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Why isn’t Cassie Steele Making More Music?

Posted by Shamir Lee on 07/09 at 01:44 PM

I’m always waiting for the day when Cassie Steele will continue with her music career. Not that she was really well-known, but her music had potential and sounded so different from everything else TV stars-turned-musicians were doing.

If you know Steele, it’s probably from the hit Canadian TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation. She was my favorite character, solely because of season three’s episode “U Got The Look” (is that a Prince reference?), where Steele’s character, Manny Santos, goes from being only cute to being the girl every guy wants. I started looking up as much information as I could find about her and discovered she made music. Her 2005 debut album was rare. It was released back when YouTube was just making a name for itself, so I could only find one of her songs, “Bluebird.” The grunge/alternative style with the poetic lyrics was something I hadn’t really heard before (I was only 13 at the time).

Four years later, she released the album Destructo Doll, and I was entranced by the first single, “Mr. Colson.” Steele’s raspy vocals, singing words that seemed to be revealing a relationship with an older man who used her, really spoke to me. I liked almost every song on that album, but my favorite was, and still is, “Go Dark.” I would say this is her most poetic song off the whole album. Her live version, posted below, is my favorite.

Where is her music now? About a year ago, she did a live performance of a song called “Drink,” but it wasn’t associated with any album. I’m hoping that Steele doesn’t give up music. She’s really talented and has a lot to say, unlike many female musicians today who came from TV.

Go Dark