist,” she says.

Legrand was craving a deeper connection with the world. At the same time, she knew she needed to spend some time privately calibrating her personal and artistic goals. Pouring her heart out in a dark room night after night had begun to feel more mechanical than empowering.

“I needed something to reignite this work, because it can feel a little bit like autopilot after a while. I had to go inward and spend more time listening,” she says.

And so she retreated from the music industry and turned her attention to other facets of her life, namely her health.

At 16-years-old, Legrand was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In 2015, she delivered a TEDxWinnipeg talk about finding hope while dealing with a degenerative disease affecting her central nervous system.

 

 

That presentation set in motion a new career as a public speaker and health coach for others living with an autoimmune-disease diagnosis.

“It became the thing I did in my spare time that grew into a career, and it’s such a beautiful complement to music for me because the music is putting out everything and the coaching is receiving stories and supporting others — the cycle really fed itself, it was so incredible,” she says.

Through it all, Legrand has continued to write songs and record music for her own enjoyment. She and her husband, Dan Legrand, a fellow musician, collaborate regularly while raising their two-year-old son.

Their home studio is situated in the corner of the living room, surrounded by a barricade of baby gates in a futile effort to keep their busy toddler at bay.

While home and family have offered creative refuge over the last decade, the unexpected death of her father last year pushed her to get back onstage.

“He was the water I swam in, he was a backdrop of support and a constant source of love for so many people in his life. When I lost him, I was really surprised by the grief process,” she says.

For Legrand, grief and songwriting have always been close companions. She penned her first song at eight years old as a way to process the death of her grandmother. Writing and singing again became a way to cope with profound loss.

 

 

“I also felt this huge energetic boost from him. Almost like everything that he’d ever given me was now my responsibility to share,” she says.

Legrand performed live at the Times Change(d) in March to celebrate the release of “Green Light,” the first single off her new album, “Back To Life,” due out in spring 2025. The uplifting song, which is about identifying as an artist and shedding imposter syndrome, felt like a symbolic place to start.

She has since released Heroes in the Making, a song inspired by a prompt in a songwriting workshop that has become a meaningful ode to her father — although it didn’t start out that way.

“This sarcastic part of me came online and I was like, ‘I can’t, Enrique Iglesias and Mariah Carey have already done this, there’s no room for another hero song,’” Legrand says with a laugh.

“I hadn’t lost my hero yet. That song means so much more to me now that he’s gone.”

In returning to the music industry, Legrand is looking forward to pursuing her career in a more sustainable way.

“Creating those healthy boundaries, for us as artists, is really important — and knowing that you don’t have to give it all away. The first chapter of my life, (I had) my heart on my sleeve, every part of my personal life poured out into my discography,” she says.

 

 

“I have no regrets about that, but now I’m a little older and I can write with other creative focuses in mind.”

Legrand’s new singles are available on Spotify and Apple Music.

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